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20 Daily Activities You Can Do That Burn Calories

Aug 9th, 2009 by UmiNoor
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It's natural for people to want the easy solution to their problems. Here is a list of 20 easy activities that you are already doing daily to burn calories.

The list below is taken from the book entitled "Book Of Lists" by Christopher Rigby. There are many interesting information in this book and for those who love trivial pursuit, this is the book to read.

There are many categories of information which include the movie industry, famous people, science, music, art & literature, sport, history and geography.

You have to check out the book. It contains information that you might not know of like the real names of movie stars, the real meaning behind the Christmas song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", 10 famous people who used to be teachers, the hidden meanings of flowers and plants and many other trivial information. This 510 pages book will certainly make your evenings with friends and family more entertaining.

And now here is the list of 20 daily and easy activities you can do that burn calories that is taken from a page in the book.


 1. Kissing for 1 minute..........30 calories


 2. Sleeping......................60 calories/hour
 
 3. Watching television...........75 calories/hour


 4. Standing in a queue..........100 calories/hour


 5. Driving......................120 calories/hour


 6. Ironing clothes..............150 calories/hour


 7. Repairing the car............200 calories/hour


 8. Gentle stroll................220 calories/hour


 9. Cleaning the house...........240 calories/hour


10. Climbing stairs..............300 calories/hour


11. Digging the garden...........360 calories/hour


12. Skating......................360 calories/hour


13. Rock climbing................390 calories/hour


14. Mowing the lawn..............400 calories/hour


15. Dancing......................400 calories/hour


16. Playing tennis...............420 calories/hour


17. Playing football.............650 calories/hour


18. Swimming.....................720 calories/hour


19. Skipping with a rope.........750 calories/hour


20. Jogging at 7 miles/hour......920 calories/hour

I hope this list will encourage you to mow the lawn more often or to climb the stairs instead of taking the elevator as all these activities add up to help you lose those unwanted pounds.
Source : Book Of Lists by Christopher Rigby (2005)
Published by Bardfield Press in 2005

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, over a year ago
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Thanks for all of the great information above!  All of those ways to lose calories are great and can be done at any part of the day.  In order to find out how many calories you have burned walking, running, or performing chores around the house, head on over to http://www.fitclick.com and use their calories burned calculator.  Head on over and try it, you have nothing to lose but weight!

Raju, over a year ago
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That is a collection of interesting information. This will help plan using energy at our convinience.

babykeka80, over a year ago
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Thanks.  I could always use to burn a few extra calories.

Hyneman, over a year ago
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Wow! Good info.

MamaSiti, over a year ago
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Nice list.

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