From buddy Mon Nov 7 19:35:36 1994 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 21:27:33 Subject: calories burned Forget jogging and the stairmaster... A recent report by the Southern California Medical Association pointed out that proper weight control and physical fitness cannot be attained by dieting alone. People who spend most of their day behind a desk face a particular problem in losing weight. Too many of these people fail to realize that calories can be burned off by the hundreds by engaging in strenuous exercises that are common for office workers: Activity Calories Burned Beating around the bush 75 Jogging your memory 125 Jumping to conclusions 100 Climbing the walls 250 Swallowing your pride 150 Passing the buck 25 Grasping at straws 75 Beating your own drum 100 Throwing your weight around (depends on weight) 50-300 Dragging your heels 100 Pushing your luck 360 Making mountains out of molehills 500 Hitting the nail on the head 50 Spinning your wheels 145 Flying off the handle 225 Turning the other cheek 50 Wading through paperwork 300 Bending over backwards 75 Jumping on the bandwagon 100 Balancing the books 335 Beating your head against a wall 450 Patting yourself on the back 25 Sticking your neck out 980 Racing against time 400 Running around in circles 215 Chewing nails 85 Eating crow 190 Fishing for compliments 35 Tooting your own horn 50 Climbing the ladder of success 550 Pulling out the stops 100 Adding fuel to the fire 85 Pouring salt on a wound 30 Wrapping it up at day's end 12