Right now, sitting at your computer, you're burning calories. That's the good news.
The bad news is you're not burning much. If you eat one candy bar while tapping at your mouse, you've swallowed about 230 calories - and it'll take almost five hours sitting at the PC to burn off that one bar, or eight hours watching TV.
Remember this: Doing almost anything for a half hour burns more calories than sitting still.
Activity (for 30 min.)
Calories Burned per 150-lb. person
Watching TV
27
Working at a PC
50
Food shopping
126
Walking the dog
158
Playing tennis
200
Every 3,500 calories you eat turns into roughly a pound of body fat. Burn an extra 100 calories every day for a year, and you've erased 36,500 calories from your system - or more than 10 pounds of body fat.
Too simple? In a way, it is.
Genetics and hormones affect the rate at which each of us gains or loses weight, and our bodies have self-defense mechanisms against massive weight loss. The first pound you lose is always easier than the tenth or twentieth! But the rates of success for people who've learned how to lose weight and keep it off are better than you might think.
The 200 Calorie Solution ~ How to Burn an Extra 200 Calories a Day and Stop DietingThe bad news is you're not burning much. If you eat one candy bar while tapping at your mouse, you've swallowed about 230 calories - and it'll take almost five hours sitting at the PC to burn off that one bar, or eight hours watching TV.
Remember this: Doing almost anything for a half hour burns more calories than sitting still.
Activity (for 30 min.)
Calories Burned per 150-lb. person
Watching TV
27
Working at a PC
50
Food shopping
126
Walking the dog
158
Playing tennis
200
Every 3,500 calories you eat turns into roughly a pound of body fat. Burn an extra 100 calories every day for a year, and you've erased 36,500 calories from your system - or more than 10 pounds of body fat.
Too simple? In a way, it is.
Genetics and hormones affect the rate at which each of us gains or loses weight, and our bodies have self-defense mechanisms against massive weight loss. The first pound you lose is always easier than the tenth or twentieth! But the rates of success for people who've learned how to lose weight and keep it off are better than you might think.
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