At the start of a new semester, there’s only one big test to worry about—the much-feared “pinch test.” Weeks in Lamont eating Fritos and the obligatory post-exams drinking binge make fingering that roll of flab around the middle a depressing prospect come February. For those of you hoping to find your six-pack in time for spring break in Cancun without actually going to any of those kick-boxing classes at the MAC (yes, they do exist!), here is FM’s handy Harvard Daily Life Calorie Counter:
(All calorie counts given for body weights 130lbs/200lbs)
Walking:
Science Center to the Quad: 62/96 calories
Annenberg to Pennypacker: 30/45
Eliot House to Lamont Library: 33/51
Running:
Thayer to Expos Office: 34/52
Lowell to Murr Center: 65/100
Science Center to shuttle stop at Johnston Gate: 20/30
Carrying:
100 pounds of luggage from Logan airport: 146/224
15 books from Widener to Canaday: 52/80
Two weeks worth of laundry: 36/56
Standing:
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