Maria’s Fit Tip | Burn Calories Spring Cleaning

Source: Buccina Studios / Getty

Spring is here! Many of us use this time to sort through our homes, purge unwanted items and just get some good cleaning done. Well, if you are trying to drop a few pounds, here’s some good news. Those extra chores around the house can give you a good burn. According to SHAPE, here’s a list of typically household chores and how many calories you can burn doing each one: (calorie counts are based on a 150 pound person, you’ll burn more if you weigh more and less if you’re lighter than 150 pounds)

1. Mopping: Take care of those dusty, dirty floors with an hour of mopping and you’ll shed 153 calories.

3. Scrubbing the tub: It might not take you as long as those floors, but some similar umph is required to ditch that soap scum. In 15 minutes, you’ll burn more than 90 calories—and you might feel it in those arms, too!

4. Vacuuming: Depending on the size of your home, vacuuming could make a significant dent in your 10,000 recommended steps a day. In the process, you could burn 119 calories per 30 minutes.