Looking for an easy way to burn calories? Just pick up the pace on your regular household chores and it counts as exercise.
According to RealAge.com 30 minutes of these activities will help you burn:
225 calories- moving furniture
189 calories- scrubbing floors
171 calories- raking leaves
162 calories- gardening
153 calories- washing the windows
84 calories- vacuuming
72 calories- laundry
Still need encouragement? One of these books will help make housecleaning a little easier.
Too Busy to Clean? 500 Tips and Techniques by Patti Barrett
How to Cheat at Cleaning by Jeff Bredenberg
Real SImple Cleaning by Kathleen Squires
