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In addition to tweaking my diet, I have to start a more intensive exercise program.  To this end, I’ve been looking at guides of promising-sounding activities and how many calories they burn, and I’ve noticed some serious omissions, really a complete lack of any activity I’m at all likely to perform.  To rectify this alarming deficiency, I would like to contribute my own list of everyday exercises that you (and, more importantly, I) can do at home or in the office, with a loose estimate of how many calories they’re likely to burn:

Little Blind Girl’s List of Everyday Exercises

1. Banging your head against the desk/table/wall for five minutes:  15 calories
2. Walking down to supply closet, forgetting what you went there for, walking back to office, then remembering and walking back to supply closet:  25 calories
3. Doodling on legal pad while not really listening to tedious phone conversation:  20 calories/half hour
4. Losing important file and cursing profusely while stomping around looking for it:  15 calories
5. Losing important file and trying not to curse profusely because boss is around:  40 calories (note:  not recommended for extended durations)
6. Searching for keys in the morning:  20 calories
7. Transferring items from one purse to another (may qualify as weight training):  10 calories
8. Throwing pen across room because it refuses to write smoothly:  5 calories, if you include walking over to where it fell and cleaning the mark off the wall
9. Panicking over missed deadline:  15 calories
10. Reading blogs when you should be doing work:  60 calories/hour

I am shocked that these have not yet shown up in the lists of common activities on the exercise sites.  Next you’ll be telling me that caffeine isn’t a vital nutrient!  We can’t all be professional athletes; get your exercise where you can, that’s what I say.  This list would make for an interesting exercise log, don’t you think?