You take the elevator when you need to go up a few floors, you get on the little motorized walk ramp at the airport, and you park as close to the front door as possible. At first glance, choosing these little convenient modes of transportation doesn't appear to make much of a difference in your daily life. The fact is, they do. A flight of stairsburns, on average, 15 calories. If you're taking stairs at work, the mall or in your home on an average day, that could add up to 225 or more extra calories burned. Walk a bit further to get to the front door when you're shopping and you could burn an extra 30. Forgoing the automatic walkway in the airport -- an extra 100! When given the opportunity, use your body, not the elevator or the car. That's what it's made for.
就算只有幾級臺階,你也要搭電梯。機場的步行電梯你從來都不會放過。把車停在靠近商場前門的位置,越近越好。起初,這種代步的便捷工具看似對你的日常生活沒有多大影響,事實是,它們的影響大著呢。走樓梯的話,平均每層可以消耗15卡路里。如果你每天都走樓梯上下班、進出商場、在家走動的話,那么你每天就能多消耗至少225卡路里。去逛街時,多走幾步路去商場門口也能多消耗30卡路里。在機場不走步行電梯的話,還能多消耗100卡路里!只要有機會,就多動動你的身體,別總是坐電梯或坐車,你的身體是用來讓你動的。