# The Little Book of Calorie Burning

Collective work

A quirky guide to counting the calories as they come off, through ways you may never have considered possibleExactly how long would you have to kiss in order to burn off a bottle of beer? Or how long would you have to argue with someone to burn off a Mars bar?From playing ping-pong to having sex (at different levels of intensity!), this little guide contains over 100 activities and their calorie-burning powers. For instance, have you ever thought about the calories you burn simply by eating and digesting?Activities are arranged A-Z and show the calories burned for four different weights (yes, sadly the heavier you are, the more calories you’ll burn even when asleep). Each entry also gives an example food, telling you how long you must do that activity to burn it off.

## THE LITTLE BOOK OF CALORIE BURNING

Gill Paul

Illustrations by

Judith Ash


## CONTENTS

Introduction Aerobics Arguing Badminton Ballet Baseball Basketball Belly dancing Bowling Boxing Brushing your teeth Canoeing Carrying bags Chewing gum Childcare Circus skills Clothes shopping Computer games Cooking Cricket Croquet Cycling Dancing Depilation Dishwashing Diy Dressing Driving a car Dusting Eating Filing Football Frisbee Gardening Golf Grocery shopping Gym workouts Hockey Horse riding Ice skating Ironing Jogging Kissing Kite flying Knitting Making beds Making-up Martial arts Massage Mountaineering Mowing the lawn Music, listening to Music, playing Parachute jumping Phone, talking on Pilates Ping-pong Pub, going to Queuing Reading Relaxing in a hammock Rollerblading Rowing Running Sewing Sex Singing Sitting still Skateboarding Skiing Skipping Sleeping Smoking Snooker Snowboarding Stairs, climbing Stretching Surfing the internet Surfing the waves Sweeping floors Swimming T’Ai chi Television, watching Tennis Texting Typing Unpacking groceries Vacuuming Volleyball Walking Washing hair Washing the car Watering the garden Waterskiing Weightlifting Whistling Wrapping presents Wrestling Writing a letter Yoga