After stuffing your face this holiday season, you might be ruefully looking at yourself in the mirror, and noting those extra pounds that seem to have magically appeared on your hips. Never fear! There is a solution. that doesn’t involve aerobics, dieting or any form of exercise whatsoever. Just work.
I’m serious. A recent report by the Sri Lankan Medical Association pointed out that proper weight control and physical fitness cannot be attained by dieting alone. But people who spend most of their day behind a desk face a particular problem in losing weight. Too many of these people fail to realize that calories can be burned off by the hundreds, by engaging in the following strenuous exercises that are common to office workers:
| Office Activity | Burned Calories |
| Adding fuel to the fire | 85 |
| Balancing the books | 335 |
| Beating around the bush | 75 |
| Beating your head against a wall | 450 |
| Beating your own drum | 100 |
| Bending over backwards | 75 |
| Bending the rules | 375 |
| Chewing nails | 85 |
| Climbing the ladder of success | 750 |
| Climbing the walls | 250 |
| Dodging responsibility | 80 |
| Dragging your heels | 100 |
| Eating crow | 190 |
| Fishing for compliments | 35 |
| Flying off the handle | 225 |
| Going around in circles | 320 |
| Grasping at straws | 75 |
| Hitting the nail on the head | 50 |
| Jogging your memory | 125 |
| Jumping on the bandwagon | 200 |
| Jumping to conclusions | 100 |
| Making mountains out of molehills | 500 |
| Passing the buck | 25 |
| Patting yourself on the back | 25 |
| Pouring salt on a wound | 30 |
| Pulling out the stops | 100 |
| Pulling strings | 180 |
| Pushing your luck | 360 |
| Racing against time | 300 |
| Running down the boss | 130 |
| Spinning your wheels | 145 |
| Sticking your neck out | 980 |
| Stretching the truth | 450 |
| Swallowing your pride | 150 |
| Throwing your weight around (depends on weight) | 50-300 |
| Tooting your own horn | 50 |
| Turning the other cheek | 50 |
| Wading through paperwork | 300 |
| Wrapping it up at the day’s end | 12 |
broadcaster. He currently works at Young Asia Television as Public Relations Manager. He has an Honours degree in English Literature from Kings College, London.
