From our friends at TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), here are common springtime activities and the amount of calories each burns if done for 30 minutes:

• Watering lawn or garden – 63 calories

• Fertilizing yard – 104 calories

• Mopping – 146 calories

• Scrubbing floors – 159 calories

• Sweeping – 167 calories

• Weeding – 167 calories

• Planting seedlings – 188 calories

• Trimming shrubs by hand – 188 calories

• Laying sod – 209 calories

• Cleaning gutters – 209 calories

• Painting – 209 calories

• Mowing lawn (walk behind power mower) – 230 calories

• Gardening – 134 calories

Bring on spring!

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