{"id":1234,"date":"2013-03-07T12:33:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T20:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2024-08-30T02:34:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T09:34:36","slug":"5-reasons-gardening-is-good-for-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/5-reasons-gardening-is-good-for-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Gardening Is Good for Weight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Spring right around the corner\u00a0 we wanted to start a discussion and share ideas on how to\u00a0introduce some new, fun activities into our lives. Things we can do other than going to the gym or doing vigorous exercises to\u00a0help lose\u00a0some of those extra pounds that tend to creep on <\/a>during the winter months. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With this in mind, we bring you a\u00a0new gardening mini-series.\u00a0We wanted\u00a0to\u00a0give\u00a0you\u00a0some motivation to join us\u00a0in gardening, whether you start with\u00a0a few containers on your porch or windowsill or go for a larger raised bed or plot. And even if you’re not a seasoned veteran, gardening is not as hard as you might think and will enable you to enjoy the fruits of your labor — literally!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are\u00a05 reasons\u00a0why gardening is good for weight loss:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Try<\/a>Safe and Healthy Food:<\/strong> No additives,\u00a0preservatives or genetically modified organism (GMO)\u00a0type of worries happen\u00a0when you grow your own food. It’s a lot easier to eat fresh, healthy food when you can\u00a0quickly harvest\u00a0your side dish from your own garden. Instead of running to the store in a pinch or resorting to a highly refined and processed box of something, you will know that what you are about to make\u00a0is\u00a0healthy for you and your family. Tip: Try organic methods of pest control to reduce your\u00a0chemical exposure to pesticides.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Try<\/a>Exercise: <\/strong>According to a Harvard Health Publication, studies show that even moderate activity of gardening can burn up to 300 calories for women and almost 400 calories for men. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The s<\/span><\/span>pecific number of calories burned will depend on the weight of the individual but here are some approximate numbers per half<\/u><\/strong> hour of activity: Planting seeds \u2013 120 to 178 calories, weeding \u2013 139 to 205 calories, and digging or spading dirt \u2013 150 to 222 calories.\u00a0There’s a neat\u00a0calorie calculator<\/a> on\u00a0Fit Day to figure out\u00a0your calorie burn\u00a0while weeding or cultivating\u00a0a garden.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Try<\/a>Stress Reduction:\u00a0<\/strong>In non-formal surveys, people who tended a garden,\u00a0said stress reduction was one of their primary reason’s for gardening. With today’s high-tech society where we are always connected to email or\u00a0the telephone, it’s healthy to “walk away”\u00a0– even for 15 minutes and rejuvenate yourself. This will reduce the likelihood of stress-eating and studies have shown that stress levels can hinder a person’s weight loss efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Try<\/a>Cost Effective:<\/strong>\u00a0Cooking\u00a0healthy food doesn’t have to break the bank account. Imagine a garden that keeps harvesting week after week and allows you to freeze some for later?\u00a0 The photo to the left shows a photo of one harvest from JoAnne’s garden last year. She was giving it away like crazy and still had more than enough for her family.\u00a0H<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>as anyone priced out a small package of Basil at the store lately? It’s\u00a0more expensive per pound than the finest steak!\u00a0You will find that making healthy, flavor food doesn’t have to be expensive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Try<\/a>Ease and Simplicity:<\/strong> Making a flavor packed healthy recipe doesn’t have to be complicated. With fresh ingredients at your fingertips it will become second nature to make food from scratch instead of grabbing a bag of potato chips that are\u00a0loaded with fat and preservatives.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Just think of making Kale chips instead like we did here – A healthy, flavorful, crunchy, satisfying alternative and oh so easy! Find your new “comfort” food that’s healthy also!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We hope you join us for more installments\u00a0of this\u00a0Healthy Gardening\u00a0Mini-Series,\u00a0where will will cover the basics, good tips and tricks, and healthy recipes to make with your harvests!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Spring right around the corner\u00a0 we wanted to start a discussion and share ideas on how to\u00a0introduce some new, fun activities into our lives. Things we can do other than going to the gym or doing vigorous exercises to\u00a0help lose\u00a0some of those extra pounds that tend to creep on during the winter months. With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35,33,74,26,29,20,60,58],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weight-loss","tag-eat-locally","tag-exercise","tag-gardening","tag-health-benefits","tag-healthy-recipe","tag-lose-weight","tag-motivation","tag-weight-loss-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1234"}],"version-history":[{"count":134,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10546,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions\/10546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliteweight.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}