Exercise For Nonathletes

Calories can be burned by the hundreds by engaging in strenuous activities that do not require physical exercise.

Exercise - Calories burned 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