This is a phenomenon that has confused me for some time now. The other day I was on a treadmill and after running for some amount of time, I realized I had burned 100 calories. I wasn't exhausted, but I kept thinking 'all that and only 100 calories?'. So I was wondering, how many calories can a person burn in a day without exercise. How in the world can a person burn around 2,000 calories without going to the gym and running for 2 hours? Do we burn them by breathing? sitting? THINKING? Does anxiety help burn calories?(increased heart rate, etc) I'm assuming adrenaline affects metabolism, right? And another thing: how can a drink help you burn calories? I'm refering to that 'Enviga' drink that helps boost your metabolism. How is that possible?
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Question: calorie burning w/o exercise?
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This is a phenomenon that has confused me for some time now. The other day I was on a treadmill and after running for some amount of time, I realized I had burned 100 calories. I wasn't exhausted, but I kept thinking 'all that and only 100 calories?'. So I was wondering, how many calories can a person burn in a day without exercise. How in the world can a person burn around 2,000 calories without going to the gym and running for 2 hours? Do we burn them by breathing? sitting? THINKING? Does anxiety help burn calories?(increased heart rate, etc) I'm assuming adrenaline affects metabolism, right? And another thing: how can a drink help you burn calories? I'm refering to that 'Enviga' drink that helps boost your metabolism. How is that possible?
The calories your body consumes just to stay alive - i.e. think of being in a coma - is what is referred to as your Basal Metabolic Rate ( BMR).
Beyond that, there is something callled your Resting Metabolic Rate ( RMR ) - i.e. think of laying bed reading a book - which is usually a value a bit higher than your BMR. Between BMR & RMR, they can account for amost 2/3 of the calories you consume each day and are greatly influenced by the amount of lean muscle mass you have. The remaining caloires you consume are accounted for by digestion, energy replentishment, daily actvity level, daily exercise etc. and when combined with RMR, they make up your overall ' metabolism '.
To ' boost ' your metabolism you can do things like being more active overall, add muscle mass via resistance exercise , eat more, and do more cardio exercise. And this is why exercise overall is so good if you try to boost metabolism - just doing weight training and cardio themselves burn calories, the added muscle you get from weight training burns more calories and the energy required to replentish the calories your lost during exercise also burns more calories.
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google 'basal metabolic rate'
the body is nothing more than an engine...and organic engine...but an engine nonetheless.
the body burns calories to perform all sorts of biological functions from conception until death.
we give comatose patients around 900-1000 cals a day to keep them nourished and hydrated.
the issue is, inactivity coupled with poor eating habits slows your metabolism, and you burn fewer calories.
do more googling or searching here in the forums on cardio and you'll learn that aerobic exercise burns X calories during the workout, and continues to burn calories at a higher rate for a couple hours post-workout.
the body is nothing more than an engine...and organic engine...but an engine nonetheless.
the body burns calories to perform all sorts of biological functions from conception until death.
we give comatose patients around 900-1000 cals a day to keep them nourished and hydrated.
the issue is, inactivity coupled with poor eating habits slows your metabolism, and you burn fewer calories.
do more googling or searching here in the forums on cardio and you'll learn that aerobic exercise burns X calories during the workout, and continues to burn calories at a higher rate for a couple hours post-workout.
I remember reading somewhere that 70% of the energy you use goes to just maintaining yourself. 10% goes to converting food to energy. And the remaining 20% goes to any physical activities you do during the day.
So if you burn 3000 cals a day, 2100 goes to just maintaining your bodily functions, 300 goes to converting food to energy, and 600 goes to any physical activities.
So if you burn 3000 cals a day, 2100 goes to just maintaining your bodily functions, 300 goes to converting food to energy, and 600 goes to any physical activities.