How to Loose Fat

10 Everyday Activities That Help You Burn Calories

Many youtube videos and blogs have been devoured by people looking for a fast and effective method to lose weight. A miraculous weigh tloss plan that lets you eat anything you want, doesn’t ask you to do any straining physical activity, and still shed those pounds. While we all know that such a miracle is far from happening, little do most people know that even when we’re not doing anything, our body is constantly burning calories! This is called resting weight loss and the following examples show approximately how many calories are burnt doing the everyday activities that we do:

Playing Guitar

Playing the guitar might help you become the most popular kid in school or college, but did you know it also burns a significant amount of calories? If you strum the strings of your guitar for 60 minutes, you’re liable to burn 130 calories, which is equal to almost 25 minutes of Pilates!

Hugging

Next time you’re hesitant to go and hug someone, remember that 60 minutes of hugging can help you burn 70 calories, which is equal to about 7 continuous minutes of jumping jacks! There are not just downsides to feeling sad and gloomy.

Texting

Its appalling to see parents shouting at kids for always looking into their phone screens and perpetually texting, when all they’re doing it for is to burn some calories and stay fit. Don’t be surprised, about 60 minutes of texting burns 70 calories, equal to about 7 minutes of rowing. How’s that for an excuse to text all day?

Laughing

Next time you’re thinking of which movie to watch, try to choose a comedy movie over other genres. This might help you lose a little extra weight because every 10 minutes of laughing burns 7 calories, which is as many calories burnt in a 5 minute punching session with a punching bag. Always better to do it the peaceful way!

Sex

Now all human beings are born with an innate desire to bite the forbidden fruit, and we really don’t need any more reasons to go for it. But, what if we told you that 30 minutes of active sex burns a whopping 200 calories, something you would have achieved with 20 long minutes of skipping! I guess we should all get that cardio going more often, now!

Chewing Gum

Many students have been thrown out of classrooms numerous times for chewing gum in classrooms. If only they had known that 60 minutes of chewing gum actually burns 11 calories, and is similar to walking for 11 minutes, they could really have used this excuse to get away with it every time.

Washing your car

Missed your swimming session because you has some chores to finish, like washing your car? Don’t worry, you can still achieve those calorie burn goals. 60 minutes of washing a car is equivalent to 30 minutes of swimming, burning a total of 250 calories.

Talking

Don’t let people tell you that you talk too much. Being a chatterbox can be a good way to stay fit and healthy. 60 minutes of continuous talking burns as much as 50 calories. If you were to kick box aggressively for 5 straight minutes, you’d loose about the same amount of calories.

Watching TV

Lying on your couch, binge watching Netflix and burning calories in the process? That’s a dream! Well, it happens to be true. 60 minutes of watching TV burns the same amount of calories as 7 minutes of forward lunges. We’d trade those 7 minutes with 60 minutes of Netflix anyway! Being a couch potato is not so bad after all, is it?

Smoking Cigarette

Here is something people against smoking would never tell you, and smoking companies are just naive to advertise. While known to already cut down your appetite, smoking a cigarette also burns 10 calories for you, the same amount of calories you burn every minute, playing basketball.