Our bodies need calories. Depending on age and sex, we need anywhere between 2000

and 2600 calories every day. Unfortunately,most of us consume double and triple this

number. The good news is there are many activities that you can do to get rid of those

unwanted calories.

We all have every day activities. Though some of these jobs aren't fun, we can have

piece of mind in knowing that they can help you to get into shape.

1. Stairs or Treadmills

Stairs are great for toning up those legs. They can

also burn calories. Don't have stairs near you? Use a

treadmill! Just 15 minutes can burn 102 calories, or

the equivalent of each of these:

• 1 tbsp. of mayonnaise

• 1 banana

• 1 oz. of pastrami

• 2 small chocolate chip cookies

2. Walking

Walking has been around since time began, and it's

just about the easiest way to burn calories. Just a

leisurely 15 minute walk will only burn 60 calories,

but if you walk a bit faster and longer (45 minutes at

2.5 mph), you'll burn 153 calories.

3. Washing Dishes

America's least favorite chore, dirty dishes seem to

never go away. There is hope, however. If you spend

20 minutes doing dishes, you'll burn 52 calories.

Doing this twice a day will burn 104 calories. If you

have lots of dirty dishes, you can burn 117 calories

(45 minutes).

4. Cleaning the House

Time to do some heavy-duty cleaning? The good

news is you'll be burning calories while you clean. If

you clean for 3 hours, you'll burn 920 calories! Even

if you just clean for an hour, you'll burn 306 calories,

or the equivalent of each of these:

• 2 oz. chocolate bar

• 5 oz. apple pie

• ¼ of a package of macaroni and cheese

5. Dancing

Put on those dancing shoes! Almost any kind of

dancing can get your heart pumping and your

calories burning. Just 30 minutes of dancing will burn

239 calories. Dance for an hour, and burn 478

calories.

6. Laughing

Hear any good jokes lately? Laughing does a body

good, both on the inside and out. A good 15-minute

belly-laugh can burn 40 calories. That's the

equivalent of a small piece of chocolate!