One of my goals this weekend was to go through my magazine (I’m a little behind). Well, the June (told you I was behind) issue of Real Simple has a fun article in the Reality Check section called Calorie Expenditures that May Surprise You. Now (my disclaimer) I’m not sure how accurate these are but they sure made me think (and smile) not that I’ll be using these in my tracking or anything but it’s fun.
| Activity | Calories Burned | Fat Chick’s Commentary | ||
| Thinking Thin | 132 | |||
| Running your fingers around the bottom of a frosted cake | 215 | guess that earns you the lick | ||
| Fretting about whether or not you turned off the iron | 240 | |||
| Thumbing through a fitness magazine | 273 | I knew I collected magazines for a good reason | ||
| Cleaning out your e-mail inbox | 330 | hmm…I guess it’s a downfall of keeping my inbox clean | ||
| Opening a bottle of wine | 406 | |||
| Waiting on hold with customer service for 20 minutes | 482 | about time there is an advantage | ||
| Opening your child’s plastic-wrapped Happy Meal toy | 516 | no surprise here | ||
| Restraining your hand from reaching into the chip bowl | 602 | hey — that almost makes the chip OK | ||
| Scooping very cold ice cream | 655 | makes the frustration worth it | ||
| Scooping very cold ice cream while fending off three children | 727 | |||
| Pacing infront of the pantry door | 826 | |||
| Organizing a dinner party in less than 24 hours | 1,071 | |||
| Juggling seven grocery bags, the mail, and your keys | 1,149 | if you’ve ever done this while getting everything to a second floor apt you know this is true | ||
| Taking off a wet swimsuit | 1,500 | duh |
