HOW TO BURN CALORIES

If you're someone who hates going to the gym and even getting up off your armchair proves somewhat of a problem well we've found the perfect way for you use up those excess calories. You can burn 90 calories an hour without raising a finger (well almost).

According to today's Daily Mail newspaper, sitting in your armchair doing a crossword puzzle or a Sudoku puzzle for about an hour burns more calories that are contained in many biscuits.

Apparently it works like this - our brains need 0.1 calories every minute simply to survive but when we do something challenging like a Sudoku exercise, we can burn through 1.5 calories per minute.

But before you throw away those runners and cancel your gym membership, it is not possible to think yourself slimmer because although the brain uses energy, it does not use fat. It gets its energy from glucose supplies which arise in the body when sugars are broken down. Unfortunately fat molecules cannot be broken down into glucose.

YOUR DRAGONS' DEN IDEAS

All this week we've been asking you to send us your ideas for Dragons' Den (in an ideal world). Each day we've picked a winning text to go forward to our end of week prize draw where you could win a Christmas Party for you and 9 of your friends/family/colleagues thanks to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway. The winning text also receives 50 euro to go towards their idea (ahem).

Here are some of our favourite texts we got in to the show today...

 Dear Dragons my idea is soundproof  underwear - trade name 'Silence is Golden'- Gerry Brett

My idea is a gok wong booth, an automatic personal stylist booth in large clothes shops, u strip down to underwear, it analyses ur body shape and size and then shows or tells u what clothes in store will best suit u for shape size and occasion, Catriona wexford

Zip lock bag for cereal.when u open box of cereal especially large box,just hav 2 zip it and stop it frm spillin everywhere.noreen ,ardagh,limerick.

Microchip evry newborn child. Easy 2 locate if lost r abducted.  Lar mc mahon

I would invent a football with thermosensitive sensors that would change colour when you touch it,so u would clearly know when the ball has been handled. Edel Bonner, Donegal

I think they should invent a christmas wreath that spells out GO AWAY! In lights because i am sick of christmas carolers! They do my head in!! From ross in finglas

Hi guys.. I would invent a device which picks up on when your child is about to say something embarrassing to a complete stranger.. It would give off a little noise to distract them from saying what they were about to say..

My hubby would love to b able to pause live radio like sky+ as he is a courier and misses interesting stories r Gud songs when hoppin in and out of the van doin deliveries. Sharon in dublin.

Hydraulic elevator soles for shoes. Great for walking through floods or when you want to look taller. Eileen.

colm&jim jim my idea is a umbrella that attaches to a double pram/buggy there hard to push at the best of times and hopeless to do in the rain if your tryin to hold a brollie geri :-)

I want to invent a clear spongy film that goes over the top of a velux window so that when it rains you are not kept awake. Catherine from Bray

Hi lads.. I would invent a temperature regulated pillow.. So when it gets to hot you wouldn't have to keep flipping it over to find the cold spot! Dermot in dublin.

Muesli wit no raisins!-marieanne nowlan`

Moped taxis! U'll never be stuck in traffic in a taxi again! Tom in sandyford

Vending machine for folded plimsole runners outside nightclubs for girls tired and sore feet at end of the night :) maria clonsilla

Robot refs that are over head and give a free or a penalty the second they pick up a foul.
Cian hughes 12

Hey colm, i have an idea for people who are afraid of the dark. Its a timer u keep beside the bed that keeps the light on for a certain amount of time till u fall asleep. So u dont have to be afraid anymore. Karen in Drogheda

PJ GALLAGHER

PJ Gallagher is a good friend of the show and we had him on this morning with a very funny interview. You can hear what he had to say along with lots of other interviews we've done with comedians, bands, and even some competition winners which are all available on our Podcast page.

You can check out all these Podcasts going back over the past two months by clicking here.

THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW

We're getting very excited at this stage because The Late Late Toy Show is only days away AND it's Ryan Tubridy's first year hosting the show AND we have one of our listeners Paul Murphy aged 5 from Gorey in Wexford on it AND... we're getting a sneak peak at the set and all the toys!!!!

Yes, tune into us this Friday and we'll be reporting back (very quietly) as to how it all looks on the morning of the big day. We'll be helping to build up the excitement as we count down the hours. The Colm & Jim Jim Breakfast Show is the only place on Friday morning where you can find out the inside track on this year's Toy Show so don't miss it!