There is such thing as a free lunch
I don't care much for interrupting work for lunch. However, since the law requires me to take a minimum of thirty minutes off (or so I've been told), I usually plug my headphones in and set off, walk very briskly for fifteen minutes, turn around and walk back.
Earlier this morning, as I was warming up on the treadmill before my workout at the gym, I thought I'd see how many calories are burned by walking at 'lunch break speed' for five minutes. Like that, just for fun. So I put on one of the tracks I powerwalk to these days (Soulshaker Feat. Lorraine Brown, Hypnotic Erotic Games, 130bpm), entered my weight into the treadmill software and walked. I repeat, just for fun ha ha ha.
Five minutes later I glanced at the display. It said '26cal'. Another five minutes later it read '51cal'.
You know where this is going, right? I have just realised that I burn around 150 calories every lunchtime, almost every day. That's a quarter of my lunch already gone right while I'm eating it! No wonder I break a sweat.
So that's it. Tonight for dessert it's full-fat banoffee pie (although the Heinz Weight Watchers low-fat version I have every now and then is very satisfying at only 152 calories each) – and star jumps.