There are some interesting and funny ways to lose calories other than through exercise. Though they will not account for a large amount of calorie expenditure on their own, a combination may help boost a loss of calories along with your usual exercise and diet routine.
Card & Other Games
After a 30 minute round of playing cards or board games with friends or family members, prepare to lose around 54 calories. The sitting and thinking required to play charades or other guessing games are a humorous way to this small calorie loss.
Singing & Karaoke
Singing and karaoke are enjoyable ways of losing a few calories. The amount of calories burned will depend on the volume and pitch of your singing voice, combined with the tempo and length of a song. Roughly 10 to 20 calories are believed to be lost per song, but the calorie loss varies as it depends on the energy that is put into performing a song, according to Web Japan.
Laughing
The increase in heart rate and augmentation of energy loss while laughing for 10 to 15 minutes may expend from 10 to 40 calories. Watching comedic movies or television shows, and spending time with witty friends or family may help to accumulate a small caloric loss.
Browsing the Internet
Browse the Internet for one hour and you are looking at a light caloric expenditure. Online shopping, games, reading, researching or any other online activity may add up to a loss of 75 calories. These calories are the average amount burned by simply being seated, according to Tooele County Health Department.
References
- Reporter: Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Weekly Newspaper: No joke: Study finds laughing can burn calories
- Web Japan: Karaoke Diet: Singing Your Way to Slimness
- Bluffton Today: Burn calories during summer fun
- LIVESTRONG.com: My Plate
- Mayo Clinic: Weight Loss: Metabolism and Weight Loss: How You Burn Calories
- Tooele County Health Department: Calories Burned During Activity
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