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
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
Counting eggs before thay hatch. . . . 6
Calling it quits . . . . . . . . . . . 2
