YOU KNOW IT’S TIME TO DIET WHEN…

• You dance and it makes the band skip.
• You are diagnosed with the flesh-eating virus, and the doctor gives you 22      more years to live.
• You put mayonnaise on an aspirin.
• You go to the zoo and the elephants throw YOU peanuts.
• Your driver’s license says, “Picture continued on other side.”
• You learn you were born with a silver shovel in your mouth.
• Your blood type: Ragu!

CALORIE BURNING GUIDE

America is the most obese nation on earth. We all need to exercise and cardio exercise, i.e.: running, jogging, bicycling, is what we need most. But, what if we can’t always exercise. Here’s a guide to calorie burning activites and the number of calories per hour they consume.

• 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 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: 350
• Counting eggs before they hatch: 6
• Calling it quits: 2