Reduce Your Calories by not Doing the Workout

I just read the post about burning the calories without having a heavy workout. I don't think that will be an efficient way to reduce a huge amount of calories or even to get you slimmer but I just think those activities are good to maintain and balance your life, it is a complement activity. The activities are there to help you move your body so your body will not be so lazy and your fat or calories will be maintained or if you workout regularly these activities will burn an extra calories. Now, lets see all those simple and easy activities.

1. Take the Stairs
Walking up the stairs will burn 9 calories per minute on an average person and instead of you taking the elevator to the 2nd or 3rd floor it is better to take stairs and you can burn 300 calories in 5 minutes! Don't be so lazy to go one floor above and you need to take the elevator, change your mind and walk.


2. Biking
Go biking in the morning or afternoon time for 30 minutes around your housing area and your body's calories will be reduced by 150 calories. It is relaxing and you don't need to pay for the expensive price of fuel. Take your bike and call your friends to go somewhere, hang out and enjoy your day with them and in the same time you guys will workout to burn your calories by biking to the destination. In the end of day, you can workout and socialize with your friends in the same time!

My own opinion, I don't really like doing this because it looks like I am working out and I have to go outside. I live in a middle of a big city, I will die because of the pollution or the motorcycle and car can hit me also it is really hard for me to find a place like a park or just a road that can be a better place to bike.


3. Drink Ice Water
I don't really recommend this one, I don't really have a solid fact to support my opinion but as I remember if you drink the ice water you get a digestion problem. Nevertheless, When you drink an icy-cold water, your body will burn calories to warm up the water. A glass of icy-cold water burns 9.25 calories, a liter will burns roughly 37 calories. Everyday we are suggested to drink 2 liters of water so we can burn 74 calories by drinking the ice water, even though this is not as much as a diet of 2000 calories but in a year 27000 calories will be burnt only by drinking water. In one shot, you drink enough water a day for your health and burn your calories!


4. Clean the House
In a week, you have to clean your house and no excuse for that. In 30 minutes of cleaning the house, you already burn 120 calories. Your house clean and you lose some amount of calories, nice try! Personally, I love to do this one. It is a benefit for me in two ways and I don't need to go outside my house.


5. Ankle Weights
One mile walk with ankle weights is equals to 5 to 8 calories burn. Even though you stay at home, cook, clean the house, walk to the nearest market or pick up your kids, in a day you already walk more than a mile and feel the different afterward. My suggestion, don't choose the heavy one, just wear the normal or minimum weights, don't force yourself. If you already get used to it, later on you can increase the weights gradually!


6. Humor
I heard of this quite few times and I cannot feel the difference of before and after doing this activities. My experience this is one of the activities that you cannot sweat or tired, you only can feel the happiness, relaxing and just enjoy the moment by yourself or with family, friends or your lover. This is just a great activity to burn your calories and having a good time. According to the data, in 15 minutes laughing, you can burn up to 50 calories. Enjoy your favorite comedy show or movie and just let it burn!


7. 5 Minutes Challenge
Every hour, just take 5 minutes just to walk around and keep moving around. In one day you can burn roughly 170 calories. This activity also makes you feel better as if you are working in the office that require you to sit in front of the computer, you can stretch yourself and take a breath for a while. It will decrease your stress and give you more fresh mind.


8. Fidget
Some people don't like fidgeters because they look so annoying but the research said that fidgeters can burn 350 calories more than the non-fidgeters. All you have to do just fiddle your pen (sometimes you doing it accidentally while you are thinking), tap your leg while waiting or bounce a little in your chair.


9. Chewing Gum
Chewing gum actually only burns a really small amount of calories but if you chew it on regular basis, it will prevent you from snacking and decrease the consumption of sweet snacks that will give you more calories. One of the research said that it will also reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.


10. Shopping Time
Go to the mall, walk and window shopping and shop in an hour you already burn 150 calories. Even though the online shopping is more convenient but you will be lazy and not moving around. If you go to the mall and burn your calories, you will be healthier and skinnier so you can look good in all the outfits that you buy. I'm agree with this one but we must be careful not to overspend. Window shopping still safer than you actually shop and over budget.


11. Get Lucky
Sexual activity for an hour already burns 300 calories. ;)