11. Give
Tea The Arse
You’re a coffee lover who thinks tea tastes
like Satan’s tears?
We don’t blame you. And there’s no need for
you to give up your beloved morning cup(s) anyway: researchers from the US
National Institutes of Health found that coffee drinkers — even those
Iame-arses who drink decaf— have a lower risk of death than those who don’t
drink it.
12. Sweet
Poison
The experts reckon that white sugar can do
anything from causing heart disease and diabetes to screwing with your body’s
absorption of key nutrients. But you don’t need to miss that sweet touch:
natural honey is much better for you and works great in a cuppa or in your
protein shake.
13. Be
An Active Viewer
Watching telly? Get up and do some
housework during the ad breaks, even if it's just scraping your leftovers into
the bin, killing a few cockroaches or crushing your empty tinnies. You'll burn
an extra 40 calories per idiot box-watching hour.
14. Play
Hide The Remote
For an extra 15 calories an hour on top of
that, hide the remote control and get up to change the channels ye olde
fashioned way.
15. Laugh Out Loud
It burns up to 50 calories if you laugh for
10 to 15 minutes per day," says kickboxing trainer Adelino Da Costa.
That's half an episode of Community. Too easy.
It
burns up to 50 calories if you laugh for 10 to 15 minutes per day," says
kickboxing trainer Adelino Da Costa.
16. Make
A List
Write down all the things you do in your
average day that involve zero activity. Next to it, write down some simple ways
that you could be more active - even if it's just scratching your bum while
you're heating up your microwave dinner.
Write
down all the things you do in your average day that involve zero activity.
17. Stand
Up
Whenever you talk on the phone, get up off
your backside. By standing just one extra hour over the course of the day, an
average 80-kilo man will burn 90 calories more, according to calculations in the
journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.
18. Mow
The Friggin’ Lawn
You keep promising the wife that you'll do
it, so just get out there and do it already. in 30 minutes you can burn 205
calories. That's gotta earn you a post-mow beer.
19. Thank
You, Sex
Now that she's happy, take advantage of it
and suggest a little bedroom action.
Half an hour of sex can burn around 145
calories. Because we know you'll need at least that long, right?
20. Everybody
Jump
The box jump is the perfect way to build
strength and speed while boosting cardio health and burning fat - all in one
killer move. In fact, plyometric exercises like these can burn up to 25 per
cent more calories than regular resistance training.
In
fact, plyometric exercises like these can burn up to 25 per cent more calories
than regular resistance training.
