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Friday
Apr242009

Spring Clean and Burn Calories

Want to lose weight? Been putting off that spring closet cleaning, organizing, simplifying or sprucing up your place? Let the chart below will help motivate you! Don't forget to bring your pile of under-loved 'white elephants' to one of our White Elephant stores to make some quick ca$h for summertime fun!


Activity: Calories burned (per 30 minutes)*:
Doing laundry 73
Dusting 85
Gardening 184
Ironing 77
Mopping the floor 153
Mowing the lawn (push mower) 148
Raking the lawn 135
Rearranging furniture 225
Washing dishes 77
Washing the car 153
Washing windows 105
Weeding the yard 153

*Based on a 150 lb. person.

Calculate the calories burned by performing hundreds of other chores here.

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