Dec
14
Fitness Is In The Air
Filed Under Healthy Habits
Quick fitness tip for today. Did you know you could actually make a slight improvement in your health while also saving money? Yep, just adjust your air conditioning or heater two or three degrees away from where you really want it to be. You’ll spend less money on electricity and gas while actually burning more calories.
How you ask? Well, our bodies are very finely tuned temperature maintenance devices and when our environments are either colder or warmer than our ideal temperature, our bodies will spend energy to either heat us up or cool us down. If it’s a bit cold, our bodies will burn more energy trying to keep us warm. If it’s a bit too warm, our bodies will burn energy trying to cool us down.
Now don’t go overboard with this, there’s no reason to turn the temperature up to 110 or down to 0, just turn that AC to 75 to 78 on warm days and the heater to 68 to 70 on cold days. Your body will burn calories will do the rest.
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This is really interesting. Thanks for the article.
I tried to do that, but it’s really a pain in the neck. I’m already much colder (and more easily) than normal people because of the weight I’ve lost, and having computer work + homework to do at home is absolute horror if I don’t have my 22°C at least (yeah, I know it’s 19°C; that’s what I mean by being colder than normal people).
Of course, I also don’t want to blow all my money on electricity bills, so I’m careful about not overheating either. But it’s a balance that is very, very difficult to achieve, unfortunately. Because on top of this, I’ll be extra hungry if I’m cold, and after a while, the ‘willpower’ will give in.
Kery,
Yah, I have a friend who hates the cold so this little trick is totally wrong for him. Just like any other fitness tips, this one may not work for everyone, but I figured it was good enough to toss out there and see if anyone liked it. Personally, I like things a bit cooler so it’s a great one for me.
Gal