burning calories

Even if one does not exercise and sits at a desk all day, you still burn
calories. Correct? So how many calories does the average sedetary person
burn before exercise is even added? Any way to figure this out?

ChristyLynn wrote:
:: Even if one does not exercise and sits at a desk all day, you still
:: burn calories. Correct? So how many calories does the average
:: sedetary person burn before exercise is even added? Any way to
:: figure this out?

Bodygem. http://www.healthetools.us/bodygem/

10x bodyweight.

fitday.com

"ChristyLynn" writes:
Even if one does not exercise and sits at a desk all day, you still
burn calories. Correct? So how many calories does the average
sedetary person burn before exercise is even added? Any way to
figure this out?

There's a device called an indirect calorimeter that measures resting
metabolic rate (RMR). This is your "do nothing" burn rate.
Healthtech used to make a product called "bodygem" that measured this,
but they're out of business. You may find a local health club or
hospital with such a unit or an equivalent, who can measure your RMR.

However, RMR tends to be similar for most individuals. You can
estimate it with some math. I've got a web page that does it:
http://www.delorie.com/health/calories.html

ChristyLynn wrote:.

Even if one does not exercise and sits at a desk all day, you still burn
calories. Correct? So how many calories does the average sedetary person
burn before exercise is even added? Any way to figure this out?

Because everyone is different, you shouldn't be interested in the
average. You should be interested in *your* basal metabolic rate.

There very many guidelines going around and they disagree by a
lot. In other words they aren't reliable enough to use with certainty.

Count your calories daily and average across a month. Weigh
daily and track your average across the month. Take the difference
between your starting and ending weights and try to guess from
the trend if they need to be adusted for water retention bounce.
Figure 3500 calories per pound gained or lost. Do the arithmatic
and that's your basal rate.

Next month drop 500 calories from your average and do it again.
If you drop 4 pounds that month you were already at your real
basal rate. If you drop 0 pounds you'll be at your most efficient
basal rate.

On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:58:24 GMT, "ChristyLynn"
wrote:

Even if one does not exercise and sits at a desk all day, you still burn
calories. Correct? So how many calories does the average sedetary person
burn before exercise is even added? Any way to figure this out?

Sure but since calorie counting is at best an inexact "science", what
difference does it make?