7 Simple Ways to Burn Extra Calories

As summer begins to come to an end, you may be looking for some simple and creative ways to burn a few extra calories.  Listed below are seven ways you can burn calories throughout the day – without ever breaking a sweat!

1. It is believed that individuals who are Vitamin D deficient take longer to lose weight, so be sure you’re getting enough (about 2,000 milligrams daily).
2. If you sleep less than four hours a night for extended periods, your metabolism will slow. Try to get between seven and nine hours to optimize calorie-burning benefits.
3. The calories burned doing housework can quickly add up. Break out the vacuum, wash the dishes, and do the work yourself instead of relying on others.
4. Laugh hard, laugh often. Not only is it good for your mind, but laughing for ten to fifteen minutes a day can burn up to fifty calories!
5. Drinking eight cups of water a day will increase your metabolic rate by about thirty percent, so keep hydrated.
6. Moving at a brisk pace can optimize even the shortest walk, so get moving!
7. Tapping your foot, pacing, and moving restlessly can help you burn up to 350 calories a day, so go ahead and fidget a bit.