Calories Burned Chart
Trying to lose weight can be very challenging. One of the main things you need to watch when trying to lose weight is your calorie intake. Even when you are performing everyday tasks you are burning calories, and the following list will help determine how many calories you are burning during those activities. Being able to count the calories your body is taking in and then burning can help you to figure out how much weight you might lose during a given activity.
Calories Burned Per Minute:
Aerobics: 11.5
Basketball: 4.8
Bowling: 4.4
Cycling: 3.1
Golf: 3.1 driving a cart/ 5.8 walking and carrying clubs
Hiking: 7.3
Jogging: 9.7
Running: 17.3
Sitting: 1.2
Ice Skating: 7.9
Roller Skating: 7.9
Skiing: 9
Swimming: 10.3
Tennis: 7.9
Walking: 8.7
Weight Training: 8.7
Dancing: 5.1 slow/ 9.7 fast
Football: 10.7
Volleyball: 3.4
Calories Burned Per Hour:
Sleeping: 72
Eating: 85
Sewing: 102
Sitting: 72
Standing: 144
Driving: 110
Housework: 264
Gardening: 294
Dancing: 306 slow/582 fast
Walking: 522
Aerobics: 690
Hiking: 438
Rowing: 476
Shopping: 252
Yard work: 340
Laundry: 136
Kissing: 68
Lawn mowing: 170 riding mower/370 push mower
Further Resources:
- MyPyramid is a government site that talks about caloric intake and discretionary calories.
- Make Your Calories Count is a site put out by the FDA and helps consumers use food labels when counting calories and fat.
- Center for Disease Control has a site that discusses caloric balance and how to achieve the optimum caloric balance in a diet.
- NIAAA offers an interactive calorie counter for alcoholic beverages. This helps dieters see how many of their calories come from alcohol.
- CalorieKing offers a search bar for finding the calories and nutrition information for a variety of foods, including fast food.
- Chow Baby has a huge database of favorite fast food and casual dining restaurants. The database lists food items found at these places and gives the calorie and nutrition information.
- A calorie counter has a comparison chart of favorite fast food items, including calories and fat. This helps breakdown which restaurant has healthier choices.
- The Daily Plate will estimate your daily caloric intake in order to lose weight or maintain your current weight.
- MayoClinic breaks down how calories are burned and metabolism raised to increase weight loss.
- Health Status offers a calories burned calculator. This helps determine how many calories are burned for activities done on a daily basis.
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