How to Lose Weight Watching TV

AGdedouy says on July 7th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

mybe by the averag of my wathing TV
I will lose all weight in just one week
ربما بعدل مشاهدتي للتلفاز سأخسر وزني بأسبوع واحد

abhishek says on July 7th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

i am twenty four years old and my weight is about ninety kilograms.I get no time to watch t.v in day time and after working so long only at night one two hours i able to watch t.v.PLz tell me how can do all this at night and time to work out.help me
abhishek
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Lauren says on July 7th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

I’d love to believe this, but can’t. I’ve done stepaerobics—*heavy*, 200bpm heart rate stepaerobics—and not lost a single pound. More activity is better than less, but it’s never done a thing for me…

M@ says on July 7th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

I thought of this about 10 years ago and considered making it yet another exersize thing – like the thighmaster. I even had an awsome name for it: “Advercising” (c) 2008

Dayne Batten says on July 7th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

I hate to be a nerd about this, but your yearly calculations aren’t quite right. As the person lost weight over the course of a year, they’d be burning less and less calories in a given day, cause they’d be lifting less weight onto the step…

Great article!

Michael says on July 8th, 2008 at 8:26 am

But what about us folks with DVRs? I don’t think I have watched more than 10 minutes of ads in the last 6 months.

Mrs S says on July 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

I was going to say the exact same thing as Michael!

Although really – why do you need to wait for the adverts to step? Just put it in front of your tv and step while you’re watching your favourite soap – stepping is much less boring when your attention is on something else.

Steve says on July 9th, 2008 at 11:50 pm

Working out during the commercial breaks is a really good use of your time. I prefer doing some body weight exercises (push-ups, crunches, dips etc..) over stepping.

When I watch TV I like to pay attention to the show, exercising during the show detracts from that. Trying to focus on the TV while jump/running etc.. also gives me a headache sometimes.

Katie says on August 17th, 2008 at 10:39 am

I agree with Steve

Training while watching TV is not a good idea in my opinion. You cant do two things equally well at the same time.

But training during commercial breaks is a good idea :)

Tim says on September 4th, 2008 at 8:33 am

I can see a problem with this. The couch is far too comfortable. Its easier for me to cycle 26 miles while I’m sitting on my bike than to get off a couch while the tv is on. When I turn on my telly… that’s officially the end of my productivity. The best advice I can give anyone trying to lose weight is to get rid of the tv and take up a sport.

Magnus says on September 11th, 2008 at 8:07 am

What you need is an exercise bike that turns a small generator that powers the TV.
So if you want to keep watching, you have to keep pedalling!

Micky says on October 25th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

:D This is a great a idea! I don’t know how well it will work, but my sister, who needs to lose a little weight and watches TV all day (lit. 8 hours), would probably try this.

Thanks.

marita says on December 10th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

Hi Craig, Hope you don’t mind, but I sent this to Oprah, maybe you should give her a follow up call. It is a great idea!

Hey Oprah,
I saw Gail on the TV talking about your weight gain. Now I don’t really watch your show but I have seen it on and off over the years and I think you still look great so don’t worry about dieting BUT I had this great idea for your show. I have invented an exercise ‘machine’ called the Air Band which is a hand held device that you push or pull between the hands or it can be looped around the foot…very much like those spring loaded things. The difference with this product is that it is provided to the user completely free of charge. I originally thought that you could demonstrate the Air Band on your show and use a small corner of the screen to have a continuing demonstration of gentle exercises that can be done seated while watching your show. The point being that watching your show would become a fitness activity (albeit gentle). BUT then I saw an article by a cute looking guy called Craig Harper called How to Lose Weight Watching TV, here’s the link. http://www.lifehack.org/articl.....ng-tv.html
Unfortunately for me and my dream of paying the mortgage off sooner, I think that he has the better idea. He has calculated the weightloss that would occur if a person used one of those steppers during the ad breaks and it is quite a significant amount over a period of one year (see article for details).
So, here’s the thing, Oprah, I think that you should have a stepper next to your chair and every time an ad break is announced UP YOU GET and you encourage the people at home to step all thru the ad break.! You could get Ellen DeGeneres to do it as well ….. and every guest who comes on ….except for the sad ones maybe.
I don’t think the Harper guy would mind you using his idea, not that I have a clue who he is, other than it says he is an exercise scientist (?) and motivational speaker.
Maybe you could kick it all off by having him on the show. Like I said he looks pretty cute in his promo shot.
Have a great Xmas and New Year over there in the US of A.
Best Regards
Marita

Ryan says on December 31st, 2008 at 2:34 pm

Only catch is you can’t have a DVR. With the way my schedule usually works I catch up on stuff from weeknights on the weekend so I don’t get stuck watching commercials. Although maybe with not having that 15 minutes of commercials spread out during the show I should probably use the 15 minutes to do something active.

Flo says on February 10th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

i didn’t want to believe this and being the good engineer i am i calculated it all out using good old physics. not only is it true but i went even further with it since i had already recreated everything else in my boredom

Only did this for one weight but if your 200 lb you just have to walk up the step 16 (15.6 to be exact) times per commercial break for 3 hours and you will lose 64 lb assuming you don’t change your lifestyle and are not currently gaining weight

Cupid says on April 18th, 2009 at 2:00 am

Thanks for a great blog. I saw a story a while back that some guy hooked up his lcd monitor to an exercise bike. If he stopped pedaling the monitor would go off. Awesome idea for gamers that want to keep fit.

David says on July 18th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Excellent article – however I tend to do this in a 20 or 30min session – normally on an exercise bike about 4 times a week. As for ads – well I just watch DVDs.

The distraction really helps though – just exercising, even with music playing is really boring!

Iceebear says on July 19th, 2009 at 9:36 am

I watch “How I Met Your Mother” each show is about 20 minutes without the commericals, so I can watch to shows for forty minutes. I have already watched Seasons 3 and 4, and will soon watch seasons 1 and 2. Makes time go by faster. I download the shows on my creative zen and watch them while at the Gym.

AndiC says on July 19th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

in the UK our adverts are about 5mins and are every 20 approx.

Amber R says on July 20th, 2009 at 10:02 am

As a very broke college grad, I don’t subscribe to cable/TV at this point, but I AM a big fan of the free Radiolab podcasts. I’m also completely not a science person, but these really draw me in and take my mind off the exercise. So not only am I working on my body, I’m working on my mind too! Check it out: http://amberrinehard.wordpress.....-radiolab/

answerstash says on July 21st, 2009 at 3:28 am

I did not get time to watch T.V cause of my computer work i have to sit before computer 12 hours a day. please tell me how can i lose my weight without affecting my work.