1. Weight Loss: Tipping the Scales in Your Favor

147. Calorie Burners You’d Be Better Off Without

Physical exercise is an excellent way to burn calories. There are some “mental” exercises, however, that we would be better off not engaging in, even though they may bum off a few calories. They are listed in the following table.

Throwing your weight around

(Depending on what you weigh)

Digging your own grave

Beating your head against the wall

Chomping at the bit

Climbing the walls

Running around in circles

Making mountains out of molehills

Grasping at straws

Wrestling with your conscience

Swallowing your pride

Bending over backward

Pushing your luck

Beating around the bush

Dashing your dreams

Jumping to conclusions

Putting your foot in your mouth

Beating your own drum

Spinning your wheels

Jumping on the bandwagon

Fishing for compliments

Exercise in Futility

SOURCE: Adapted from a list developed by Donald McDonald, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

Activities

Calories Burned

23-430

222

221

214

193

187

179

170

130

148

126

103

101

98

87

32

42

37

36

29