That's Exercise?

When it comes to shaping up, everyday activities do add up. Here's the proof!

By Chandni Jhunjhunwala
From Reader's Digest
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Get Healthy While You Work
Get Healthy While You Work
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I wonder if changing their perception had an impact on their behavior outside work. Did they think, Jeez, I'm becoming healthy while I work -- now I should eat better? The study didn't measure that.
Can doing laundry help make you fit? You'd better believe it, says Ellen Langer, PhD, a Harvard University psychologist. She told 44 hotel maids their job was a good workout. A month later they'd shed about two pounds. They didn't work any harder, but their mind-set had changed: They believed cleaning could help them shape up, and somehow it did. "If you put the mind in a healthy place, the body will be in a healthy place," says Langer.

But Cedric Bryant, PhD, of the American Council on Exercise, isn't so sure. "I wonder if changing their perception had an impact on their behavior outside work. Did they think, Jeez, I'm becoming healthy while I work -- now I should eat better? The study didn't measure that." In any case, everyday activities do add up. Check out the stats below from The Duke Diet.

Move a Little, Lose a Lot
 


See also:
More Weight Loss and Exercise Advice
4 Ways to Uncover the Motivation to Lose Weight

From Reader's Digest - June 2007
 
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