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Post by skuhaatzu on Jul 30, 2008 16:56:37 GMT -5
how many calories does one burn in a day spent sitting around on the computer?
im scared to eat over 1000 calories on a day where i am on the computer most (seriously almost the entire time) of the day and maybe doing wii fit for 30 minutes DDR for 30 minutes and light weights for 15 minutes.
i dont feel like thats enough exercise compared to the rest of the day spent sitting around.
how irrational is this or is this correct?
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Post by SSC on Jul 30, 2008 19:00:42 GMT -5
Okay, we have a whole list of issues here. how many calories does one burn in a day spent sitting around on the computer? The average person burns around 1 calorie a minute, sitting. If you're actually working at a computer all day, I would HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend asking for a stand-up desk area. You can burn almost 2-3X as many calories standing, and keep your metabolism up, opposed to sitting. Not only that, but you're probably putting your neck, back, and wrists in danger because of the (likely) positioning of your PC. I'm not trying to blast you, because at least you're doing something, but exactly what do you think the Wii Fit and weights are doing for you? I personally have a strong vendetta against the Wii Fit. Why should someone have to pay $100 dollars for the EXACT same things you could be doing in your house, or outside, for free? Concerning the weights, many studies and researches have nearly concluded it's practically worthless to use free weights unless you're constantly pushing your body to its limit... or a principle we BBers like to call "progressive overload." Just something to think about. You're probably right. Don't let a number of calories guide your daily habits, let your expenditure of energy and your workouts dictate your diet. A few general things I would recommend are: - Ditch the Wii Fit... and do push-ups by yourself. Return it if you still can!
- If you're going to use free-weights, make sure you actually CHALLENGE yourself... all you'd be doing otherwise is wasting your time!
- Do a lot of research regarding your weight, how many calories you're expending, and how many you need for fat loss.
- And finally, try to get a computer in a stand-up fashion!
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Post by xstatic on Jul 30, 2008 22:17:14 GMT -5
Have you played wii fit ssc? It's REALLY fun! Those things that I COULD normally do at home, I don't cause it bores me. But wii fit has really fun games. I'm not talking about the yoga or the push ups... those are quite boring. But the hula hoop game, and the jogging program are so much fun. I really like jogging to the simulation and I HATE jogging. The other balance games are a lot of fun too. I would bet that the step aerobics gets fun after you unlock a few levels. The basic levels are yawn tho.
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Post by abrannan on Aug 1, 2008 13:48:04 GMT -5
/ignores SSC's wii fit rant Skuhaatzu, what you're looking for is call your Base Metabolic Rate, or BMR. That's the number of calories you burn just by existing/doing basic normal activity. There's a good calculator at www.caloriesperhour.com that has you put in some basic info (height, weight, age, gender) and can give you a decent baseline guesstimate. As for calorie intake, I wouldn't go too far below about 60% of this number, or else your body will start clinging to fat to keep you alive. |
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Post by dancingbear on Aug 1, 2008 15:07:53 GMT -5
I always wonder about those calculators when they ask for your weight. If I weigh 263 pounds and I'm 10% body fat then I'm burning more calories than if I weigh 263 pounds and I'm 50% body fat. Weight does factor into it because you need energy to move that mass around, but shouldn't there be some way to factor in % body fat? Does anyone know of one that does?
I heard that less than 1000 calories a day is bad, but I don't know if that was just for guys or not.
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Post by abrannan on Aug 1, 2008 23:36:03 GMT -5
Honestly, body fat % doesn't vary as much as you might think. Unless you're at one of the extremes of the scale for BMI (like, say, Michael Jordan, who according to solely BMI, is obese). The end effect of BMI on BMR is fairly negligible. If you're at the point where you need to find a BMR calculator, you're probably not at one f those extremes.
Plus, it's all estimates, to help you make better decisions. You don't need a high level of precision until you're maxing out at the peak of your abilities.
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Post by asylumzero on Aug 4, 2008 10:42:22 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that your body would be burning at LEAST 2,000 calories per day (depending on your BMI which you could estimate from the link that abrannan gave you), so I'm pretty sure that eating arouind 1,000 calories wouldn't be too bad for you. You should try eating healthily though while you're at the computer, like salads, subways, fruit, etc. because your health is more dependent on the kind of food that you eat as opposed just ONLY calories.
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Post by magicninjette on Nov 10, 2008 21:19:02 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that your body would be burning at LEAST 2,000 calories per day (depending on your BMI which you could estimate from the link that abrannan gave you), so I'm pretty sure that eating arouind 1,000 calories wouldn't be too bad for you. You should try eating healthily though while you're at the computer, like salads, subways, fruit, etc. because your health is more dependent on the kind of food that you eat as opposed just ONLY calories. Well, I believe your weight and your metabolism determine how many calories you can consume and still lose weight. Still, 1000 calories seems pretty low to me. But that's just my opinion. |
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