If you’re finding it difficult to squeeze the gym into your daily routine, there are other opportunities you have in your day to burn some calories. You may not be burning the amount you would if you were pumping iron, but any exercise is good exercise.

Miranda from Personal Dividends found a calculator on About.com that helped her determine how many calories could be burned with some daily activities. The calorie counts below are therefore representative of her weight, so they are rough estimates. But to give you an idea of what you could burn, take a look at some of the activities below.

1. Take the Stairs: obvious, but effective. 10 minutes of stair climbing throughout the day can burn 92 calories.
2. Mow the Lawn: pushing a lawn mower around for 30 minutes can help you burn 147 calories. You can also burn those calories digging around in the garden.
3. Music Practice: playing the piano can burn 85 calories in 30 minutes. Playing guitar can also burn a few.
4. Housecleaning: 30 minutes of vacuuming or scrubbing can burn 196 calories.
5. Family Game Night: playing cards and board games for 90 minutes can burn 159 calories. Just avoid the junk food while you’re doing it.
6. Wash the Car: clean your own car and you’ll burn about 277 calories an hour.

Go over to 10 Everyday Activities You Can Use to Burn Calories for more ways to burn calories in your daily routine.