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You also have to do an awful lot of exercise to burn a substantial amount of calories.
by catdog 9y ago
You also have to do an awful lot of exercise to burn a substantial amount of calories.
- carlmr 9y agoIf there's any exercise that has helped me shed weight, it's hiking. By being moderately active throughout the whole day you easily burn an extra 1500-2000kcals. Jogging has never really helped in shedding weight for me, just general fitness.
- adrianN 9y agoHow many hours per day do you hike? You probably have to hike for an hour to offset just one chocolate bar.
- carlmr 9y agoI'm talking about proper hikes I do on the weekend. Like 6-10h. That's 6-10 chocolate bars, and I don't eat that much on these hikes.
- jnordwick 9y agoConsidering hiking is mostly walking, and calorie burn rates are dominated by distance, I'm guessing between 30 and 50 km? You generally burn about a quarter of what you would above basal metabolic rate per unit time walk versus running. So this would be equivalent to about a 1:30 to 2:30 run. Its very good,but certainly isn't at the level where you get to ignore food.
- drdrey 9y agoI ran 16 miles this morning, burned over 2000 calories. But I won't lose any weight, I am going to eat those calories right back.
- tinymollusk 9y agoThat is indeed a substantial amount of exercise! Awesome work. In a thought experiment (where it's possible to know the exact amounts) -- do you think consuming exactly 2k kcal is perfectly even with burning exactly 2k kcal? IE, is there overhead to transform the energy? Does it account for physical/energy waste?
- drdrey 9y agoI don't know, anecdotally it seems that if I spent X calories exercising, my hunger will adjust until I consume roughly X extra calories. The energy expenditure does account for waste, I think only about 20-25% of the energy spent is turned into mechanical output
- niels8472 9y agoI have experienced the same issue when I burn larger amounts of calories. I've found burning about 500-800 calories (I run for about an hour) at the end of the day some time after dinner is my sweet spot.
- jnordwick 9y ago2000? The standard estimate of net calories burned (cals above basal rate) is 0.98kgkm (i think it is 0.98, i usually round up to 1). You might enjoy this: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running
- flipp3r 9y agoEvery day the human body burns a substantial amount of calories just being alive. You have to simply not eat insulin-raising bullshit for a couple days, and start eating less or even fasting so your body starts burning the bodyfat it's been storing all that time. Worked for me (-8kg in approx 2 weeks) no exercise involved..