Your body burns calories even when you're sitting still watching TV; if you spend some time engaged in active play with your children, you'll burn off calories at a much quicker rate. This will help you stay healthy and lose weight, and you get to spend more time with your family.
Moderate Play
The rate you burn calories relates specifically to your weight and the time you spend on an activity. If you weigh 155 lbs. and spend 30 minutes involved in moderate play with your kids, according to the Harvard Medical School, you will burn 149 calories. If you weigh 185 lbs. you'll burn 178 calories 30 minutes.
Vigorous Play
If you weigh 155 lbs. and spend 30 minutes playing vigorously with your kids, you'll burn 186 calories. If you weigh 185 lbs. and spend the same amount of time, playing with the same intensity, you'll burn 222 calories.
Child Games
Children's games such as hop-scotch or jacks can also help you burn calories. Nutristrategy calculates that if you weigh 155 lbs. and spend an hour playing kids' games, you will burn 352 calories. If you weigh 180 lbs. you'll burn 205 calories every 30 minutes, or 409 calories per hour.
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