Exercise for a lot of people can be hard work, with trying to juggle work commitments, family and the general pressures of living, finding time to travel to the local gym and complete a great workout can be very time consuming.
Below we list a number of ways we can burn up to 200 extra calories without doing what actually feels like exercise.
1. Gardening – cutting, weeding or raking for 40 minutes can really burn off extra energy. You also manage to keep your garden looking good for those hot summer days. If you don’t have a garden, why not help out an elderly neighbour with their gardening choirs.
2. Dancing – take a night out and hit the clubs with your partner, rather than going for a slap-up meal. Try to dance gently for ten minute sessions, and go for this five times during the course of the night. This should help to rid you of 200 calories. If you don’t feel you or your partner can dance, then simply copy what others are doing on the dance floor.
3. Wash up – complete the washing up after each meal for 5 consecutive nights. If you have a dishwasher then give it a rest and do it yourself, using a dishwasher less will also save energy and contribute less to carbon emissions.
4.Clean out – if you don’t fancy washing dishes, then try cleaning out old cupboards. A good hour of this should be enough for 200 calories. Cleaning out a garage will also add a great energy deficit to the equation.
5. Gaming – try playing new and exciting games. Board games, cards, or even playing those play station types can help burn off the energy, even if it’s just from all the excitement of beating your kids at their best!
6. Stairway to heaven – make it your goal to walk up and down your stairs for a total of 20 minutes each day. This can be done sporadically over the course of a day. Although, make sure you are fine to attempt this kind of activity before trying it. Maybe start off doing a few minutes each day and build up.
7. Dressing up – Get out all your old clothes and try them on. This can be fun and within an hour you’ll burn up to 200 calories.
8. Shopping – go shopping for an hour, just looking around or window shopping can help burn off extra energy.
9. Let it all out – punching the hell out of a punch bag or a cushion can really build up energy demands, plus you get to let out all that frustration from the stress of everyday living. Even small minute sessions for a total of half hour can be enough.
10.Go bowling – bowling with the family for an hour can be fun and you’ll burn off 200 calories.
11.Dog choirs – take the pet dog for a walk. Forty- five minutes should be enough.
12.Pet dog - when you get that dog back from your walk, then wash him! Half-hour should be enough for 200.
13.Hula-hoop – using a hula-hoop for 40 minutes total can really burn them calories away.
14.Light stretching - Try a stretching routine for half-hour before a bath.
15.wing away – Swinging on a swing is great fun and a way to burn 200 calories for every hour spent enjoying yourself. We are never too old for a swing!
16.Horse around – go horse riding for an hour.
17.Jacuzzi life – Sitting in a hot Jacuzzi or steam room for an hour will help you burn off excess energy.
18.Massage – go get yourself a massage for an hour, maybe not 200 calories but it’ll be up to 100 plus. But also what would be better to look forward to?
19.Paint a room – painting will help burn away energy, over 200 calories for every hour. Isn’t it about time you looked at doing up the rooms?
20.Rearrange the house – Moving furniture around can burn off tons of energy. Just an hour will burn more than 200 calories. Just be careful of heavy furniture and always have someone help you!
