Movement

I have heard that at the average desk job you burn between 300-400 calories. I figure this is the up and down from the chair, walking to the copier, delivering this or that to co-workers etc...

So I think that as a stay at home mom I can burn about 400 calories, at least, doing laundry, cleaning, playing outside and all the other things I do to stay on top of things.

But I do spend a lot of time down. On the computer, reading books to me or to the kids, knitting. I did some research and found that if you work at a desk, you should aim to get up from your desk every 20-30 minutes.

So I will do the same. Truth be told...I already do that, but now I will do it consciously to make sure that I am not getting sedentary.