Mandatum!

 

 

 

 

Hi there!

 

 

………. When I first met Rita she was a quite devastated and miserable woman.
” My home is a place full of repeated, monotonous, and endless chores.
I feel angry and desperate, and I don’t know what to do about it “,
she said to me one day.

I was surprised, and I did not know what to say. 
I have met many other women, who actually like doing most of these household chores   —   and all of them, including myself, have a completely different mental attitude.

A month later, I met Rita again for tea, and I noticed that she was another woman.
” What’s happening with you?   You look so relaxed and happy “, I asked her, anxiously waiting to hear her reply.

” I found the solution to my problem.
I realised that I can use all this painful housework to exercise my body, and burn calories, as well as relieving my stresses at the same time   —   and it does work.
I now feel fitter, healthier, and much happier.
I am liberated ! “, she said smiling.

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“ Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements, but in virtuous activities “

Aristotle     c. 384 BC  – c.  322 BC

“ The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes “

Agatha Christie     1890  –  1976

 

 

Domestic Art

 

Exercise is not only essentially important and needed, but also it is absolutely indispensable to your overall and long term health.

Exercise keeps your whole body fit, and your weight under control.
Most people though find it very demanding, and indeed difficult to exercise due to various reasons.

If you do not have the time, or you do not feel like it, or you can not afford to go to a gym, or even if it is impossible for you to follow a specific workout, then doing household chores is your best solution.

You will exercise your whole body, you will burn a lot of calories, and you will reduce all unwanted weight;
certainly, the more effort you put in doing it, the more benefits and rewards you will accumulate.

 

 

Tour Of Duty

 

The following top household chores will keep you in good shape:

a)          Washing dishes by hand will burn you one hundred (100) calories every half hour.

b)          Folding your laundry standing will burn you sixty (60) calories every time.

c)          Ironing your clothes for half an hour at a time will burn you seventy (70) calories.

d)          Vacuuming the carpets for thirty minutes will burn you ninety (90) calories.

e)          Tidying the whole house including your wardrobes and cupboards will burn you one hundred and fifty (150) calories.

f)          Dusting your furniture and decorations for another thirty minutes will burn you another fifty (50) calories.

g)          Sweeping and mopping your floors will burn you one hundred and fifty (150) calories more.

h)          Cooking which includes cleaning, washing, peeling, chopping, stirring, beating and whisking for only half an hour will burn you one hundred (100) calories at a time.

i)           Washing your car, if possible, will burn you one hundred and fifty calories (150).

j)           Gardening, if you have a garden, is much harder job, and it will burn you two hundred and fifty (250) calories.

k)          Going shopping in the  super market and stretching further and on top of shelves to get what you want will give you an ideal stretching workout.

l)          Carrying your full shopping bags, equally distributed on each hand, not only will be the ideal weight lifting exercise, but also it will burn you an extra two hundred (200) calories. 

 

 

Shooting Match

 

Obviously, not many people look forward to doing household chores, but according to research all these house tasks are equivalent to a session at the gym.

Also, because housework involves a wide range  of movements like:      walking, stretching, lifting, and bending, it is potentially more beneficial than going to the gym once a week.

Always Remember:

1)          When you pick up items from the floor, or you move furniture, lower your body by bending your knees, and keeping your back straight.

2)          When you sweep, dust, or mop the floors, squeeze your stomach in.

3)          Breathe deeply and normally at all times.

4)          The calorie burning is an approximate average, and depends on your body size, the speed you are working, your fitness level, your age, your gender, and your house temperature which should be cool.

Also:

Together with the above housework plan, make certain you follow a healthy, nutritious, and wholesome diet, as well as walking for at least thirty (30) minutes per day.

Only in this way, you will have the perfect workout.
Housework is the best and cheapest exercise;
so, stop finding excuses in order to avoid those little chores.

Put on your favourite music, and focus on the exercise and benefits you get by doing this.

It will help you become fitter in general, and burn all these unwanted calories at the same time.

Without doubt it is the long term physical activity, that will keep you healthy and fit until the very old age.

Good Work !!