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Probably to due with less calories spent in manual work. Like walking instead of driving, washing clothes and utensils instead of using electronics, etc.

by _4570 7y ago

jimmaswell 7y ago
Calories spent from exertion are generally negligible unless it's a very intense focused kind of exercise done for a long duration. Run a whole mile and all that gets you is one free apple.
- thrower123 7y ago
  The difference in the amount of calories I burn on days when I go to work, and am mostly sedentary, and days when I'm at home puttering around constantly, is massive. At least as tracked by my Fitbit it can be upwards of 2000 calories difference, and 10-15k steps.
  - _carl_jung 7y ago
    It's unlikely that your TDEE is 4000 calories when you're at home puttering around. These fitness trackers are extremely unreliable at estimating caloric expenditure.
    - thrower123 7y ago
      Whether it is accurate in absolute terms is less interesting than what it reports in differing trends. Every indicator that it reports is vastly higher on the days when I am not in the office, chained to my desk. Just being on my feet, walking back and forth all day, up and down and round and round, is a night and day difference.
- imtringued 7y ago
  100 calories per hour mean an additional 571 calories per day if you spread it across the whole 7 days. When your body needs 2600 calories per day just to stay at the same weight it is very easy to lose weight by cutting them to 2000 calories. When your body only needs 2000 calories then you need to cut them down to 1400 calories for the same result which may be impossible from a psychological perspective.
- Someone 7y ago
  One free apple a day over decades makes quite an impact. You need to eat about 7,700 calories too much to gain a kilogram of weight (https://www.livestrong.com/article/304137-how-many-calories-per-kilogram-of-weight/ https://www.livestrong.com/article/304137-how-many-calories-...). So, eating 25 calories too much each day gains you that kilogram in a year. If you keep doing that between ages 10 and 40, you ‘gain’ 30 kilograms, and chances are you end up obese. You can counteract that by burning about 25 more calories each day. To do that by walking, you need to walk about half a mile extra each day (https://www.livescience.com/8931-calories-walking-burn-depends-height.html https://www.livescience.com/8931-calories-walking-burn-depen...)

Probably to due with less calories spent in manual work. Like walking instead of driving, washing clothes and utensils instead of using electronics, etc.

by _4570 7y ago

Probably to due with less calories spent in manual work. Like walking instead of driving, washing clothes and utensils instead of using electronics, etc.

jimmaswell 7y ago

Calories spent from exertion are generally negligible unless it's a very intense focused kind of exercise done for a long duration. Run a whole mile and all that gets you is one free apple.

thrower123 7y ago
The difference in the amount of calories I burn on days when I go to work, and am mostly sedentary, and days when I'm at home puttering around constantly, is massive. At least as tracked by my Fitbit it can be upwards of 2000 calories difference, and 10-15k steps.
- _carl_jung 7y ago
  It's unlikely that your TDEE is 4000 calories when you're at home puttering around. These fitness trackers are extremely unreliable at estimating caloric expenditure.
  - thrower123 7y ago
    Whether it is accurate in absolute terms is less interesting than what it reports in differing trends. Every indicator that it reports is vastly higher on the days when I am not in the office, chained to my desk. Just being on my feet, walking back and forth all day, up and down and round and round, is a night and day difference.
imtringued 7y ago
100 calories per hour mean an additional 571 calories per day if you spread it across the whole 7 days. When your body needs 2600 calories per day just to stay at the same weight it is very easy to lose weight by cutting them to 2000 calories. When your body only needs 2000 calories then you need to cut them down to 1400 calories for the same result which may be impossible from a psychological perspective.
Someone 7y ago
One free apple a day over decades makes quite an impact. You need to eat about 7,700 calories too much to gain a kilogram of weight (https://www.livestrong.com/article/304137-how-many-calories-per-kilogram-of-weight/ https://www.livestrong.com/article/304137-how-many-calories-...). So, eating 25 calories too much each day gains you that kilogram in a year. If you keep doing that between ages 10 and 40, you ‘gain’ 30 kilograms, and chances are you end up obese. You can counteract that by burning about 25 more calories each day. To do that by walking, you need to walk about half a mile extra each day (https://www.livescience.com/8931-calories-walking-burn-depends-height.html https://www.livescience.com/8931-calories-walking-burn-depen...)