( Not really excercise but good to know)
Midday marks the 'empower half hour' 30 minutes of physical activity from going for a run at lunchtime to playing sports in the playground. National Fitness Day plans to make the UK a healthier nation.
So here are 10 day-to-day activites to boost your calorie burn.
From getting ready to gardening to housework or even sleeping, these can all help burn hundreds of unexpected calories every day.
Get your teeth into it
You can start to burn calories just by brushing your teeth. Brushing those pearly whites (two minutes minimum please) will burn around 6 calories. Brush several times a day and you’re multiplying this. To add to effectiveness, stand on one leg for one minute and then swap onto the other for a minute – this will burn an extra 20 calories.
Be house proud
Housework is a chore, but rather than dread it, use it as a workout. Dust for half an hour and burn around 80 calories; mop the floor for 15 minutes and burn around 70 calories. Vacuuming for 30 minutes will account for around 120 calories, and the same time spent ironing will burn around 75 calories.
Green fingers
You can also look outdoors for opportunities to burn more calories. Digging for an hour could expend nearly 500 calories, mowing the lawn for 30 minutes burns over 100 calories – even more if you use a push mower. Lose the collecting bag attachment and you can spend another 20 minutes raking up, accounting for another 70 calories.
Your car awaits
Make a serious dent into your calorie intake by washing the car. If you do a proper job, both inside and out, this could take you up to two hours, during which you may have burned off more than 500 calories.
Shop to drop
Push a shopping trolley up the aisles for around half an hour will burn over 100 calories and this will increase the more you put in your trolley (healthy options only please!). Make sure you pack your own shopping at the checkout and take your goods to the car yourself.
Make a meal of it
Half an hour preparing a meal and setting a table will burn in excess of 70 calories. The actual act of eating your meal will account for around 50 calories, and doing the dishes will burn about 40 calories for every 15 minutes you are scrubbing away.
Relax, don’t do it
One hour spent relaxing in front of the TV burns around 65 calories. Do without the TV remote and you can boost your calories burned just by having to get up occasionally to switch channels.
A loss not to be sniffed at
Calorie burn doesn’t stop when you make a call of nature. Some people choose to take a good book or magazine to occupy them while they are on the loo and you’ll burn around 1 calorie for each minute you spend on your porcelain throne.
Pucker up
Calorie burning doesn’t all have to be hard work. Half an hour of kissing could help you burn in excess of 30 calories. And if this gets you in the mood you could boost your calorie burn – a 30 minute sex session accounting for around 150 calories.
Sleep
You’re going to be pretty whacked after all that calorie burning activity of the day, but even when you are getting some shut eye, you are still burning calories. Yes, an average night’s sleep of around eight hours of sleep can account for over 400 calories hour.
(Note: Calories counts are approximate and based on an average female of around 65kg. A heavier person will burn more calories.)
So here are 10 day-to-day activites to boost your calorie burn.
From getting ready to gardening to housework or even sleeping, these can all help burn hundreds of unexpected calories every day.
Get your teeth into it
You can start to burn calories just by brushing your teeth. Brushing those pearly whites (two minutes minimum please) will burn around 6 calories. Brush several times a day and you’re multiplying this. To add to effectiveness, stand on one leg for one minute and then swap onto the other for a minute – this will burn an extra 20 calories.
Be house proud
Housework is a chore, but rather than dread it, use it as a workout. Dust for half an hour and burn around 80 calories; mop the floor for 15 minutes and burn around 70 calories. Vacuuming for 30 minutes will account for around 120 calories, and the same time spent ironing will burn around 75 calories.
Green fingers
You can also look outdoors for opportunities to burn more calories. Digging for an hour could expend nearly 500 calories, mowing the lawn for 30 minutes burns over 100 calories – even more if you use a push mower. Lose the collecting bag attachment and you can spend another 20 minutes raking up, accounting for another 70 calories.
Your car awaits
Make a serious dent into your calorie intake by washing the car. If you do a proper job, both inside and out, this could take you up to two hours, during which you may have burned off more than 500 calories.
Shop to drop
Push a shopping trolley up the aisles for around half an hour will burn over 100 calories and this will increase the more you put in your trolley (healthy options only please!). Make sure you pack your own shopping at the checkout and take your goods to the car yourself.
Make a meal of it
Half an hour preparing a meal and setting a table will burn in excess of 70 calories. The actual act of eating your meal will account for around 50 calories, and doing the dishes will burn about 40 calories for every 15 minutes you are scrubbing away.
Relax, don’t do it
One hour spent relaxing in front of the TV burns around 65 calories. Do without the TV remote and you can boost your calories burned just by having to get up occasionally to switch channels.
A loss not to be sniffed at
Calorie burn doesn’t stop when you make a call of nature. Some people choose to take a good book or magazine to occupy them while they are on the loo and you’ll burn around 1 calorie for each minute you spend on your porcelain throne.
Pucker up
Calorie burning doesn’t all have to be hard work. Half an hour of kissing could help you burn in excess of 30 calories. And if this gets you in the mood you could boost your calorie burn – a 30 minute sex session accounting for around 150 calories.
Sleep
You’re going to be pretty whacked after all that calorie burning activity of the day, but even when you are getting some shut eye, you are still burning calories. Yes, an average night’s sleep of around eight hours of sleep can account for over 400 calories hour.
(Note: Calories counts are approximate and based on an average female of around 65kg. A heavier person will burn more calories.)
