Burned 572 calories already this morning
It’s another hot and humid day in southwestern Tennessee. I’ve already been outside digging in another flower bed this morning. My goal is to dig up every tiger lily in this yard. Although they bloom for a long time, I don’t like the way they look when they quit blooming (good brush for snakes to hide).
Since my pedometer can’t measure this kind of work…I went to ability.org to calculate my calories burned. Wow….572 calories. It’s a great site. By just putting in your weight and time worked, it will show the calories burned for lots of activities.
July 8th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Big congrats
July 14th, 2007 at 4:30 am
Way to go !
I like the idea of combining weightloss program and beautifying things around … great inspiration !
Thanks for sharing your experience.
July 15th, 2007 at 10:05 am
You’re right on the money. When we pay other folks to do take care of our yards and clean our house we miss out on an opportunity to be more active.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:38 am
Congrats - that was a great idea! I could take care of my garden and look great! I think I just found a new hobby.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:17 am
This is a really good blog. Very informative. I’ve been reading for a while but this
post really caught my attention.
August 6th, 2007 at 5:37 am
I’ve used that site myself and it really works. I know what you mean about humidity. Here in St Louis it is the same way. Sometimes I think you can burn 100 calories just walking outside!
August 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Terry, You’re right about that humidity. It’s hard to keep hydrated in this kind of weather. Watching the Mississippi River going over the bridges in St Louis is breath taking. All that traffic made me so so nervous.