Calories You Burn by Activity

Even five minutes of walking can burn off between 32 and 48 calories, depending on your size. The more you weigh, the more calories you burn when moving your body so there is no excuse - it doesn't matter what you weigh right now, so long as you are in general good health, getting active is going to be beneficial.

Check out the chart below to see how many calories you burn off depending on your weight for every minute that you are doing it. Why wait? The sooner you get active, the sooner you will begin to burn off those calories and start losing weight.

ACTIVITY	8 ½ stone	10 stone	11st 4lb	12st 9lb
Walking	6.5	7.6	8.7	9.8
Cycling (10mph)	5.5	6.4	7.3	8.2
Swimming	7.8	9.0	10.3	11.6
Dancing (social)	2.9	3.3	3.7	4.2
Dancing (aerobic)	7.4	8.6	9.8	11.1
Gardening	5.0	5.9	6.7	7.5
Jogging	9.3	10.8	12.4	13.9
Running	11.4	13.2	15.1	17.0
Skating	5.9	6.9	7.9	8.8
Tennis	6.0	6.9	7.9	8.9
Hiking	4.5	5.2	6.0	6.7
Weight training	6.6	7.6	8.7	9.8

Compare any of these to the calories burnt for just sitting quietly which are between 1.2 and 1.7 calories, and you will never want to sofa surf again.