Burn calories. Burn calories. Burn calories. That is what the voice in your head is saying whenever you remind yourself that you need to lose weight. Persistent as this voice may be, sometimes it may not be enough when part of you would like to know exactly how many calories you’re going to burn. After all, you may not always have a treadmill around to tell you that you just burned x-amount of calories. Well here’s some help.

The following is a list of exercises, found in 2008 Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac, that you can do that will burn 150 calories. Some activities take as little as 15 minutes, others take as much as 60. Hopefully, by knowing what you’re going to get from your time spent exercising, you’ll be more motivated to get moving and burn some calories.

Climbing stairs for 15 minutes
Shoveling snow for 15 minutes
Running 1.5 miles (10 minutes/mile) for 15 minutes
Jumping rope for 15 minutes
Bicycling 4 miles for 15 minutes
Playing basketball for 15–20 minutes
Playing wheelchair basketball for 20 minutes
Swimming laps for 20 minutes
Performing water aerobics for 30 minutes
Walking 2 miles (15 minutes/mile) for 30 minutes
Raking leaves for 30 minutes
Pushing a stroller 1.5 miles for 30 minutes
Dancing fast for 30 minutes
Bicycling 5 miles for 30 minutes
Shooting baskets for 30 minutes
Walking 1.75 miles (20 minutes/mile) for 35 minutes
Wheeling oneself in a wheelchair for 30–40 minutes
Gardening (standing) for 30–45 minutes
Playing touch football for 30–45 minutes
Playing volleyball for 45 minutes
Washing windows or floors for 45–60 minutes
Washing and waxing a car or boat for 45–60 minutes

If you are in pretty good shape, you can increase the intensity of the exercise to burn more calories in a shorter period of time or you can exercise for a longer duration to burn even more calories. Good luck and have fun.

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