Did you know that each pound of fat your body stores represents 3,500 calories of unused energy? In order to lose one pound, you would have to create a calorie deficit of 3,500 by either taking in 3,500 less calories over a period of time than you need, or by doing 3,500 calories worth of exercise.
Here are a few activities and the calories/hour burned:
SEDENTARY
• Lying down or sleeping – 90 c/hr
• Sitting/writing/card playing – 114 c/hr
• Sitting quietly – 84 c/hr
MODERATE
• Bicycling at 5 mph – 174 c/hr
• Ballroom dancing – 210 c/hr
• Golf (2-some, carrying clubs) – 324 c/hr
• Horseback riding (sitting to trot) – 246 c/hr
• Light housework, cleaning, etc. – 246 c/hr
• Tennis (recreational, doubles) – 312 c/hr
• Volleyball (recreational) – 264 c/hr
• Walking at 2 mph – 198 c/hr
VIGOROUS
• Aerobic dancing – 546 c/hr • Basketball (recreational) – 450 c/hr
• Bicycling at 13 mph – 612 c/hr
• Circuit weight training – 756 c/hr
• Football (touch, vigorous) – 498 c/hr
• Racquetball – 588 c/hr
• Jogging (10 minute mile, 6 mph) – 654 c/hr
• Scrubbing floors – 440 c/hr
• Cross country skiing at 5 mph – 690 c/hr
