Feel the burn!

On the subject of things that are healthy - or at least good for you...

I've been doing a little research and think the following is of great importance in motivating for that all out shopping experience. Take heed...

I thought it may be worthwhile to have a look at the amount of calories one burns for various standard efforts involved in any self-respecting shopping (shoe or otherwise) trip. The activity calorie calculator was of great assistance. You would also bear with me, I am sure, in some license taken in determining these results - there is not exactly a shopping activity index, with most activity calculator restricting themselves to terribly unimaginative excersize types (running, walking, badmington(?!), etc...)

Anyway, getting to the point, here are some suggestions for a full workout while satisfying the emotional connection you always develop with your credit card when faced with a purchase decision:

Walking from your car to the shopping mall: 10.3
Doing the 1st pass (browing around to see what's on offer): 27.2
Doing the 2nd pass (identifying the items you may or may not be interested in): 34.3
Change room activities (think of this as the super circuit of the shopping trip)
Carrying too many items at the same time: 22.7
The 5 minute jeans jumping jig: 31.8
Turning around to see all possible angles in all the mirrors: 9
The 3 minute peeling off the top that gets stuck pinning your arms like a straight jacket without ripping it: 19
The 5 minutes cool down getting over the panic of getting out of the top that pinned your arms like a straight jacket: 6.8
Trying on anything that stretches (think lycra containing items): 21.8

Walking to the coffee shop to recover and get ready for round 2: 10.3

Grand total of calories burnt: 193.2, or the equivalent of 2 glasses of coke, or one and a little bit of a hot dog, or almost a full doughnut...see pictures of what 200 calories look like. Not bad hey? (especially the part about almost a full doughnut!)

My job here is done.