4 Weird Ways You're Already Burning More Calories Than You Think Today

When you're on the treadmill or elliptical trainer, there's no way to not see how many calories are ticking off during your sweat session. But there are plenty of activities you're doing throughout the day that are blasting calories—without your even knowing it. YAY!!!

Applying Lipstick: 765 times per application

All right—765 times is a ridiculous amount of lip prep. (I mean, is it? I probably do it 5 to 10 times a day—maybe I'm missing out!) In any case, if you're dabbing gloss or color onto your lips, that still counts as activity.

Grocery Shopping: 144 calories per hour

I end up at the grocery store more often than I really want to during the week, so at least there's this upside. When you're pushing a cart or carrying a basket filled with heavy foodstuffs all around a big supermarket, your body is working harder than you might expect. And don't forget loading everything into your car—or carrying it home, if you're an urbanite—and unloading it at the end.

Doing Your Hair: 100 calories per 30 minutes

I guess this is the good news about that frustrating 30-plus minutes of hair-doing time in the morning?

Clicking Your Mouse: 1.42 calories per click

If you spend a lot of time on the computer—doing work or schoolwork (in other words: so many of us)—you're checking out links, editing text, putting numbers into spreadsheets. All of which translates to a lot of mouse (or track pad) clicking.

I also think that there's a huge calorie burn during that five minutes before you have to rush out the door in the morning—you know what I'm talking about. Because I've forgotten important things, I always run out to the car and back at least two times before I actually leave the house.

What are the activities you do during the day that you think might contribute to overall daily calorie burn?