How to Burn More Calories
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There are many ways in which you can burn more calories in your day to day life. From the moment you wake up in the morning until you hit the pillow at night, there are opportunities to turn simple routine tasks into a calorie burning activity. Of course you will want to begin a normal fitness routine but you can follow the examples in this article to burn more calories throughout the day.
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Take the Stairs to Burn More Calories
How many of us are guilty of waiting for an elevator to go up or down one flight? A lot of us are! One way to burn more calories is to take the stairs. It doesn’t seem like you can burn some serious calories this way but you will be amazed at how many calories you can burn by taking the stairs. To see just how many calories you can burn read our article,Take the Stairs to Burn More Calories.
Park Farther Away to Burn More Calories
Another way to burn more calories is to park farther away. The average person has between 15 and 20 errands a week. This is 15 to 20 opportunities to burn more calories. Just by adding 100 feet round trip to each of these errands you can add 19 miles a year in walking! To read more about how parking farther away can burn more calories, read our article Park Farther Away to Burn More Calories.
Walk a Mall Perimeter to Burn More Calories
Believe it or not, the mall is a great way to burn more calories. Most Americans visit the mall or some sort of department store at least once a week. Before you do any shopping walk the mall perimeter to burn more calories. Places like the mall or a large grocery store have enough space to allow you to burn a decent amount of calories. To find out how many calories you can burn read our article, Walk a Mall Perimeter to Burn More Calories.
Wash Dishes to Burn More Calories
Today’s technology and household appliances have taken away our chances to burn more calories. For instance, the household dishwasher is an appliance that has eliminated the manual process of washing dishes. One way to burn more calories is to ditch the dishwasher from time to time and wash the dishes by hand. The calories that you can burn from washing the dishes can add up quickly. To learn more on how washing dishes can help you burn more calories read our article, Wash Dishes to Burn More Calories.
Other Ways to Burn More Calories
Lose the Remote
Lose the remote to burn more calories. Instead of switching the channel with the remote, get up and change the channel manually.
Stand while you Surf the Net
Stand while you surf the net to burn more calories. Sitting down and working at a desk will burn around 60 calories an hour. Standing will burn more than double that.
Play with your Kids
Play with your kids to burn more calories. There is potential to burn a lot of calories playing with your kids. You can actually get a great workout spending a half hour to an hour a day playing with your kids. Board games not included. Play tag, hide and seek or throw the ball around in the back yard.