How Many Calories Are You Really Burning?

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Lean people rack up more than two and a half hours of additional daily movement than their overweight peers, a study showed. That means they can zap up to 350 extra calories a day on top of their daily exercise. "The calories we burn puttering around are far more important for weight maintenance than we ever imagined," says study author James Levine, MD, PhD. Here's how it all adds up.

Doing this…	Time	Burns off…
Window shopping	2 hours	295 calories
Planting flowers	1 hour	290 calories
Raking the lawn	1 hour	255 calories
Vacuuming	1 hour	225 calories
Washing the car	1 hour	290 calories
Playing tag	30 minutes	160 calories
Barbecuing	1 hour	160 calories
Playing guitar, seated	1 hour	130 calories
Throwing a Frisbee	30 minutes	95 calories
Walking the dog	30 minutes	95 calories
Bathing the kids	30 minutes	95 calories
Folding laundry	30 minutes	65 calories
Talking on the phone, standing	30 minutes	55 calories
Laughing at a funny movie	30 minutes	50 calories
Doing the Sunday Times crossword	30 minutes	40 calories
Chewing gum	2 hours	22 calories
Darting up stairs	1 minute	15 calories

Originally published in FITNESS magazine, June 2007.

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