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Lose Weight: Do a Puzzle

Mental puzzles can help you shed a few pounds, says brain trainer

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(Newser) – Hunkering down with a Sudoku puzzle could help you shed some pounds. Tim Forrester, the man behind brain training website cannyminds.com, says mental exercise doubles as real exercise, with the body burning 90 calories for every hour spent working on crossword puzzles or brain teasers. A passive brain requires 0.1 calories a minute to survive, Forrester tells the Daily Telegraph, while an active brain burns 1.5 a minute. See, that gym membership was a waste of time.

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divetrader
Nov 25, 09 11:53 AM CST
All hope is lost for DLY and MrsKkk and Cedarkey. Reply
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Nov 25, 09 1:59 PM CST
Still here divedumpster. Gotta go soon. My people are coming over and we'll enjoy some steel-reserve 211, king cobra and some barbecue. Got lots of cooking for tomorrow. P.S. ----still smoking a whole hog cause we gonna eat everything from the rooter to the tooter.
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davjc09
Nov 25, 09 12:15 PM CST
90 cal/hour? So a 12 hour day of doing nothing but puzzles would only burn 1080 calories... Please that's like one meal for me. I could just as easily burn 1000 calories by running for an hour. Reply
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Toon
Nov 25, 09 12:53 PM CST
On the other hand, if the choices are a crossword puzzle or American Idol. Combine that with one hand holding the paper and the other a pen and no hand open to put chips into your mouth and its start for some.
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Nov 25, 09 1:07 PM CST
Oh i can definitely do a puzzle while eating. I comment on newser while eating lunch all the time.
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