How many calories can I burn raking leaves?

Sari Greaves

Nutrition & Dietetics

In October, enjoy the splendor of the season and burn calories by raking up those fallen leaves! The average 150 pound person will burn about 235 calories in 45 minutes of leaf-raking. So grab your rake and get out there! Your yard will look great and so will you!

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Calories

Every time we talk about food it seems we also talk about calories. Calories, those numbers found on nutrition fact labels and what diets tell us to watch. Calories are really the measure of how much energy is available to our bodies from what we eat. Every calorie is the same, whether it comes from legumes or lard. We burn calories from food when we perform any activity. When we eat more calories than we burn, then our bodies happily store the remaining calories as fat. Each pound of fat stores about 3,500 calories. How many calories you should have each day depends on many things, from your level of activity to your age and desired body weight.

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