{"id":390,"date":"2009-04-24T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/04\/creative-exercise-polish-off-a.html"},"modified":"2009-04-24T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T13:27:56","slug":"creative-exercise-polish-off-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2009\/04\/creative-exercise-polish-off-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Creative Exercise: Polish Off a Piece of Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to polish off that piece of cake? Try polishing the dressers instead.
\nGiven the amount of running around I do, I barely have enough time to sleep, much less exercise and\/or clean. (Plus, I resist – neither activity is my favorite). How can I squeeze 30 minutes of exercise into my day?
\nThe Mayo Clinic suggests combining housework and exercise. “Make household chores count. Mop the floor, scrub the bathtub or do other housework. The stretching and lifting are good exercise. Work at a fast pace to get your heart pumping.”
\nOur Lady suggests we add one mammoth helping of music to the Mayo’s ‘housework as exercise’ workout program. As we know (see Top Ten Exercise Tips<\/a> ), music activates the same feel good center of the brain that food does.
\nIf we could dust, mop, stretch and sweat to the the beat of Motown, we’d burn calories, have a clean house and get our endorphins (those morphine-like substances that our body produces that enhance the immune system, relieve pain, reduce stress, and postpone the aging process) pumping too.
\nWhat songs does Our Lady squat, bend, push, pull and lift to? Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” and “Pink Cadillac,” Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl,” Outkast’s “The Love Below,” and Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.”
\nTasty Tidbit:<\/strong> Housework as exercise is not a new concept. In October, 1901, Good Housekeeping published an article entitled “Housework as Exercise.” The author was an un-named teacher of physical culture. Her message was to . . . . “Unbutton those tight collars, take off the corsets and petticoats, hike up those long skirts and pull the blinds. Whenever possible wear a gymnasium suit for scrubbing and sweeping.”<\/em>
\nHousework as Exercise Calorie Chart<\/strong>
\nCalories burned per hour:
\nCooking \/ 80 (No tasting while cooking!)
\nIroning \/ 60
\nMopping Floors \/ 110
\nRearranging Furniture \/ 200
\nScrubbing Floors \/ 200
\nVacuuming \/ 85
\nWashing Dishes (By hand.) \/ 60
\nWashing Windows \/150
\nCalories burned per minute:<\/strong>
\nWashing the Car by Hand \/ 6
\nWashing Dishes \/ 3
\nVacuuming \/ 3
\nDusting \/ 4
\nRearranging Furniture \/ 9
\nFolding Laundry & \/ 3
\nPutting Away
\nGeneral Straightening \/ 9
\nRaking the Leaves \/ 7
\nPushing the Lawn Mower \/ 6
\nGrocery Shopping (pushing the cart)\/ 5
\nGardening \/4
\nKissing \/ 5
\nClicking Burns Calories, Too!<\/strong>
\nWalking: Cures Constipation and Impotence.<\/a>
\nDiet Cheat Sheet!<\/a>
\n10 Tips: Happiness Centered Weight Loss<\/a>
\nSpread the fat-burnin’ word … NOT the icing!
\nJanice
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