Lawn raking – 333 calories
Mopping – 377 calories
Housework– 390 calories
Gardening – 455 calories
Wood Chopping – 511 calories
Furniture rearranging – 555
Exercise, as you can see, comes in many forms. Not only are there practical and useful applications but you also get the added benefit of it improving your health.
However if you are serious about losing weight you have to step up your efforts a little more, these everyday household activities are great for getting exercise but as you know in order to lose even a pound of fat you need to lose 3,500 calories. It would take a lot of furniture moving and gardening for you to get to that point.
To get to the stage where you will lose weight on a consistent basis you need to add extra exercise to your routine.
Let’s start small because these are activities that can boost your level of fat burning that little bit extra.
These activities aren’t too strenuous but can help the weight come off faster.
Light Exercise
This is achievable for most people no matter what your fitness level and will kick your weight loss up a notch.
Note – these are the average figures for a 185-pound individual, results will vary according to weight. If you are a little heavier you will burn more calories than the figures presented below. These figures are based upon 60 minutes of activity.
An hour’s worth of Yoga stretching – 350 calories
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