Staying slim doesn't have to be a major undertaking. We found 10 easy ways to burn calories that don't require a trip to fitness boot camp.
Easy ways to torch 200 calories —
Staying slim doesn't have to be a major undertaking. We found 10 easy ways to burn calories that don't require a trip to fitness boot camp.
Invite some pals over, turn on some tunes, and have a 37-minute dance party. You know you haven't forgotten the Macarena.
Cut a rug —
Invite some pals over, turn on some tunes, and have a 37-minute dance party. You know you haven't forgotten the Macarena.
Hit the gym with your mate for a healthy dose of exercise -- you burn about 100 calories in 30 minutes of weightlifting -- then dive between the sheets and torch another 100 with an hour of foreplay and vigorous sex.
Work out, then make out —
Hit the gym with your mate for a healthy dose of exercise -- you burn about 100 calories in 30 minutes of weightlifting -- then dive between the sheets and torch another 100 with an hour of foreplay and vigorous sex.
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Liven up the layout of your favorite room with 30 minutes of furniture rearranging.
Move things around —
Liven up the layout of your favorite room with 30 minutes of furniture rearranging.
Spend 1 hour and 10 minutes at your favorite watering hole playing a fun game of darts with friends.
Hit the bull's-eye —
Spend 1 hour and 10 minutes at your favorite watering hole playing a fun game of darts with friends.
Give your living room a fresh hue. Rolling on a new coat of paint burns 204 calories an hour.
Make over your casa —
Give your living room a fresh hue. Rolling on a new coat of paint burns 204 calories an hour.
Throw a barbecue, but first vacuum, sweep the patio and straighten up.
Scrub-a-dub —
Throw a barbecue, but first vacuum, sweep the patio and straighten up.
Buy groceries for your fete (45 minutes of cart-pushing burns 117 calories), carry them inside (5 minutes of schlepping them up stairs burns 43), and put them away (40 calories in 14 minutes).
Hit the market —
Buy groceries for your fete (45 minutes of cart-pushing burns 117 calories), carry them inside (5 minutes of schlepping them up stairs burns 43), and put them away (40 calories in 14 minutes).
Challenge partygoers to a friendly game of badminton and burn about 200 calories in 40 minutes.
Bat a birdie around —
Challenge partygoers to a friendly game of badminton and burn about 200 calories in 40 minutes.
Help your guests burn off even more of that barbecue fare by leading them in an hour of charades.
Act out —
Help your guests burn off even more of that barbecue fare by leading them in an hour of charades.
Settle in for an hour of "Glee" and participate by belting out those lyrics; you'll burn more if you do it standing. When it's your turn to rest your chops, laugh. Singing zaps 136 calories an hour, and 20 minutes of giggling torches another 67.
Sing, laugh, repeat —
Settle in for an hour of "Glee" and participate by belting out those lyrics; you'll burn more if you do it standing. When it's your turn to rest your chops, laugh. Singing zaps 136 calories an hour, and 20 minutes of giggling torches another 67.