Calorie Burn

I had a long weekend in Florida when I came back from home in PA and I had very little I needed to get finished. Most of my projects had been completed or shelved neatly for a nebulous later, so I decided I would take the time to try out a few different activities. I went jump roping, jogging, biking, heavy Aikido session, and tennis. Between those four activities, spread out over four days, I managed to burn approximately 7000 calories just in exersize. The chart I use is at shapefit.com - the largest list I've seen and very similar to other estimates for burning calories that I've seen.

Try picking an exercise you think you would/want to do and find out how long it would take to burn 7K calories. You might be surprised!

I have a few goals in mind for this exercising, and they are listed in order of current imporance.

• Snorkeling - A healthy heart and aerobic system can increase the amount of time a person can hold his breath.
• Better shape for outdoor activities
• I plan on biking to Orlando in a month or two to try out Couch Surfing before I depend on it in other countries.
• When I go hiking (hopefully for a long period; that would be fun) I want to be in shape before I go hiking - not afterwards.
• Lose weight - an obvious advantage with exercise
• Get really good at jump roping. I have a long way to go - I've jump roped for over 7 hours total since I bought my jump rope and I just now figured out how to cross my rope when jumping.
  
• Look incredibly handsome... but there isn't much more to improve so I put this goal low on the list. :-)