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Holiday Calories

By: Lynne Kaska, Thu Dec 8th, 2005 08:45:08 PM

With the holidays quickly approaching, many people have been asking me how they can incorporate burning calories into their busy holiday schedule. What most people don't realize, is that most holiday activities burn calories and you don't even have to go to the gym.

I had a client who said that she usually spends 6 hours the day after Thanksgiving shopping and she couldn't possibly make it to the gym. What she didn't realize is that she automatically burns 234 calories per hour while shopping. So she would burn 1,404 calories the day after Thanksgiving.

Please see the chart below to see how many calories you may be burning during the holidays.

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Shopping 2 hours 468 calories

Wrapping 2 hours 102 calories

Put up tree 2 hours 156 calories

Clean house before party 2 hours 476 calories

Chatting 2 hours 272 calories

Singing Christmas Carols 2 hours 136 calories Prep Feast 2 hours 340 calories

Eat Feast 2 hours 102 calories

Sledding 2 hours 476 calories

About the author: My name is Lynne Kaska and I am the founder of Visionary Coaching, a career and mentor coaching company. We began in Garland, Texas in 2004, and currently we have coaches and clients around the country and are expanding into Canada. We work with vice presidents, managers and other executives, who are overloaded or may be facing career burn out. We also work with individuals who are facing big life transitions.