What's your favorite way to burn a few extra calories?

cwvanek
cwvanek Posts: 111
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
What is your favorite way to burn a few extra calories throughout the day?

I live on the 3rd floor of my apartment complex, so when I don't have the kids (because it's too hard to get a 2 year old and a 3 month old up a few flights of stairs!) I will take the stairs instead of the elevator.

I also dance with my 2 year old :)

What about you guys?

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  • vhuber
    vhuber Posts: 8,779 Member
    Besides doing "jobs" here on our farm I go play with my dogs or take them for long poddy walks!!!!
  • cannotmove
    cannotmove Posts: 1
    I have a staionary bike. My left knee and ankle is bad but I do it anywat.
  • klybarger
    klybarger Posts: 214
    I'll hit tennis balls against a practice wall or take a nice walk.
  • shinybonnie
    shinybonnie Posts: 357
    wrestle with my husband, dance along with "Shimmy" (belly dance instructional tv show)
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    If I'm planning a strength training workout only for my daily exercise after work, I try to get outside for a brisk 20 minute walk around the hospital grounds. 'Sgood for about 75 calories!
    Also, on weekends I plug in my MP3 Player and dance around the kitchen while cooking food for the coming weeks lunches.
  • PureAndHealthy
    PureAndHealthy Posts: 539
    I work where I have to take a deposit to the bank almost everyday. I can see the bank from my office.... it's just across the office complex parking lot, over a little grassy bank, and across the bank's parking lot. By the time I get in the car, get out on the road with traffic, and turn into the bank's parking lot, I've taken the same amount of time I would walking it but I've used gas (which costs money and pollutes the environment) and not used hardly any calories. So, I walk it rather than getting in my car! It's a GREAT break from sitting at a desk all day. :bigsmile: And oh this fall weather... I :heart: it!!
  • vanimami
    vanimami Posts: 433 Member
    I like to take my dog for a 2 mile walk or taking him to play in the baseball field :bigsmile:
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