If you itemize your deductions on Form 1040, Schedule A (PDF), Itemized Deductions, you may still be able to deduct your personal portion of mortgage interest, property taxes, and casualty losses on that schedule. There's a special rule if you use a dwelling unit as a residence and rent it for fewer than 15 days.
According to Harvard Medical School, you will burn about 240 to 356 calories per hour doing water aerobics, which is lower than the 420- to 622-calorie expenditure from participating in one hour of step aerobics at a low intensity.
I love Zumba and like most have lost 10 or more pounds doing it regularly. But the journalist in me cringes every time someone makes the claim that you burn zillions of calories doing Zumba Fitness. It doesnât matter how happy you are during that hour itâs false. But the news is still good. So you know, a calorie is unit of heat energy and how we measure the energy we consume and burn. For example, fats have nine calories per gram. Proteins and carbohydrates have four calories per gram. Pure alcohol has seven calories.