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Calories - You are what you eat.

The most important thing to remember about your weight is the relationship between calorie intake (from eating) and calorie burn (from activity). To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you're taking in. To maintain your weight, intake and burn should be equal.

You need to burn off 3,500 calories to lose one pound of fat. That means if you walk four times a week for 30 minutes each, you'll lose a pound of fat in less than six weeks. Or if you do three sessions of InfraRed Body Wraps you can lose a pound in a week. Add that to a diet that cuts 500 calories a day from what you've been eating and you'll lose even more.

Activity 15min 30min 45min 60min
Infra Red Body Wrap
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900
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1200+
Aerobics (High-Impact) 165 320 500 660
Basketball (Game-playing) 140 280 430 550
Baseball/Softball 92 159 240 317
Circuit Training(with weights) 185 320 455 580
Cycling (6mph) 75 130 190 240
Cycling (12mph) 100 200 300 410
Cycling (15mph) 150 320 480 600
Cross-Country Skiing 145 300 450 600
Dancing (Swing) 110 205 293 390
Dancing (Line) 65 138 195 258
Downhill Skiing 100 200 300 400
Elliptical Trainer 235 548 690 905
Football 140 280 390 530
Golf (Walking) 45 115 170 230
Golf (Carrying Clubs) 80 170 260 340
Handball 165 325 490 655
Hiking (Avg Incline) 105 190 280 360
Hockey 142 290 420 555
Horseback Riding (General) 65 130 195 260
Ice Skating (General) 110 225 340 445
In-line Skating 150 300 450 600
Jump Rope 170 290 460 620
Kayaking 75 150 225 300
Martial Arts 180 328 485 645
Racquetball 110 225 340 450
Rock Climbing (Ascending) 192 388 540 722
Rowing Machine 150 350 475 650
Running (10min mile pace) 180 360 540 730
Running (8min mile pace) 225 450 670 925
Sex (Ave. Pace) 24 49 75 97
Skate Boarding 85 165 237 317
Ski Machine 125 280 425 575
Snow Shoeing (General) 140 290 405 535
Soccer 140 270 415 555
Surfing 48 97 146 195
Stair Climber 155 310 460 618
Swimming (freestyle) 130 250 380 510
Tennis (singles) 110 225 350 450
Ultimate Frisbee 55 105 174 222
Volleyball 48 90 144 190
Walking (flat, 17min mile pace) 65 130 200 275
Walking (hills, 17min mile pace) 90 180 260 380
Water Aerobics 70 140 210 280
Water Skiing 95 205 312 415
Weeding a Garden 90 160 230 320
Weight Training 130 270 385 510
Wrestling (5 min match) 115 180 290 387
Yoga 70 120 185 240