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| OK, all you dieters out there! You CAN burn calories doing your everyday activities!! Calories can be burned by the hundreds by engaging in strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise. Listed below are exercises and the calories they burn per hour: 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 To which you may want to add your own favorite activities, including: 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 |
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