Easy Ways to Burn Calories

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health - One burn calories by exercising vigorously, but there're some fun ways to burn calories. Launch of womansday.com, here are some easy ways to burn calories:

1. Fix up your car
You could pay for a pricey mechanic, or you could take 30 minutes to open up your hood, and see for yourself why your sedan is making that weird chugging noise. A 150-pound woman who gets down and dirty for half an hour burns 102 calories, and saves a pretty penny.

2. Go Biking
The sun's out, and spring's finally here with summer not fat behind. Next weekend, go for family bike-ride around the neighborhood. Even pedaling at a moderate pace for a mere 15 minutes will help a 150-pound woman leave 102 calories in the wind.

3. Take a pre-breakfast walk
Once you rise, shine, and chug your morning coffee, head out for a walk around the neighborhood. "you're going to boost your metabolism, and start burning calories left over from the day before," says Bob Harper, author of Jumpstart to Skinny. A twenty-minute, moderately paced walk can easily torch 100 calories.

4. Laugh out Loud
Whether it be a girls night, watching the ridiculous new imitation you kid picked up, or a modern family marathon, giggling is good for your mind and body. According to a study conducted at Vanderbilt University, the average adult burns 1.3 calories per minute from chuckling.

5. Go fish
And we're not talking about the card game. For a whole different kind of weekend afternoon, stand by the riverbank and spend 25 minutes with your pole in the water. A 150-pound woman will burn 99 calories in that time-and perhaps come home with a tasty dinner.

6. Spruce up your garden
Add your beautiful grounds to another reason you're an amazing hostess. All that weeding, planting, and crawling around will help a 150-pound woman shed 113 calories in 25 minutes, helping you shrink when your garden grows.

7. Stand up while you wait
It may be unrealistic to install a standing desk at your workstation, but staying upright is a must in our largely sedentary daily lives. Standing burns 33 percent more calories that sitting, says Glassman, so skip collapsing onto the folding chairs while waiting for your doctor, or lounging on the bleachers during your son's soccer game.

So, the activities that we do everyday, without realizing these activities can burn calories. So, not only can exercise only burns calories, but a lot of moves can burn calories.