Scuba Diving

By simply flopping into the water you’ve already experienced a type of weight loss—you feel lighter and are more buoyant—it’s a little like being weightless in outer space.

It May Be a Little Harder Than it Looks

Scuba diving looks easy when you see it on television but the gear that you must wear is heavy and scuba diving itself is a demanding form of exercise. Granted you and your equipment grow lighter once you enter the water, but there is still a lot of physical demands that are being put on your body during scuba diving. Recently, someone I spoke to said that they had gone through scuba diving lessons and not only did they feel a great sense of accomplishment in now knowing how to do it but that in three days they had managed to lose 2 ½ pounds without even trying. Technically, according to a bmi calculator that is available online, a person weighing 135 pounds will burn more than 225 calories from a mere 30 minutes of scuba diving. The best part is, the fun that they will have doing it.

Swimming in General is Great Exercise

While doing laps in the nearest recreational pool can’t be beat for weight loss in water; it also can’t be beat when it comes to boredom. I can’t imagine anything more monotonous than going back and forth in straight line in a pool. At least with snorkeling you’ve got beautifully fluorescent tropical fish to look at and are burning calories at the same time. Scuba diving with its heavy equipment and physical demands may not be as relaxing as snorkeling but affords you far greater experiences in the deeper waters than you will normally be able to access by snorkeling. Either way you’re getting a good workout and having a boatload of fun and interesting experiences without even having to break a sweat.

Good luck breaking a sweat in the water by the way.