Burn Calories With Everyday Activities

When you think about exercise, do you automatically imagineyourself on a treadmill in a gym? Or doing laps in a swimmingpool? If so, you might be surprised to know just how manycalories you can burn doing everyday activities. Housework is one chore that everyone has to do at some point.Rather than dread it, proceed briskly through your chores andyou can have an excellent workout. A 150 lb person can spend asmuch as 140 calories by mopping the floor for a half hour.Vacuuming for 30 minutes spends about the same number ofcalories. Take off another 75 calories by ironing for a halfhour. Outdoor chores also provide great opportunities to burncalories. The same 150 pound person will burn 177 caloriespulling weeds for half and hour and another 120 calories mowingthe lawn. Because gardening often involves stretching andbending, it offers muscular as well as cardiovascular benefits.Save 300 calories by spending an hour washing your car. Baggingleaves and grass clippings burns 136 calories in 30 minutes. If you like to entertain, you can make up for that slice ofcake by cleaning up after the party. If it takes you an hour,you'll burn over 300 calories. If you wash the dishes as well,you'll burn another 152 calories. If you spend an hourrearranging furniture before and after your party, that's awhopping 450 calories. However, keep in mind that all theseactivities need to be performed at the same intensity levelover time in order to receive the full benefits. Still, even ifyou only burned half the estimated calories preparing for andcleaning up after your party, that would still be 500 caloriesworth of cake. Home improvement tasks can burn calories as well. An hour ofindoor painting burns 204 calories. Removing and installingcarpet spends calories in 30 minutes. Roofing burns a whopping400 calories an hour, just be sure you drink a lot of water ifyou're spending the day up on a hot roof. Even something as simple as going to the grocery store can be acalorie-burner. A half hour of brisk grocery shopping will spendabout 130 calories. If you walk a half hour to the store,subtract another 100 calories from your daily total. Just don'tspend all your savings on Oreos. If all else fails, simply sleeping for 8 hours burns 50calories.About The Author: Kadence Buchanan writes articles forhttp://yourfitnesssource.net/ - In addition, Kadence alsowrites articles for http://thenursingcenter.com/ andhttp://4aginginfo.com/