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Daily Routine Calorie Burning

It's finally spring around here and we've been spending a lot of time outside. However, since almost every post has been about exercising outside I thought I'd share with you about how you can count calories burned even on busy days when you don't have time for a "real workout". Check out this article I found about Calories burned doing household chores at FitDay.com.

Even when you don't have time to spend 30 mintues on a treadmill, look how many calories you burned doing 30 minutes of these household activities....

In just 30 minutes...

  • Digging in your yard  - apx 315 calories
  • Weeding flower beds - 115 calories
  • Raking leaves - 225 calories
  • Carrying shopping bags (the heavy grocery kind) - 190 calories
  • Making beds - 130 calories
  • Ironing - 70 calories
  • Climbing stairs - 285 calories
  • Painting/Decorating - 160 calories

Loving this motivating poster!


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