Here is your genealogists guide to calorie burning activities and the approximate number of calories the activity burns per hour. A Genealogists Guide to burning calories: Jumping to conclusions................................100 Dragging your heels......................................100 Adding fuel to the fire....................................150 Passing the buck...........................................25 Wading through paperworkd...........................300 Eating Crow..................................................275 Beating around the bush..................................75 Jumping on the bandwagon............................350 Making mountains out of molehills..................500 Swallowing your pride......................................50 Running in circles...........................................200 Climbing the walls...........................................150 Pushing your luck...........................................250 Bending over backward.....................................75 Opening a can of worms....................................50 Hitting the nail on the head................................50 Tootin' your own horn........................................25 Throwing your weight around................from 50 - 300 (depends on how much you weigh)