Outdoor Activity for Weight Loss

How interacting with Mother Nature and the Good Earth can equal weight loss success.

One of the best ways to lose weight while making it fun is to get out and mingle with Mother Nature. Walking and moderate hiking are aerobic activities that increase your heart rate, thus rendering significant benefits to your overall health - such as strengthening your heart muscles and empowering your circulatory system.

Activity burns calories and when you're burning calories, you're burning energy (food) and when you burn more calories than you intake, guess what happens? Yeah - you lose weight!

Although activity is necessary for optimum health, it's generally not enough to produce weight loss without incorporating a diet plan UNLESS you burn more calories that you are taking in. In this case, the weight will come off and a bit of activity may be all that you need to stay ahead of the Weight Loss Game.

Perhaps it's time to plan a camping trip and get in touch with Mother Nature. It can be a very fun part of your diet and fitness plan.

How many calories will hiking or backpacking burn per 1/2 hour?

- An individual weighing 110 pounds will burn about 150 calories per 1/2 hour of hiking or backpacking.

- An individual weighing 130 pounds will burn about 180 calories per 1/2 hour of hiking or backpacking.

- An individual weighing 150 pounds will burn about 210 calories per 1/2 hour of hiking or backpacking.

- An individual weighing 175 pounds will burn about 240 calories per 1/2 hour of hiking or backpacking.

- An individual weighing 200 pounds will burn about 275 calories per 1/2 hour of hiking or backpacking.

Wow! That's quite a substantial number of calories, isn't it? Let's say that Dieter Ted weighs 200 pounds. He eats a nutrition bar packed with seeds, nuts, raisins, whole oats, honey and peanut butter to help fuel his energy for his hike. The nutrition bar contains 250 calories. If Ted hikes for thirty minutes he will burn off the caloric values of the nutrition bar in addition to 25 additional calories.

But wait! Ted hike has led him to a small shack skimming the lake which rents kayaks. He decides that would be fun to do so he wastes no time in renting a red kayak. Let's see how many calories Ted can burn and we'll look at the caloric burn for other weights leading up to Ted's current 200 pound weight.

Calories burned canoeing or kayaking per 1/2 hour:

- An individual weighing 115 pounds will burn about 155 calories per 1/2 hour of canoeing or kayaking.

- An individual weighing 125 pounds will burn about 170 calories per 1/2 hour of canoeing or kayaking.

- An individual weighing 150 pounds will burn about 205 calories per 1/2 hour of canoeing or kayaking.

- An individual weighing 175 pounds will burn about 240 calories per 1/2 hour of canoeing or kayaking.

- An individual weighing 200 pounds will burn about 275 calories per 1/2 hour of canoeing or kayaking.

Again, that's a substantial number of burned calories. Another perk? Exercising will assist in boosting metabolic rate, thus assisting in the rate of weight loss. Another great reason to get outdoors and enjoy what Mother Nature has to offer.

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