Weight Loss and The Beach: From Dad’s Perspective

I have taken the beach for granted for quite awhile and today my wife asked me to go to the beach. At first I did not want to go because I do not get many days off from work and I felt as if I just needed to relax. It was then my wife told me that the beach would be the perfect place to go and unwind. Come and take a tongue in cheek look at why the beach is a great place for weight loss.

While I was at the beach today I realized just how lucky I am to be living where I live. I am very close to Pensacola, Florida.  I have to try to “squeeze” this topic into weight loss so I came up with the following reasons why the beach is a great place to lose weight!

1) Seeing all of the young “hard Bodies” makes you want to walk around holding your stomach in which is great exercise.

2) Being in the hot sun helps you to sweat which helps you drop some of that dreaded water weight.

3) Swimming in the water is great exercise that uses muscles you do not use.

4) Lugging all of that beach stuff from the car to the surf is a great way to get that cardio up and push the endurance envelope.

5) Bending over to wipe all the sand off your feet provides a great limbering and toning workout.

6) Walking back to your towel from the surf gets that heart pumping and muscles moving.

7) Drinking all that water to cool off helps your daily water intake consumption.

Chasing your beach umbrella is a fabulous cardio workout because of all the sprinting involved.

9) Rubbing suntan lotion on yourself helps your hands go where they have not been for years. Great stretching exercises.

10)All of the dancing you do when walking back to your car over the scorching black top is also great cardio.

Yup! The beach is a great place to go and relax and unwind and get your daily exercise requirement. I am glad I live near the beach but now since I had such a great time the wife wants me to go somewhere on vacation that has a beach!