Sweating and calories burned

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Prakas87

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Well I've got a new part time job deliverying food, kind of like a pizza delivery man. Anyways, I'm usually sweating heavily because of the heat in my car, am I actually burning off calories when this happens? And if so, can I have a ball park figure?

I'm in no way looking to replace my daily routine, but curious to know if this is benefiting my weight loss.
 
I don't' think you're actually burning off any calories, though it'd be close to sitting in a sauna - you might lose some pounds doing it -but it's not fat you're losing - just dehydrating.
 
The increased resting calorie expenditure is negligible. The only thing you should be concerned about is the loss of water. I'm not sure exactly how much you are loosing. But always remember to be drinking water.
 
oh no doubt, I've doubled my intake if not more since I started this job. Currently drinking my 4th liter of water as I type :)
 
I've always heard sweating doesn't equal weight loss- its just that your body has heated up and by sweating cooled itself down.
 
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