Best calorie burn in 30 min lunch break

Exercise for fitness. Go for a brisk walk and boost your heart rate. Do some bathroom squats, some bathroom stall (or desk) push ups.

Calorie burns from half an hour of exercise pale in comparison to calories burned during a day of just doing nothing. Half an hour will not add anything significant. The best way to effect weight loss is by eating less.

DianaGabriela2013 wrote: »

I would love some advice on what is the best thing to do in 30 minutes for maximum calorie burn.

The issue with just exercising for calorie expenditure is that you'll get similar results just by eating less. Weight loss is as simple as Calories In vs Calories Out. AS long as you're consuming less energy than you expend you'll lose weight.

With that in mind I'd agree with TeaBea, exercise for fitness. In that sense find something you enjoy. Going for a brisk walk will give you a decent cardiovascular effect, and if you want to establish what your calorie burn is then use a phone app to track your distance and give you an estimate.

DianaGabriela2013 wrote: »

I'm sorry I guess I should have specified that I am eating a healthy diet. In ADDITION I want to get more activity in my day and decided lunch break was a daily 30 minutes that I can schedule and know I can do for sure.

Currently I go to a long empty back building in our parking lot and circle it. I walk on the front of it and run the back.

In that case, your best bet is to work on increasing the amount of running in that period until you can run for the full time. Running burns about twice as much as walking, and has a number of both cardiovascular and musculo-skeletal benefits.

Running or cycling at a fast pace will burn the most calories

I cycle at lunch and burn 300 in 30 minutes, you get sweaty though, bring some wipes, wipe yourself down and if you have long hair just wear it up the rest of the day.

Any chance you can talk your boss into buying (or letting you bring in) a stationary bike or elliptical to toss in an empty room/corner? It could be viewed as staff wellness. I know my employee bought a couple 'stationary bike' desks...that hold your laptop etc. to try to give folks a chance to be active. They put them in the break room...

NorthCascades wrote: »

Do you really want to come back to work all sweaty though?

Perhaps you could convince your employer to install showers.

Go up and down the back stairs (most building have a second set because of fire codes). Bring a pair of running shoes, and just do stairs....or how we refered to them in track: bleachers. You can also do a quick two minute squat routine once an hour, or inclined push-ups against your desk. Get creative. Look up "office calisthenics" on line for ideas.

DianaGabriela2013 wrote: »

NorthCascades wrote: »

Do you really want to come back to work all sweaty though?

No I don't : (

Either have your employer get a standing desk for you, walk briskly outdoors for 25 minutes, eat less, or as another has mentioned get a desk cycle. There are other things you can do if you seek opportunities to move.

DianaGabriela2013 wrote: »

NorthCascades wrote: »

Do you really want to come back to work all sweaty though?

No I don't : (

If you just go for a 30 minute walk each day I think you'll be better off. You want this to be something you can continue to do. You don't want it to make you all sweaty, walking is perfect. I promise you, do this each day and it will be a difference maker.

When I started weight loss, I did 2, 15 minute walks each day, calorie burn is only about 50 each walk for me (165 lbs or so at the time) and it really did make that little different over the weeks and months.