Originally Posted by
mr_pedro
You are right, when loosing weight you do good to count the calories you eat. Pick a certain target and look at how the weight develops over time. If you are not loosing anything then just adjust the target and eat a bit less. But it is never going to be an exact science.
But the importance of how much exactly you burn for some activity is whatever you want to give to it. So if somebody wants to know, we should be able to have that discussion without other people saying it doesn't matter...
Very true!
I think if I were the OP though, I'd be perfectly satisfied to know that it's not 1000 calories per hour....but is probably about 40 calories per mile- give or take....and why.
And not that it hasn't been an interesting, educational discussion, which I'm sure we have all learned from....
Dispelling the wild exaggerations of online calculators=good. Splitting hairs over a few calories=pointless.
Why I can only eat 1000 calories a day and not break through the mid 180's? Now THAT'S something to kick around!
(I tried eating more, so that my bod wouldn't think I was in starvation mode.....all I did was GAIN weight...)