Monday, December 22, 2008

Holiday Lean

The holidays are here, so go ahead - have that extra serving of ham. Let loose and polish off that plate of cookies - there's some easy workouts that will make those holiday pounds melt off:

Honeybaked Ham - 3 ounces, 125 calories
How to burn it off: Hula hoop for 10 minutes with one of Mary J Blige’s gold hoop earrings.

Eggnog - 9 ounces, 343 calories
How to burn it off: Put together a piece of Ikea furniture (swearing optional).

Mashed Potatoes - 5 ounces, 160 calories
How to burn it off: Stand on your feet for 3 hours trying to make the Alton Brown recipe you saw on Good Eats last night.

3 Sugar Cookies - 7 ounces, 810 calories
How to burn it off: Spritz on some Burger King "Flame" cologne and spend 30 minutes trying to outrun the stray dogs in your neighborhood.

Candy Cane - 1 ounce, 133 calories
How to burn it off: Walk around Urban Outfitters for 15 minutes, trying to find something you’d actually consider wearing.

Glass of Red Wine - 5 ounces, 129 calories
How to burn it off: Force yourself to stay awake for an entire episode of Heroes, Season 3.

Slice of Fruitcake - 6 ounces, 660 calories
How to burn it off: Spend 15 minutes trying to cram yourself into a pair of Calista Flockhart’s black dress pants.

Hot Apple Cider - 1 pint, 232 calories
How to burn it off: Walk to your Nintendo Wii, put in the Jillian Michaels game, spend 3 minutes laughing at how much it sucks, and then walk back to your couch.

Roast Beef - 8 ounces, 368 calories
How to burn it off: Create a lifesize replica of Oprah Winfrey out of paper mache.

Slice of Apple Pie - 5.5 ounces, 411 calories
How to burn it off: Spend 20 minutes trying to figure out how to change the ring tone on your new touch screen Blackberry.

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