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Did you know that you could burn over 100 calories in twenty minutes by just doing household chores? There are a lot of daily activities that can turn into calorie busters just by increasing the intensity. I’m going to give you some fun information about ways you burn calories in your everyday life.

•Next time you drive up to an automatic car wash- think twice. In the hour it takes to wash and vacuum your car, you can burn up to 300 calories.

•When a man complains about how long a woman takes to get ready, inform him that you burn 26 calories every ten minutes just by taking a shower and getting dressed.

•If you enjoy having parties, you can feel good about indulging in that piece of cake if you clean up the party afterwards. The hour you spend organizing your furniture before and after your party will burn 450 calories. If it takes you another hour to pick up plates and take down decorations you will burn over 300 calories. Add washing the dishes to this post-party workout, and you’ve said goodbye to another 125 calories. If these chores are performed at a moderate intensity, you can lose up to 800 calories and wave goodbye to pounds along with your party guests.

•Even a trip to the grocery store burns calories! An hour spent adding food to your basket can subtract 130 calories from the bag of cookies you bought to munch on later. Enjoy a brisk 30 minute walk to and from the store and you can subtract another 100 calories from your daily total.

•Next time you’re not in the mood to make dinner, put away the take-out menu. In the time it takes to prepare an evening meal, you will have burned 192 calories. Not to mention, by avoiding take-out, you’ve passed up a potentially fattening and high calorie dinner.

•With fall right around the corner, you can burn a quick 100 calories by raking up the leaves in your yard for twenty minutes.

•Simple chores like vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping can burn up to 100 calories every 20 minutes.

•For men and women who love to burn money as well as calories, mall-type shopping, such as walking through stores and trying on clothes, can burn up to 135 calories an hour.

•If all else fails, sleeping burns 50 calories.

There you have it- a few activities that are already helping you to feel great and look your best!

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