Go home, go to sleep, wake up and you've just burned 700 calories.
Often times when we think of burning calories we think of hitting the gym, going to Zumba, jogging in the park, busting out the Wii Fit - but we fail to realize that everything you do that requires movement of your body burns calories.
If you're a waiter, at the end of the day you've burned some mega calories running back and forth from kitchen to table and back again for hours and hours. You're a stay at home parent? Chasing after kiddos, playing catch and roughhousing burns calories! Everything does!
Is vacuuming everyday going to turn you into a sports calendar model overnight? Nope.
But it WILL help you stay on track with your diet, especially if you're logging your caloric intake. If you've discovered that you're about to go over your daily calorie allowance by noon - then it's time go out and rake some leaves or go fishing.
So if the word "exercise" makes you wanna run... the other way, no worries.
Here are 30 realistic and "non-exercisey" activities that you can do (or do MORE of) that will burn 100 calories.
Here are 30 realistic and "non-exercisey" activities that you can do (or do MORE of) that will burn 100 calories.
Dance alone in your bedroom to your favorite music, go to a dance club with a group of friends or take a class or two in tango, belly dance, line dancing, etc. |
1. Dancing - 20 minutes
2. Vacuuming - 25 minutes
3. Gardening - 30 minutes
4. Do the week's ironing - 40 minutes
5. Raking the leaves - 40 minutes
6. Washing your vehicle (wax and clean out the inside for more burn!) - 30 minutes
7. Fidgeting (yes, fidgeting!) - 1 hour 30 minutes
8. Light housework (dishes, dusting, sweeping, etc) - 20 minutes
9. Grocery shopping - 30 minutes
10. Serious cooking - 40 minutes
Ditch the fancy gadgets and chop everything by hand, shred, grind, tenderize, get down and whip up an elaborate meal for you and a few dinner guests. |
11. Give someone a massage - 25 minutes
12. Sit in a Sauna - 15 minutes
13. Rough house with this kids - 25 minutes
14. Chop wood - 15 minutes
15. Take a long nap - 1 hour 25 minutes
16. Rearrange a room - 15 minutes
17. Play pool (billiards) - 35 minutes
18. Bowling - 30 minutes
19. Making Love - 30 minutes
20. Laughing - 1 hour 18 minutes
Get together with a super funny friend, listen to the comedy station on Pandora, go to a comedy club and laugh your butt off. Or you could always just hang out with a hilarious piece of pizza... |
21. Play Scrabble with friends - 2 hours
22. Go fishing - 25 minutes
23. Play table tennis (ping-pong) - 25 minutes
24. Singing - 40 minutes
25. Putt-Putt Golf - 30 minutes
26. Walk the dog - 25
27. Sit on an exercise ball - 1 hour
28. Chew gum - 1 hour 40 minutes
29. Walk to work - 20 minutes
Note: Actives and caloric information were obtained from various internet sources. "Times" presented are averages as some sites presented slightly different information.
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Love it - gym is over-rated ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the chewing gum "workout"! lol But seriously, great list! I am always looking for ways to burn more energy during the day without working up a huge sweat :)
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