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06/12/2023

Take your four-legged buddy for a stroll and you'll both benefit. Walking for 30 minutes at just 4 miles per hour, or a 15-minute mile, chews up 135 calories if you're 125 pounds and 200 calories if you're 200 pounds. Rev up to 4.5 miles per hour, and you'll burn 150 calories at 125 pounds and 222 calories at 200 pounds.

There are all kinds of gadgets and apps that can tell you how far you go each day in steps or miles.

06/12/2023

Yes, it's easier to hire someone to climb up a ladder and clean the gunk out of your home's rain gutters. But if you do this chore yourself, you could burn about 150 calories in 30 minutes if you weigh 125 pounds and 222 calories if you weigh 200 pounds. Install new storm windows, and you'll double those numbers.

There are all kinds of gadgets and apps that can tell you how far you go each day in steps or miles.

06/12/2023

Everyone loves eating a home-cooked meal, but if you hit the sofa once it's time to do the dishes, you'll miss a great workout. 30 minutes of washing dishes by hand and cleaning up the kitchen with moderate intensity gets rid of 187 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 300 calories if you weigh 200 pounds.

06/12/2023

Is your lawn littered with fallen leaves or clippings? Grab your rake! A half-hour of raking the lawn uses up 120 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 178 calories if you weigh 200 pounds. Bag the leaves, too, and you'll double the calories you burn per session. Who needs a yard service?

06/12/2023

A fun family workout is good for your body and spirit. Even if you only do a little work, 30 minutes of play time burns 120 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 178 calories if you weigh 200 pounds. Ramp up to serious horseplay, and you'll zap 30 or more extra calories per outing.

06/12/2023

If you have several bedrooms in your house, don't let them stay messy. Changing the linens takes some energy. Stripping and remaking beds for 30 minutes torches 187 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and a whopping 300 calories if you weigh 200 pounds.

06/12/2023

Skip the drive-thru car wash: Fill up a bucket with soapy water and give your ride's exterior and windows a thorough cleaning to work up a sweat. Washing the car by hand for 30 minutes burns 135 calories if you weigh 125 pounds and 200 calories if you weigh 185 pounds.

06/12/2023

Using a push mower, not a riding mower, creates a decent workout. It can be a power mower, don't worry! Mowing the lawn for 30 minutes uses about 135 calories for a 125-pound person and 200 calories for a 185-pound person. An old-school, non-powered mower requires 30 to 40 calories more per half hour.

06/12/2023

Pushing your vacuum cleaner around every room in the house requires some serious calories. Vacuuming for 30 minutes zaps 99 calories if you're 120 pounds, 124 calories if you're 150 pounds, and 166 calories if you're 200 pounds. Do dance moves or lunges while you push to pump up the burn.

06/12/2023

Hate going to the gym? You can burn calories when you do chores around the house or in the yard. Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, includes energy you burn doing anything except sleeping, eating, or exercise. House or yard work can boost your metabolism and help manage your weight.