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CL's 2012 Health & Fitness Issue

The lazy man's guide to looking and feeling... well, relatively OK

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46. Try face-to-face convos with co-workers: Instead of sending chat messages or e-mails to the losers in the cubicles next to yours, lean back in your chair and speak to them. More calories burned if you're venting about your boss.

47. Sleep as little as possible: The fight to stay awake at work will wear you out.

48. Sleep as much as possible: You burn around 25 calories per 30 minutes of sleep.

49. Eat M&Ms and Skittles, one at a time: The repetitive flexing of the arm muscles is like doing crunches.

50. Watch FOX: If you smack your head every time you hear an out-and-out lie, the repetitive motion will burn calories. Warning: Expect a concussion.

51. Two words: Bar Crawl.

52. Two more words: Arts Crawl.

53. Two more words: Belly Crawl.

54. Do the "Tequila" dance: You'll have to find a proper-length counter, either at home or (preferably) in a bar, to emulate Pee-wee Herman's famous "Tequila" dance.

55. Popcorn/Peanut Bar trick: Toss the morsel into the air and try to catch it in your mouth as it make its descent. The arm-and-mouth action will work off a few calories. If you do this successfully, people will think you're cool, but you won't lose any more calories. If you botch it, you'll expend additional energy crawling on your knees picking up the pieces while those around you sneer at your nerdiness.

56. Dutifully Organize your CD library: For maximum workout, use the Dewey Decimal System. (Eventually, you'll get another workout when you realize you need to just haul those obsolete objects out of the house altogether.)

57. Opt out of office birthdays: Find out the birthdays of your co-workers and call in sick on those days to avoid the obligatory Harris Teeter cake.

58. Read this issue of CL 50 times: Experts verify that page-turning burns off more calories than an hour spent at the gym. It's a scientific fact. Honest. We would not lie to you.