RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Holiday shopping this weekend? Here's FOUR simple steps to let the only new weight you carry home be in your shopping bags instead of your hips/thighs/butt/tummy:

1) Bundle up and park further away from the entrances and WALK.

2) ALWAYS take the stairs instead of escalators/elevators.

3) Bring SMALL, healthy snacks with you (unsalted/raw nuts/seeds, fruit like bananas or apples, almond butter with veggies like baby carrots/celery sticks, etc.) so you're not hungry and tempted to visit the high calorie/fat/sugar/carb/sodium food court.

4) After checking out, carry all your bags to the car instead of in the cart to increase the calorie burn.