Thursday, November 28, 2019

Common Everyday Household Chores Burns Calories

Family of Brightly Green 

We all know that our Thanksgiving celebration is a time to get together and share with family and friends a meal of thanksgiving.  It’s all about the meal and being together.  It is the one time of the year that most Americans set aside their diets and enjoy the familiar favorites that Grandma or Aunt Sue, always makes. 

We finish the meal together and turkey coma sets in, ensuing a fight over the recliners. The holiday mode has begun.  Once we’ve had our Thanksgiving meal; taking a side-step from our regular eating habits, we become more open to indulging at various other holiday gatherings.  Office parties, family and neighborhood get-togethers, etc.  Before we know it, our healthy eating habits are beginning to head down the drain.

Stop holiday weight gain before it begins--get moving!! 

Before you decide to set up that holiday gym membership, ask yourself, “how active can I be?” 

You burn calories in many other ways besides exercising!  NEAT, “non-exercise activity thermogenesis,” stands for the calories (energy) you burn doing anything expect sleeping, eating, or exercising.

So, going back to Thanksgiving… before rushing to the recliner, work together cleaning up after the meal.  Doing dishes by hand (for 30 minutes) burns over 160 calories.  Brightly Green Clean the kitchen countertops and sweep up the floor and you’ll burn even more calories.

If you still feel the need to relax on the recliners, don’t stay there too long.  Get up in a little bit  and get moving again.

Do a family activity together that requires body movement and you’ll burn an additional 150 calories for a half hour of activity.

Walk your dog for 30 minutes; both you and Fido will benefit from the outing while working off  at least 140 calories. 

Research for yourself other ideas of NEAT calorie burning activities.

There are plenty of house cleaning chores that burn hundreds of calories.  Just be sure you are using all-natural household cleaners for optimum health benefits!




ENJOY time spent with family and friends this Thanksgiving!








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