Okay everyone knows TV is a big waste of time right? Well, I decided I needed to waste time effectively. I love my Paris Chocolate Sculpture Challenge, Cake Boss, Biggest Loser, Idol, Hallmark Lifetime tear jerkers, Antiques Roadshow, House, CSI, Monk, Frazier, Friends, Travel shows.
So I was watching TV last night and I heard of a Mayo Clinic Diet thing where the couple doing it made a pact not to watch TV unless they worked out the same amount of time they watched.
I thought this was a great idea but how I wondered can you do that at home. I know you can watch TV now a days at the gym.
Yet, you don't always feel like going to the gym at 9 or 10 at night when watching. Here are some ideas for keeping you busy to get some exercise while watching the idiot box.
1. Do leg lifts while watching switching sides every 20
2. Get a weight and do arm lifts in all directions
3. Get up and just walk in place, knees up high, keep moving your arms during the show and rest during the commercials.
4. Sing during the intro song... singing burns calories
5. Go online, type emails/blogs/facebook while watching/listening, any extra motion burns more calories than sitting alone.
6. Dance around during commercial breaks and do 12 sit ups as soon as the show comes back on
7. Fold laundry while standing
8. Groom your nails, clipping, painting and such
9. Do some yoga stretches
10. Run/Walk quickly around your house during commercial breaks
Mix it up with several of these and make your own fun TV watching routine. Basically just get off your booty and do something. I like the wheat field dancing photo I found. It's on my life to do list to dance around in a wheat field someday on a road trip. :)
Fruit: Self Control
Song in my head: Love song for a Savior
Verse: “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering...”- Ephesians 5:1-2
