Empieza a cambiar el tiempo. Los fríos parece que ya han pasado y los días soleados se imponen poco a poco. Comenzamos a quitarnos ropa de abrigo y, como todos los años, los que aparece debajo no nos acaba de gustar. ¡Otra vez nos sobran unos kilitos! Lo que viene a continuación lo conocemos sobradamente: fuera las comidas pesadas, alimentación más equilibrada, algo de ejercicio y a enfadarnos todos los días con la dichosa báscula.
Sin dejar de lado ninguna de estas soluciones, este año podemos contribuir a alcanzar desired figure few tips that we do not involve a lot of effort and, above, will help us save a few euros and contribute to environmental conservation .
We assume that the calories consumed each day, as prescribed by specialists and depending on the physical activity we conduct, ranges between 2,000 and 2,500 .
Suppose we left home an average of four times a day. Let's change of habits: instead of pressing the elevator button, go down the stairs on foot and on coming, not to use either the lift . The results, assuming that it took a couple of minutes to complete the round, are as follows: the lower, 8 minutes and 7 calories per minute equals 56 calories climbing, 8 minutes and 13 calories per minute equal to 104 calories. A total of 160 calories a day. Or what is the same, 7% of total intake daily. If we count every month, we will have consumed about 5,000 calories a couple of days of consumption of calories! 
And the energy savings? An elevator spends every working minute that 4 bulbs of 60 watts for one hour. With the route indicated above, we operate the lift about eight minutes a day (the elevator is waiting for us at the door of our house, halfway vacuum does), or two kilowatts daily, about 40 cents (before taxes) or 12 euros monthly . Okay, the electricity consumed by the elevator pay the residents, but who pays to the community? If all the neighbors do the same ...
We went outside. Studies show that more than half of the inhabitants of a city made trips about three or at most, five miles to go to work, go to the clinic, shop or visit family, to give a examples.
To make them, if we use the average car takes about 20 or 25 minutes. We can not do for less, we'll have to go get the car parked two blocks from our house, swallow a dozen red lights and, worst of all, find parking at the destination. If we do twice a day this way (12 km) and assuming that we spend about 20 cents per mile (not to count only the gasoline consumption), the end of the day we will have spent about two and a half euros Some 60 per month (minus holidays) and 750 a year . All this without counting what the car can cost us if we do not have choice but to use it (about 1.5 euros per hour) or even worse, fines for parking in prohibited place.
Now suppose we make these trips on foot. It will take something between 30 and 40 minutes, but will gain peace of mind and our physical will notice, on each trip will consume 150 calories (not walk very fast) or 600 daily. Over 13,000 a month! The equivalent of 5 days of food.
And if we can not lose time, have you thought about using the bike or skate? With the bike will take even less than the car and if we do the four paths with it, consume about 300 calories a day . And the cost will remain near zero. With skates, burn up to twice the calories than the bike.
Evidence, because if they are bearable, you can even start thinking about selling that second car for families who use small movements and in this case, saving trips . Even taking a taxi once. Okay, I agree with you. We can not always take the lift or not the car. but we do only half of the time we managed to save around 500 euros and burn the equivalent calories for a month and a half.
Not bad. If we can save up to share the gym that costs us go with God's help twice a week!
