I must be chatty this morning
I have been struggling to get enough exercise...because, honestly, I just really don't enjoy it. I'm not even neutral on it. I know it's good for me....I just really don't like to huff and puff and sweat and be sore and all that other stuff.
Still working on that....and my Mobia is nagging me from the bedroom.
However...I found this interesting
chart in my searching for data today. It's from Harvard, so I'm guessing it's pretty legit.
It shows calories burned in 30 minutes of activity for people of various weights. The top is exercise stuff (and if I'd get my butt on that Mobia for half an hour...ugh...I could burn over 440 calories)...but the bottom of the chart is what I found fascinating.
For me....roughly....sleeping for 30 minutes burns 28 calories. Watching TV burns 33....almost like sleeping! My job, since I work at a computer...burns just 61....not much better.
But....as soon as I got into even normal daily kinds of activity....cooking, light housework, putting things away, (presumably) taking care of the pool, mowing the lawn....the calorie burn jumps up into the 115 - 200 calorie range for 30 minutes of activity.
That's 5 times the burn rate of my sleeping, watching TV rate...and 2 or 3 times the rate I'm burning them as I work at the computer.
Amazing stuff...and a good argument for getting off the couch or office chair and doing something...even if it's laundry or pool care or sweeping the front walk or loading the dishwasher....