Calories…


Since we’re coming up on Christmas…

Here’s the guide to calorie-burning activities and the number of calories per hour they consume.

Beating around the bush. . . . . . . . .75
Jumping to conclusions . . . . . . . . ..100
Climbing the walls . . . . . . . . . . ……150
Swallowing your pride. . . . . . . … . .50
Passing the buck . . . . . . . . . . . …….25
Throwing your weight around
(depending on your weight). . . …. . 50-300
Dragging your heels. . . . . . . . . …… 100
Pushing your luck. . . . . . . . . . . …….250
Making mountains out of molehills. 500
Hitting the nail on the head . . . . … .50
Wading through paperwork . . . .  . 300
Bending over backwards . . . . . . . . 75
Jumping on the bandwagon . . . . . . 200
Balancing the books. . . . . . . . . . ….25
Running around in circles. . . . . . . .350
Eating crow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Tooting your own horn. . . . . . . . . .25
Climbing the ladder of success . . . 750
Pulling out the stops. . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adding fuel to the fire. . . . . . . . . . 160
Wrapping it up at the day’s end. . . 12
Opening a can of worms . . . . . . . . 50
Putting your foot in your mouth. . .300
Starting the ball rolling. . . . . . . . . . 90
Going over the edge. . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Picking up the pieces after. . . . . . . 350
Counting eggs before they hatch. . .6
Calling it quits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2


You may use as necessary to figure out your holiday exercise schedule… or not… 🙂

Comments

Calories… — 12 Comments

  1. And here I thought my exercise routine was worthless because I haven’t been losing weight. But apparently I have other issues. 🙂

  2. You also have to factor in things like that fact that the calories of things eaten while standing over the sink don’t count…

  3. Kanda- Um…maybe 3 cal???

    Andy- LOL

    DB- depends on the weight… 🙂

    PH- Damn, if THAT is true, I should be rail thin…

    WSF- You and me both! LOL

    Pissed- Thanks!

  4. Why was I gaining weight at the office when the net consumed was less that the tasks completed?

    Fuzzy math?

  5. Stirring muck (or some such)
    Rocking the boat
    Pushing deadlines
    Q