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We all
wonder how many calories we are burning.
We are bombarded with the term calorie
on food labels, packs of candy, fast
food restaurants but ask yourself if you
know what the word calorie means. A
calorie is a measure of energy from
food. Also the amount of heat required
to raise the temperature of 1 gram of
water 1° C.
Here are
some calories per hour you could burn
doing everyday tasks or exercising.
These are
approximately the calories you can
expect to burn if you weighed about
154lb. Heavier individuals could burn
more calories and lighter individuals
less. Hiking will burn 370 calories per
hour, Light Gardening and Yard work
about 330 calories per hour, Dancing
about 330 calories per hour, Golf about
330 calories per hour, Bicycling at less
than 10 mph about 290 calories per hour,
Walking at 3.5 mph about 280 calories
per hour, Weight lifting about 220
calories per hour and Stretching about
180 calories per hour.
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