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to burn 117 calories, bathe the dog and burn another 158 calories (walk him afterward to burn 158 more), just making the bed burns 90 calories every day.

8. Trade chores with your kids or hubby one weekend. Mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges and weeding all means calories well spent and a gorgeous yard to boot.

9. Experts' suggestions of 1 hour daily cardio workouts simply isn't realistic in today's world. Breaking that 1 hour up into 10 minutes sessions throughout the day may be the answer. Dance around the house, do jumping jacks, run in place, do sit ups, push ups, pull ups, jump rope. It all adds up and could make you smile more, too.

10. Saving the best for last...lovemaking! According to the dailymuscle.com, having intercourse 3 times a week, over the course of a year is the same as jogging 75 miles and burning a whopping 7,500 calories! Enough said.

Daily trips to the gym for hour-long grueling workouts are so yesterday. What we do need is to train our minds to slow down and remember that machine below our necks called the body. You know, the thing that keeps us running like hamsters on a wheel 365 days, 8,760 hours or 525,600 minutes of the year? It is important to be mindful that our body needs just as much attention as our careers, families and daily grind. By putting our minds to it and taking 10 minutes every now and then to take care of ourselves, even if it means dancing around the house or a late night booty call, could result in a leaner, stronger, sexier body.

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