| A GUIDE TO CALORIE BURNING |
- Here's the guide to calorie-burning activities
and the number of calories per hour they consume.
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- 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 all the stops = 75
- Adding fuel to the fire = 160
- Wrapping it up at the day's end = 12
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- To which you may want to add your own favorite
activities, including:
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- 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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- Created, edited or updated on: 05.23.99
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- $idekick's laugh-o-meter rating: 8
(burn baby burn, burn)
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