This weekend Chris and I were driving somewhere and I mentioned that I thought that I had heard that an average person spends about 80 kcals per hour watching tv. He thought that there was no way that that number could be right. He estimated that there were a lot less kcals spend doing nothing.

Not one to really back off from something that I was pretty sure was true, I went to trusty google to see what I could find. And boy, did I find a treasure. I felt so much better about myself just reading through the list that I found. And no wonder why I was in such great shape when I was going out all of the time. Although, I wasn't dancing to "rock and roll" (who says that anymore?).

The List From the Tooele County Health Department, 36 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Here are some of the items that gave me joy:

Bed rest, sleeping 60 per hour

Taking a shower 65 for 15 minutes

Eating a meal (sitting down) 70 per 30 minutes

Reading, Watching TV, Sitting (some brain activity) 75 per hour

Brain Work; study, desk job, accounting, computer work, heavy concentrating, some moving around 110 per hour

Driving a vehicle in moderate to heavy traffic 120 per hour

Busily cleaning house, doing laundry, hanging clothes outside on clothesline, going up and down stairs, cleaning refrigerator, picking up clothes (doing a lot of bending over and picking up items) 130 per hour

Chasing after kids, wiping noses, cleaning scrapes, fixing bruised egos, refeering, picking up toys 120 per hour

Dancing to Rock and Roll Music 400 per hour

Unless I'm "exercising" the above list is about as active as I get. Be sure to check the list to see if any of your hobby activities are listed. I can't wait until he comes home from work to rub it in a bit. Although he will argue that 75 kcal is less than 80, I still think that I should be deemed the winner.