Raked leaves for daily exercise
I love killing two birds with one stone.
Today, rather than walking or lifting weights, I raked leaves for exercise. I burned calories, and my yard looks much better. It was chilly and clear, perfect weather for yard work.
That’s my back yard in the photo, just before I finished.
I stuffed the 90-gallon container full of damp leaves. I don’t know how many pounds those leaves weigh, but it was a struggle getting the container back to the front yard!
According to my exercise calculator, I burned 640 calories while raking the yard.
So I rewarded myself with a Kirkland IPA (170 calories). Damn! Bad habit, I know. Food is not a reward. I’ll come up with a better reward in 2012.
But since it’s New Year’s Eve, I need to remove all the beer in the house. There are seven bottles in the fridge I need to dispose of. Before midnight! Any ideas?
I hope the wife doesn’t mind if I’m extra happy when she and the kids get back from their movie. 
Raking the yard equals four bottles of beer. And somehow I missed lunch today, so I’ll count the other three beers as lunch. Good thing it’s the weekend.
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