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You may have been more active than usual, also? Even just walking to get places each day, instead of spending your entire day sitting at a desk or in a car, mak

You may have been more active than usual, also? Even just walking to get places each day, instead of spending your entire day sitting at a desk or in a car, makes a huge difference.

lotsofpulp 4y ago
There is almost no amount of physical activity that can offset excess consumption. Certainly not walking around on vacation. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/sports/olympics/cross-country-skiing-food.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/sports/olympics/cross-cou... >A typical elite cross-country skier will burn about 30 calories a minute during training — by comparison, a 155-pound person on an elliptical machine burns about 11 calories a minute. I believe the units above are supposed to be kilocalories. For comparison, a single pastry easily has 200+ kilocalories, and 350mL of sugary soda has 150 kilocalories.
- wonnor 4y ago
  >There is almost no amount of physical activity that can offset excess consumption. Very odd statement to make without quantifying how much "excess" there is in the "excess consumption". If walking a couple extra hours a day on vacation burns (say) 500 calories, that's a pretty large buffer of extra food you can eat - a 20% increase if you're eating 2500 calories per day. But of course a determined glutton can out-eat this.
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  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    I was assuming the average person consumes more than 500 extra Calories, but you are correct.
- Reason077 4y ago
  > "There is almost no amount of physical activity that can offset excess consumption." This is not consistent with my personal experience. In general I eat what I want, whenever I'm hungry. Sure I try to eat healthy stuff, but sometimes I binge on crap too. I've found that so long as I stay reasonably physically active (nothing crazy, I'd say I average 60 minutes or so of running, cycling, or walking daily), I stay slim. But if I'm not getting that level of exercise for a prolonged period I will start to put on weight. When I'm on vacation I can easily spend hours walking around a city seeing the sites. I'll often get really tired and hungry by the end of the day - it definitely uses up a lot of energy! > "For comparison, a single pastry easily has 200+ kilocalories, and 350mL of sugary soda has 150 kilocalories." But how efficient is your body at actually converting those calories to energy (and subsequently, stored fat)? Surely not anything like 100%! Or to put it another way, there's a lot of calories in your poop ;)
  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    > But how efficient is your body at actually converting those calories to energy (and subsequently, stored fat)? Surely not anything like 100%! Or to put it another way, there's a lot of calories in your poop ;) Good point! Although, absorption seems pretty high according to this study (75%). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1091963/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1091963/ I guess I should revise my statement to say no one can outrun a daily donut/sodas/sugary coffee/bag of chips/cookies/ice cream/beer etc. on a regular basis as a lifestyle, but it could be possible on vacation. The other saying here is “abs are made in the kitchen”.
tayo42 4y ago
Maybe, but with wfh the last 2 years I've been pretty active. Athletic hobbies keep me busy

You may have been more active than usual, also? Even just walking to get places each day, instead of spending your entire day sitting at a desk or in a car, makes a huge difference.

lotsofpulp 4y ago

There is almost no amount of physical activity that can offset excess consumption. Certainly not walking around on vacation. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/sports/olympics/cross-country-skiing-food.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/sports/olympics/cross-cou... >A typical elite cross-country skier will burn about 30 calories a minute during training — by comparison, a 155-pound person on an elliptical machine burns about 11 calories a minute. I believe the units above are supposed to be kilocalories. For comparison, a single pastry easily has 200+ kilocalories, and 350mL of sugary soda has 150 kilocalories.

wonnor 4y ago
>There is almost no amount of physical activity that can offset excess consumption. Very odd statement to make without quantifying how much "excess" there is in the "excess consumption". If walking a couple extra hours a day on vacation burns (say) 500 calories, that's a pretty large buffer of extra food you can eat - a 20% increase if you're eating 2500 calories per day. But of course a determined glutton can out-eat this.
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- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  I was assuming the average person consumes more than 500 extra Calories, but you are correct.
Reason077 4y ago
> "There is almost no amount of physical activity that can offset excess consumption." This is not consistent with my personal experience. In general I eat what I want, whenever I'm hungry. Sure I try to eat healthy stuff, but sometimes I binge on crap too. I've found that so long as I stay reasonably physically active (nothing crazy, I'd say I average 60 minutes or so of running, cycling, or walking daily), I stay slim. But if I'm not getting that level of exercise for a prolonged period I will start to put on weight. When I'm on vacation I can easily spend hours walking around a city seeing the sites. I'll often get really tired and hungry by the end of the day - it definitely uses up a lot of energy! > "For comparison, a single pastry easily has 200+ kilocalories, and 350mL of sugary soda has 150 kilocalories." But how efficient is your body at actually converting those calories to energy (and subsequently, stored fat)? Surely not anything like 100%! Or to put it another way, there's a lot of calories in your poop ;)
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  > But how efficient is your body at actually converting those calories to energy (and subsequently, stored fat)? Surely not anything like 100%! Or to put it another way, there's a lot of calories in your poop ;) Good point! Although, absorption seems pretty high according to this study (75%). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1091963/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1091963/ I guess I should revise my statement to say no one can outrun a daily donut/sodas/sugary coffee/bag of chips/cookies/ice cream/beer etc. on a regular basis as a lifestyle, but it could be possible on vacation. The other saying here is “abs are made in the kitchen”.

tayo42 4y ago

Maybe, but with wfh the last 2 years I've been pretty active. Athletic hobbies keep me busy