How to Burn Hundreds of Calories Doing Household Chores and Lose Weight

This hub is of the realistic view that while people want to be healthy, time and energy sometimes don't make the mix. The gym is just another chore and the idea of jogging first thing in the morning or last thing at night .... well it's the last thing you want to do. Family always come first and you always come last. Between breakfast, lunch boxes and wondering what to do for tea, while panicking about a dirty gym kit; you're exhausted. Swimming might be good, not to strenuous .... but you can think of a hundred reasons why not to. Lets face it; you have every reason under the sun .... why not to! It's been rehearsed for years and years.

I am not here to judge, but you might like to hear the following facts, AND you can do it from home. It won't take hours (unless you want to) it's free, and you'll have a spotless home to boot. But first in case we have some visiting exercise lovers or perhaps possible future fanatics, I do have a break down of exercises and calories burned per hour below. Who knows! someone out there might be encouraged to burn those calories by taking a walk or having a swim.

Top calorie burning exercises:

An average person weighing 155 lbs will burn the following calories listed in an hour.

The exercises are based on a moderate exertion level and not on an olympic try out level ...

• Darts 175 calories
• Bowling 210 calories
• Volleyball 210 calories
• Sky diving 245 calories
• Walking @ 3 mph 247 calories
• Horse riding 280 calories
• Cycling @ 10 mph 284 calories
• Badminton 315 calories
• Golfing 315 calories
• Jumping 317 calories
• Dancing 320 calories
• Swimming 422 calories
• Jogging 450 calories
• Running @ 5 mph 472 calories
• Ice skating 500 calories
• Tennis 500 calories
• Rowing 690 calories
• Aerobic exercise 700 calories
• Rock climbing 710 calories
• Kick boxing 900 calories

... and just to cheer you up 3500 calories (more or less) is equal to 1 lb in weight, so 5 hours of aerobics it is then, any takers ...?

As above, a person weighing an average of 155 lbs will burn the following calories per half hour, doing the following household chores ...

• Wash the windows 200 calories
• Spring cleaning 160 calories
• Polishing all the mirrors 180 calories
• Cleaning the bathroom 105 calories
• Vacuuming 105 calories
• Dusting and polishing 100 calorie
• Mopping the kitchen floor 100 calories
• Cooking dinner 90 calories
• Baking a cake 80 calories
• Doing the laundry 70 calories
• Ironing 65 calories
• Washing the dishes 65 calorie
• Digging the garden 250 calories
• Mowing the lawn 195 calories
• Weeding 195 calories
• Playing with the kids 150 calories
• Clear out the garage 129 calories
• Washing the car 125 calories
• Plant a herb garden 120 calories
• Picking up rubbish 110 calories
• Watering the plants 100 calories
• Grocery shopping 100 calories

Every time it takes 2 minutes to go up stairs you burn 17 calories and coming back down you burn 7 calories.

Having a snooze or sleeping; you will burn your way through 80 calories. Why not add another 20 minutes to your 40 winks zzzzzzz.

Enjoy watching TV? not to worry, an hour every evening looking at your favorite programs will burn a staggering 85 calories and you don't even have to move.

Drinking cold water burns calories, so fill up a bottle and leave it in your fridge. Oh! and water helps flush your system, a double whammy.

Hot spices increase your metabolism, which means you burn calories quicker. Add a little chili, hot paprika or cayenne pepper to your favorite dishes.

Take the stairs and skip the lift, whether your in a shopping mall or a high rise building. Burn those calories and tone those thighs.

Get off the bus two stops before your stop and walk the rest of the way; save shillings and lose pounds.

Stop driving short distances; save the environment while you save your waist line.

Stick a picture of yourself on the fridge indulging in a favorite food. Amazingly this is a proven deterrent; not only will it keep you away from the fridge it will keep everyone else away as well.

Best of luck. Remember: if you slip up, just get back up and keep on going.

Don't be fazed; good things take time.

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