As a kid I did _____ and probably burned 1000 cals a day

Cschwarze45

Double Dutch at recess! I could jump forever.

rmhand

Made forts out of snow.

wofford16

rode my bike, everywhere
jumped rope for hours at a time
played basketball, kickball, any sport really
skateboarded
ran
didn't watch ANY T.V. it was too boring.

^^^^ This times 2, I was such a Tomboy as a child, everything the boys did I was right by there side. We had to be in the house before the streetlights came on and trust you me you wouldn't find me in front of a T.V. except for early Saturday morning cartoons.....CURSE YOU CARTOON NETWORK!!!! :devil:

supermom2002

Oh man, I'd love to be able to do all the kid things again...

riding bikes all day
capture the flag in the woods behind our house
competitive figure skating--i lived in that arena...4-5 days a week
swim team
scaling across those monkey bars in record time
pull ups on the bars--doing those flippy over things

and it never seemed to hurt when you fell down--unless there was blood. then game over.

TattedInStilettos

Played hours of hide n seek, tag, freeze tag & swimming...

KimAggie04

Swimming all day long and playing outside. We would barely watch tv. There was too much to do and too many animals to chase and play with.

rossi02

Played outside and in the woods all day, every day in the summer. Only came inside to eat lunch then head back outside.

NNAhuja

Sit up contests with my sister (yea NO joke) had a 2 pack
rode my bike for HOURS
walked EVERYWHERE
Softball practice/games (cardio for 2-3 hours 6 days out of the week!)

Crochetluvr

Spent nearly every day outside running around, biking, jumping rope, playing tag. The only times I had to be inside was when it was raining. We were all told to go outside....not allowed in the house when it was nice out. We were very creative about making up things to occupy us ( I didnt start to get heavy until the 6th grade when a lot of the running around stopped),

But all we had was the TV. And that was adult territory most of the time except for a couple shows before bed a couple nights a week and Saturday morning cartoons.

tyrantduck

Walked a mile uphill to school every day, then at least a mile home, if I didn't go to a friend's house first
Rollerbladed for hours on end
Ride my bike to the park and ride it down the giant hill, then push the bike back up and do it again
Jump rope
Skip-it
Ride my bike a mile to the city pool in the summer to go swimming, then ride home after

In my teenage years I would spend hours playing DDR either at home or at the arcade

SweetSammie

Roller skated in my basement. Rode a scooter. Climbed trees. Played tag and kick the can.... picked mulberries and plums.
We went to the community pool every day and would swim and play Marco Polo for hours and hours.
Plus riding bikes, skipping, jump rope... all of the usual stuff.
We didn't have cable, only had one TV and had a PACK of kids that lived on our street... I was almost always outside if the weather was even remotely tolerable.

Oh yeah, playing in sprinklers... I remember trying to skip the ones that shoot around in a circle, and running from the ones that are like a huge fan.

specialkyc

Played outside all day riding my bike, hiking in the woods, walking the city to see what kind of trouble I could get into. Now that I think about it, I don't know how I was still so big as a child doing all of that activity. :huh: C'est la vie

cristileigh

Roller Skating!

stormieweather

Rode bikes, climbed trees and mountains and built swimming holes, rode horses, did heavy farm work (hoeing, mucking barns, etc.) and generally played outdoors. We didn't have a TV, so my entertainment always revolved around the outdoors or books.

As an adult (pre-children), I played volleyball, went whitewater rafting, did rock-climbing, scuba-diving, cycled 10miles every day (for fun), played softball, was on a bowling league, lived aboard a sailboat for a while, took dance classes and went out dancing frequently, was involved in gymnastics, and played pick-up basketball. For one very long year, I worked two jobs, totalling 20 hours per day. I was never overweight and never dieted.

Then kids, desk jobs, computers and the internet came along. And old age. :sad:

rcharlee

Skateboarded, road my bike, and walked everywhere

Foxypoo61287

Played Kickball..... "AIRMAIL!!!!"
Skip- it
Man Hunt
swam
climbed the oak trees in my back yard
played soccer for 6 years
Ride my killer bike that looked like a motorcycle ( 1990's) I was trying to find a picture but don't remember the name.

CallieM15

I swam. I swam like a freeking fish.

I ran after my sister so she wouldnt tell on me to mom or dad. She is 3 inches taller then me, I ran FAST as a 6 year old...

GinaKurtz

.... Played basketball all the time, not just at practice
.... Danced (majorette)
.... Swam all summer long (competitively & just for fun)
.... Rode my bike all over the place

No wonder I could eat whatever I wanted & never gain a thing....& my friends all picked on me (bird legs, skinny minnie) & said I had a hole in my stomach. What I wouldn't give to be called those things today! I'd take bird legs over this any time!

m60kaf

ran, footy, two part time physical jobs and no time to eat Bernard Matthews bollock burgers lol

All started to slide when I got a car

jedibunny

WOW - someone said Capture the Flag, made me remember Girl Scout camping trips! Chalk that up to major cals burned too... hiking, swimming, etc. and tons of active games.

mayerel

Played outside until the streetlights came on!!

Climbed trees, ran around the park, rode bikes, walked EVERYWHERE!

I also danced and did cheerleading from the time I was little through college!

wofford16

In my teenage years I would spend hours playing DDR either at home or at the arcade

Sorry for not knowing but what is DDR?

dellrio

Snowboarded, skateboarded, biked, trampolined... I still do these things and I am 29 years old - getting old does not have to mean forgetting the things you enjoy in life.

leslisa

Skip-it haha. Also when I was younger (16-18 ish) I would ddr for 4-13 hours a day. I hope to get back to that lmao.

I am actually thinking about buying something like this. Gotta see if my kid will do it with me...

Runningirl7284

Rode my bike, jumped on trampoline, wrestled boys and climbed trees!

leeza89

When I was a kid I was always outside, playing frisbee, hide in seek, running jumping, begging to go outside, always eating only to go outside an burn it up riding bycicles #TheGoodLife!

EmilyTBD

I would make my parents or grandparents time me as I sprinted from one end of the block to the other. I was really into "running fast".

Also, indoor couch parkour, aka "the floor is lava".

joanna1014

Cheerleading (miss it a ton)
Basket ball
Walked EVERY WHERE!

risskie

I played kickball, softball, dodgeball, jumprope, tag, kick the can, capture the flag and biking from sun up past sun down.

mtaylor33557

As a young child - riding my bike, jumping on the trampoline, swimming

As a teenager - dance, softball, touch football with friends, walking dirtroads


I WISH I had stayed active through college... It would be easier getting back into it now.