KTK-Nutrition

Recently a relative stated their Fitbit didn’t seem to accurately reflect how many calories they burned up during exercise.   Many calculators I have used do seem to overstate the calories burned in an activity.   Calculators that are simple relying on weight and duration may not be as accurate as calculators that require more input like gender, height and that provide a much broader array of activities.   Some activity calculators are built into apps like Lose It! and others are online stand-alone exercise calculators.   If you want to know how many calories you are burning at the gym, doing routine chores or exercising outdoors here are some calculators to try: Health Status – Calories Burned Calculator – This provides an extensive listing of exercise and common daily activities.   You enter your age, gender, height, weight, and number of minutes for the chosen activity and it estimates calories burned.   As the calculator notes, it takes 3500 calor...

My nephew posted a sign on Facebook that read:   “ This year I will get to a Healthier place ”.    It was posted at Anytime Fitness in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.    How many people want to be healthier, make New Year’s Resolutions to be healthier and then fizzle out after a few weeks or months?   My husband says the gym was packed yesterday as it usually is in January, then less in February and by May it is back to the regulars.    So what could you do to make 2015 a healthier year with goals you can keep?     1.  Start small – set small, specific, realistic goals a.          NOT - “I will go to the gym more” b.       But set goals like:                     i.       I will go up and down the steps in my home (or at work) 5 times a day (aerobic chal...