While showing pictures on Facebook from Europe…
My cousins ask the question of ….”How do French women stay so thin? Eating all those pastry?” Well…..this is the site I found and I couldn’t help but agree with it! Especially with #7!
http://www.wowowow.com/culture/getting-fit-sans-la-gym-379607
7.) Vive l’escalier! Taking the stairs whenever possible is one of the main tenets of my philosophy. It always astounds me to see people who live no higher than the fourth floor and with nothing more to carry than themselves taking the elevator. In France, walking up and down stairs is a perfunctory part of our day. We rarely spend an hour stair climbing, but you should know that climbing stairs burns a stunning 1100 calories per hour. Climbing a couple flights a day will surely go a long way. A few times a week I choose to walk up the 15 flights of stairs to my apartment for some healthy fun — and yes, I do enjoy it.
Stairs were CRAZY in Europe. Especially the stairs in Paris in our hotel. I didn’t mind the 5 flights…but…woweeee were they steep! Not as steep as the stairs in my house but steep enough..meRgh. But thought I’d share that site =) hah.
