Kissing - Burning calories is not usually our main motivation for kissing someone, but it's good to know that locking lips has benefits we don't expect. Kissing can burn two to six calories a minute. MUAH!

Send Snail Mail - Sending mail the old school way can give us a boost in the health department. Writing a handwritten note, licking a stamp, traveling to the post office, and standing while waiting in line are all these little movements that can add up in the long run.

Chew Gum - You can burn up to 11 calories per hour while chewing (sugarless) gum. The act of chewing also helps prevent unnecessary snacking, so that's a bonus.

Eat Celery - It's long been said that celery is so low in calories, and he thermic effect of food (the number of calories your body burns by the act of eating) is real. To break it down, if you're eating a six calorie medium-sized celery stalk, your body will burn one calorie digesting that stalk.

Fidget - Fidgeting can burn 350 more calories than merely sitting down. Switch positions in your seat, tap your foot, and move around as much as possible. It might be slightly annoying to the people around you, but fidgeting is one everyday tactic we can use to keep our metabolic rate up.

Drink a Cold Glass of Water - Drinking water is all around great for our health. Cold water gives us a metabolic boost since our body temperature has to adjust to heat the liquid in our system. Drinking cold water throughout the day can lead to losing an extra 70 calories. Plus, keeping yourself hydrated will help your body function better and give you stamina for serious calorie-busting workouts.

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Spice Up Your Food - There's an incentive beyond taste to order Thai or add cayenne pepper to your next dinner. Researchers at Purdue University found that people who added half a teaspoon of hot spice to their soup ate 60 fewer calories than people who ate soup without the extra kick.

Garden - We don't generally associate gardening with getting fit but maybe we should. Gardening has the potential to burn up to 250 calories per hour. Sounds like it's time to get to work tending to those outdoor veggies and flowers.

Meditate - Can we really lose weight while virtually sitting still? If so, sign us up. Among the vast health benefits of meditation, building a mindful practice can help lower your desire for high-caloric foods.

Cook - Preparing a meal often means chopping, dicing, mixing, and sautéing. Do any combination of this for a total of 40 minutes and you will have burned off 128 calories before you even serve your guests the meal. Plus there are bound to be bonus calories burned during the inevitable cleanup.

Sleep in a Cold Room - Keeping your bedroom chilly can make a small difference in our daily calorie expenditure. When our body temperature dips we burn calories to keep ourselves warm.

Watch a Horror Film - We're not joking: Watching a scary movie burns 113 calories, as it stimulates the release of adrenaline. Choose a terror-filled film to get the body in full blood-pumping mode for maximum calorie burn. In The Telegraph, metabolic specialist Richard Mackenzie says, "It is this release of fast-acting adrenaline, produced during short bursts of intense stress (or in this case, fear) which is known to lower the appetite, increase the basal metabolic rate."

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