Magic calorie-burning

[marinafrants]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kendra Grant-Bingham <kendra_grant at f...> 
wrote:
> >~~~~~Marina wrote~~~~~
> >Good question. I have this theory that doing magic burns up a lot
> >of calories, which is why we don't see many fat witches or wizards
> >around, but of course calorie burning is not enough. ~~~~~
> 
> Obviously you don't know many witches! *LMAO* There are actually 
many (I 
> hate the word FAT......... let us say instead) "pleasantly plump" 
witches 
> and wizards around. And we, too, wish there was a magical spell to 
just 
> "zap" that extra poundage away! *S*

I was talking about magic in the Potterverse, not magic in the real 
world.  I know quite a few witches in RL -- enough to know that they 
have exercise to keep their weight down just as we regular shmucks 
do. :-)  In the books, however, there are very few overweight 
wizards or witches.  The only one I can think of off the top of my 
head is Neville.  Now, just thinking about it logically, it seems to 
me that if you wave a wand, say a couple of words, and out pops a 
fireball (or a bunch of roses, or a French poodle) -- well, the 
energy has to come from somewhere, doesn't it?  And the most obvious 
answer is that it comes from inside the wizard who's doing the 
spell.  So I don't think it's too much of a stretch to assume that 
calories are burned in the process.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com