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

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

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Sep 27 '11, 14:30

calorie burn (and often makes you hungrier so you eat the difference). It's you really want to burn calories to lose weight, it's in your day to day things you do. Don't sit at a desk. Get a standing desk. You'll burn way more calories than a workout. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Sitting is just the worst thing you can possibly do to burn calories (as I sit at my desk going on the better part of 9 hours a day).

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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

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