Fear not, dieters! According to www.Self.com, most of us start off the new year just one pound heavier. But over a year, those pounds can add up. Here are some figures — no pun intended — from the Web site to keep you on track during the holidays:

148: Calories burned in one hour of vigorous mall shopping.

340: Calories in a Starbucks Grande Eggnog Latte with skim.

4: Pounds gained if you drank an eggnog latte every day from Thanksgiving until New Year's without changing your current diet or level of exercise.

309: Calories burned in one hour of breaking it down on the dance floor rather than loitering around the holiday buffet table.

— Catherine E. Toth

SPONGE POP SQUARE BEARS

You can hit two birds with one gift when it comes to baby accouterments. These soft, uber-cute bath sponges ($8.95 each) at Cupcake Boutique in Ward Centre (597-8305) will make get-clean-time play time. Suitcase not included ($10, $12 and $14 depending on size).

The bears are going fast, but there are also frog bath mitts ($9.95) and a slew of too-cute-to-be-true items for baby and mom.

— Advertiser staff

FINAL WORD

"Not my age. Younger. Mid-twenties. Because if you accumulate all the time that I've had on-set where I wasn't actually living life, you could probably subtract years and years."

Leonardo DiCaprio | on how old the 32-year-old feels, in GQ