20 Ways To Burn 50 Calories A Day (And Lose 5 lbs. A Year)
>> May 04, 2008
In a recent post I listed 30 ways for you to cut 50 calories a day and lose up to 5 pounds a year. The reverse is also true. If you burn 50 more calories a day, you'll also lose those 5 pounds. It's really not as hard as it seems. Most people think they will have to add 20 to 30 minutes of walking to burn 50 calories, but it actually only takes 10! So, here I've written a list of 20 ways you can burn 50 extra calories today.
Just think, if you burn 50 more calories a day and also cut 50 extra calories, in a year you can lose around 10 pounds!
- Walk at a moderate pace for 10 minutes.
- Play Frisbee for 15 minutes.
- Wash your car by hand for 10 minutes.
- Put your leaf blower away and rake those leaves. In 10 minutes you'll burn 60 calories!
- Get off that raft while in the pool and swim! Just 10 minutes of light swimming burns over 50 calories.
- Vacuum for 18 minutes.
- Ride your bike for 7 minutes.
- Walk up stairs for 5 minutes.
- Dance for 10 minutes.
- Jump rope for 4 1/2 minutes.
- Weed your garden or landscaping for 15 minutes.
- Make someone feel good. By giving a massage for 15 minutes you'll burn more than 50 calories. (maybe you can talk them into reciprocating... in the name of burning calories of course!)
- Bowl for 20 minutes.
- Play pool for 25 minutes.
- Catch your dinner. Actively fish for 25 minutes.
- Build something. You'll burn more than 50 calories when you do 15 minutes of carpentry.
- Does your room need a make-over? Paint for 20 minutes.
- Play a game of catch with your kids for 20 minutes.
- Stand while talking on the phone, working at your computer (all you bloggers), eating, etc. You burn at least 20 more calories per hour when you stand than when you sit.
- Passionately kiss someone for 25 minutes. Supposedly kissing can burn up to 2 calories per minute. --Hey, it's worth a try!
Note: Calorie burn varies from person to person. A heavier person will burn more calories than a lighter one for each activity. Most of the figures above are based on a 130 lb. person. Use a Calorie Estimator to find out how many calories you, personally, will burn.
5 comments:
Theses are both great lists. A lot of the items don't seem like they would help much, but doing 1 or 2 each day can make a very big difference. I'm a big advocate of making diet or exercise changes in moderation especially for beginners. I think a lot of people get too ambitious when they try to lose weight, and become discouraged. Burning and cutting 50 a day is a great way to start losing weight.
I love this list. Will give some of these a try.
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Oh we write about same niche..its about fitness and healthy life..thanks for sharing nice tips here..
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What a great list! My jump rope is going to be coming out a lot more often now, thanks! (:
Great post, I like the whole list you made. I think I need to get out do some of these things.
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