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Healthy Living
Keeping Active
Get moving...
Also key to a healthy lifestyle is keeping active. You don’t have to be super fit - just take small amounts of regular exercise to benefit enormously. And, you may be surprised to learn that even some vigorous vacuuming or playing tag in the park with the kids counts as exercise!
Exercise will help you to maintain a healthy body weight and keep fat levels down.
- Regular exercise will help control existing health problems such as high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease.
- There will be an improvement in your muscle tone and body
shape - Choose an activity you enjoy and it will help to reduce your stress levels.
- It will raise the levels of serotonin (the feel-good hormone) in
your body and make you feel happier and better about yourself! - Exercise can help to build and maintain healthy bones and joints.
Based on a 65kg/10 stone person the following table gives an idea of how much energy is used up in various activities
| ACTIVITY | KCALS for 30 minutes of activity |
|---|---|
| Low impact aerobics | 210 |
| Cycling ( fast) | 500 |
| Cycling (moderate effort) | 330 |
| Dancing ( depends on speed) | 190 - 220 |
| Football | 340 |
| Walk (3 mph – 20 mins per mile) | 139 |
| Walk (5 mph – 12 mins mile) | 336 |
| carpentry | 252 |
| General gardening | 168 |
| Digging, composting | 210 |
| Mowing lawn | 250 |
| Painting Decorating | 190 |
| Cleaning House ( general) | 125 |
| Playing with kids – vigorous | 210 |
| Light office work | 63 |
| Sleeping | 38 |
| Watching TV | 42 |
| Vacuuming | 150 |
| Ironing | 97 |
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