Working Hardly 

Here's the guide to calorie-burning activities at work and the number of calories they consume per hour.

                       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 the day's end 
                                                                       12 


To which you may want to add your own favourite activities, including:

                                  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 after 
                                                           350 
                                  Counting eggs before they hatch 
                                                             6 
                                  Calling it quits 
                                                             2