Things You'll Need:
- determination
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Step 1
Take the dog or the kids out for a walk, take a walk on your lunch break, walk whenever you can leave the car at home. Walking burns up 250 calories per hour.
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Step 2
Break the habit of always using the escalator. It will only take a few extra minutes to climb the stairs and you will be using up an extra 144 calories.
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Step 3
When you’re waiting your turn at the store counter, don’t be tempted to sit down. Standing on your own two feet, you will burn up 36 more calories than when you’re sitting.
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Step 4
Rake leaves instead of using a leaf blower: You'll burn 50 more calories every half hour. If you have time to spend an hour doing general garden activity you can burn up to 350 calories.
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Step 5
Park further from the stores and walk the rest of the way.
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Step 6
Go outside and have fun with the kids. Shooting hoops for fifteen minutes burns 108 calories. Playing with the children is a fun way to burn calories because you don't even notice.
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Step 7
Put on your favorite music and let yourself go. Get the dancing fever, it elevates your mood and uses up more than 180 calories per hour. If you don't want to dance solo, join a dance class, that way you can burn calories and learn a new routine.
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Step 8
If you are going to exercise, do it in the morning. Studies show that if you exercise in the morning your metabolism will remain elevated for hours and so you will get a head start on burning calories.
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Step 9
If you are going to exercise, do it in the morning. Studies show that if you exercise in the morning your metabolism will remain elevated for hours and so you will get a head start on burning calories.
