Losing a pound

To lose a pound, a person must burn 3500 calories.  I thought it would be interesting to figure out how long I would have to do an exercise to lose a pound.  This website has a calculator to help determine just that.  All I had to do was put in my weight and age and it gave me an approximation of how long I would have to do a certain exercise to lose a pound.  Here are the highlights.

I would have to:

Run at 12mph for 84 minutes.

Do the elliptical trainer for 166 minutes.

Play basketball 1/2 court for 230 minutes.

Walk up stairs for 234 minutes.

Chop wood for 310 minutes.

Sleep for 2,040 minutes. 

I don’t know think I could chop wood for 310 minutes.  However, some of the other activities are much more doable especially if you divide the minutes so you can lose a pound in 7 days.  I think that it is very interesting to see how the activities compare by calories burned.  I will definitely be using this site to help plan my weekly activities.