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In response to "I'm lucky that I don't crave food so my coke addiction doesn't hurt much." by David

Getting back to the larger issue, it's kind of a distraction to think about how many calories you burned doing a particular thing

Posted by Reagen Sep 27 '11, 14:26

like, yeah, it's fun to see that I burned an entire day's worth of calories on a bike ride (and I was hungry for like a day and a half after that), but the important thing is that you got out and worked your heart into the fat burning zone.

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Right, more than anything I need to rebuild my stamina, which still hasn't come back yet. - David Sep 27, 14:33 2
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- In bed -- nm - con_carne Sep 27, 14:45
Generally it's a mistake to focus too much on what you burn during a workout because it's really not a meaningful amount in terms of your daily - pmb Sep 27, 14:30 10
- I wonder if I could get a standing desk. I think they'd think I'm nuts. -- nm - loosilu Sep 27, 14:32 5
  - eh, they probably already think that....nm - x Sep 27, 14:34 1
    - "Yep, it's cause of the desk." -- nm - TFox Sep 27, 14:37
  - We have people at our office with them, though they usually do it because of back issues. -- nm - pmb Sep 27, 14:33 2
    - We have a few people who sit on exercise balls. - Kim Pine Sep 27, 14:33 1
      - I've read that's not so good. -- nm - loosilu Sep 27, 14:35
- I'm a big time fidgeter. I expect that burns a significant number of calories a day for me. -- nm - Reagen Sep 27, 14:31 3
  - I really saw this in effect when I was at Lollapalooza. I was almost entirely standing for 10 hours a day and it's about a mile walk from one end to - pmb Sep 27, 14:40 2
    - though you have to be careful with drawing conclusions from that since that could have been water weight. - Reagen Sep 27, 14:43 1
      - That was probably some of it, though like you I was drinking water constantly. -- nm - pmb Sep 27, 14:45
plus, those calorie counts from machines are so inaccurate. -- nm - loosilu Sep 27, 14:27 3
- true, though they're more often high than low. -- nm - Reagen Sep 27, 14:29 2
  - They also don't account for the fact that you would be burning a portion of those calories just by breathing as well. People look at the number and - pmb Sep 27, 14:32
  - vanity calories? I would not be surprised. -- nm - loosilu Sep 27, 14:29

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Getting back to the larger issue, it's kind of a distraction to think about how many calories you burned doing a particular thing

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