But it wasn't enough really. Standing up and sitting down a dozen times isn't really a lot of exercise, but it was an improvement over sitting the entire time. So I had to come up with another way to add in more movement. So I started standing in tree pose using my arms of course. That actually takes a lot more work than you might think! Now of course you reach a point when that isn't hard enough either. But of course you want to be safe. So every time I stood up, I'd do some sort of exercise.
Now I was actually doing exercise and burning calories. All of these things are really great when you're feeling motivated and wanting to really burn a few extra calories.
But I realized that for as many days as I feel motivated and do all the things here, there are going to be just as many days where just standing up are going to be all I can take. And so now I present to you my secret weapon, a balance disk. Now I don't have to force myself to exercise, because my exercise is just standing up. If you've never tried a balance disk, these things are awesome. When you first step on, its a little hard to find your balance.
But once you do, easy peasy, no big deal. So you start standing there. And the first few minutes are easy. But the longer you stand on it, the more work your legs do. And eventually your legs actually get tired. Not like a little bit tired. Like OMG, my legs are burning. I'm not quite there yet, but you can even work up to doing your tree pose or squats on the balance disk too! I'll call that advanced calorie burning while sewing. Do you have things you do while sewing that help you burn calories?
Comment below because I want to hear them! And for anyone wondering whether they should believe me, just standing up burns more calories per hour. You can do it! Hi, I'm Ti and I'm so happy you're here. As a self proclaimed fabric-aholic, it only made sense to open a fabric store, thus, Simply by Ti was born. Here on my blog, you'll mainly find work that I've done for myself and my family.
I am always looking to expand my sewing abilities and spend a lot of time learning new fitting and sewing techniques. I aim to provide objective, honest, creative content that will keep you actively engaged and wanting to read more. Awesome suggestions! I just recently started counting calories normal eating habits for establishing a baseline and determining areas for improvement And I could use these tips for typical everyday stuff, not just sewing.
I love balance disks! I used to have them in the SpEd classroom for my adhd students and keeping them focused. I should have used them for this too! What a great suggestion. I have never heard of a balance disk but I sure need one.
I followed your link to Amazon just to read about them. Lord knows I sure need some help with my core muscles and balance. Getting old is not for the faint of heart. Thank you.. Did you know that you burn around 61 calories just lying down for an hour?
Or 88 calories when reading a book or newspaper? Even sitting up and reading this article will burn almost 68 calories. So it makes sense that doing a little more activity, like knitting or crocheting, will help you burn off more calories. It is important to note though that the number of calories burnt doing different activities will depend on your age, weight and heart rate.
NEAT, or non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEPA, non-exercise physical activity, are all types of non-formal exercise that you do during the day that burns off calories. This could include walking to the mailbox to fetch the mail, sweeping the floor or washing dishes. Fidgeting or doing these types of typical activities, which could broadly include knitting or crocheting, are all ways to burn off calories without actively involving yourself in training or physical exercise.
Obviously, our body uses different amounts of energy when sitting, standing or walking. Sitting is how most of us knit or crochet, as it is the most comfortable and the easiest to manage our wool and stitches. However, if you feel adventurous, you could burn more calories by standing or walking. Sitting — Sitting burns around 20 calories per 15 minutes, which means 80 calories per hour.
Standing — Standing burns around 22 calories per 15 minutes, which is 88 calories per hour. Walking — Walking burns around 33 calories per 15 minutes, which means per hour. So, standing or walking around while knitting or crocheting may help you burn off more calories, that is if you value burning calories over comfort! Knitting can be so therapeutic, with a wonderful end goal of a completed project, either for yourself or a loved one.
It takes some concentration and skill, keeping count of your stitches, following a pattern and not missing any stitches. And all of this concentration and movement does result in some calorie burning. Even though you are sitting, you are constantly moving your hands and arms to create and work on stitches, back and forth, back and forth, often for hours at a time if you are lucky enough to have the time!
While sitting down, knitting for an hour, a pound person can burn around calories. And this is only for one hour! The number of calories burned will obviously increase with any additional time you spend knitting. This actually amounts to around half an hour of light exercise.
A whole afternoon of crocheting can burn up to calories, which can have a significant effect on your overall calorie count. Just sitting and staying still can burn 20 calories per 15 minutes, which means in an hour you can burn off 80 calories. Now if you add in knitting to the equation, with the movement of the hands and fingers constantly to create stitches, you can add an extra 70 calories burned off.
This is quite incredible, as most of us would not think that simple, repetitive movements of the hands would result in fairly significant calorie burning. Crocheting is fairly similar to knitting, instead only using one hook and wrapping the yarn over the fingers in the other hand.
However, a similar movement is used, and this movement does also result in the burning of calories! So while you are crocheting up a blanket, ready for winter, you are also burning off some of that chocolate you snacked on earlier in the day.
Crocheting actually burns slightly more calories than knitting. In an hour, crocheting can burn off up to calories. As mentioned earlier, you can burn off even more by standing or walking while crocheting, but this might leave a trail of wool following behind you, which can complicate things slightly. Crocheting requires repetitive movements of the fingers, wrists and a bit of the arm. An increase in heart rate does help burn more calories, but as a light, non-tiring exercise, crocheting can help burn some off.
Other than being able to enjoy the wonderful craft and hobby of crocheting and knitting, these two pastimes do have significant health benefits. Calming — Crocheting and knitting involve simple, repetitive motions that actually help to calm the brain. Not only are you working towards an end goal, but knitting and crocheting give you something simple to focus on.
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