11.   Brian Haveson, of Yardley, Pa., contends that the two herbs, when taken together, act synergistically to suppress appetite and burn calories.

12.   But insulin does not, as protein gurus say, promote storage of glucose as fat, provided you burn more calories than you eat.

13.   But strength training also is a key to weight loss and maintenance, because muscles burn more calories when the body is at rest.

14.   But the most important determinant of weight is basal metabolism -- the rate at which we burn calories while at rest.

15.   Children and parents serve as actors, and the activity burns calories.

16.   Enter the amount of time that you spend doing any of the activities and find out how many calories you have burned.

17.   If at that point you instead continued to walk, it would take so much more effort than running that you actually burn more calories at the same speed.

18.   If you want to, you can burn calories picking rhubarb.

19.   If you want to burn more calories through exercise, you can exercise longer, harder or more often.

20.   In addition, the higher rate at which calories are burned is enough to offset the increased calorie consumption during the holidays.