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… 🙂
What about patting yourself on the back?
And here I thought my exercise routine was worthless because I haven’t been losing weight. But apparently I have other issues. 🙂
How many calories for hanging on by the fingertips?
You also have to factor in things like that fact that the calories of things eaten while standing over the sink don’t count…
Per your chart, I should be thin. Must be doing something wrong.
Good One’s !!
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!
I really should have to tie myself down when the wind blows according to this chart 🙂
Why was I gaining weight at the office when the net consumed was less that the tasks completed?
Fuzzy math?
Stirring muck (or some such)
Rocking the boat
Pushing deadlines
Q
SS- Yeah, heard that :-0
ADM- It was those fat pills…
Q- Good ones!
I would have thought that swallowing your pride would be a lot more than 50.