On 1/13/2013, I read this piece from Harvard Medical School newsletter, “Simple math equals easy weight loss.” Below are the interesting facts.
A few minutes of pleasure from eating a candy bar need:
Nearly 3/4 of an hour to burn off the calories of a candy bar.
To lose 1 pound by exercising, you need to burn approximately 3,500 calories. It can take a few days of moderate exercise to do this.
A strategy for weight loss always involves a two-pronged approach:
(1) exercising and
(2) cutting calories
To be continued…