My New Exercise Programme

Over the years I have put on a fair bit of weight. I saw this new dietician who gave me this list of additional activities that will help me burn off those calories.

All measurements are number of calories the activity consumes each time:

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        50 to 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 or 5000

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

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 afterwards    350

Counting eggs before they hatch    12

I should halve my weight in a week!!


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