Calorie Use per Activity

Sunday September 5, 2010. 23:55hrs EST

For every activity your perform (yes, even laying on the couch and watching TV), your body uses a certain amount of calories. Your body needs to consume enough calories to provide you with the energy required for all your daily activities. The more calories you use, the more calories you will need to obtain through the food you eat. The more calories you eat, the more activity you will need to keep your body in balance. Use the charts below to find out the calories used by some of the most common activities.

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Activity Group	Activity Description	Activity Details / Calories Used
Conditioning Exercise Dancing Fishing and Hunting Home Activities Home Repair Inactivity Lawn and Garden Miscellaneous Music Playing Occupation Religious Activities Self Care Sexual Activity Shopping Sports Transportation Walking Water Activities Winter Activities	Digging Fertilizing or seeding General Layind sod Laying rock Mowing Picking fruit Planting Power tools Raking Sacking grass Shoveling Snow blower Trimming Watering Weeding Wood