Remember laughing away, whileplaying hopscotch with your classmates, or chasing them around with a red face? Though, we may leave these childhood games long behind us, but it turns out these games of yesteryear can easily help us shave some calories and keep us as happy as a bee.
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There’s no opportune time than this National Day month to reminisce some of the games (by learning the amount of calories they burn) we used to love.
5 Stones
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Challenge your pals to this game and toss 22 calories away easily in just 15 minutes.
Burns 10 cups of black tea while tossing
Aeroplane Chess
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Who cares about the unfulfilled pilot or air stewardess dream, when you can always engage in a game of aeroplane chess? “Fly around” the globe and burn 22 calories in 15 minutes.
Burns 1 cup (100 g) of The C Kosong away while “flying” around
Catching
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I guess as we grow up, the only “catching” we do is to chase after money. Joke aside, this act itself burns 87 calories in 15 minutes.
Burns 1 cup of Kopi C (194 g) with this game
Chaptek
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We really need a Chaptek master to impart us with the skills of keeping it high up in the air. Show off your kicking skills for 15 minutes and torch 101 calories.
Burns 2 cups of barley water (500 ml) with this game
Hopscotch
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Unleash the hidden bunny in you, and get down to some hopping good time. Every 15 minutes of hopping burn 84 calories.
Burns 1 cup of Kopi O (194 g) with the hopping
Old Maid Card
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Thankfully, it’s just a game, and we don’t exactly turn into an old maid if we lose the game.
Ditch the “Old Maid” title and burn 22 calories for 15 minutes.
Burns 4 cups of unsweetened green tea away while trying to avoid the Old Maid
Sepak Takraw
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Inspired to be the next Fandi Ahmad? Start practicing with this straw ball, and shave a total of 101 calories in just 15 minutes.
Burns 1 cup (194 g) of Kopi Siu Dai while kicking around
Zero Point
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