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09-11-2003, 07:44 PM
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| | Miserable
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: A Tiny Ski Town
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I found a pretty neat little tool on the following website: Calories per Hour . On this website, you plug in your height, weight, sex, one of many activities and the hours/minutes you did the activity. After you submit that information, you get a mini-report with your BMI, and BMR (whatever THAT is?!?), the amount of calories you burned and what that is equivalent to.
For instance, I learned that my stacking firewood for 2.5 Hrs today is about 974 cals. or 1.6 Big Macs, or 12 Apples etc.
I don't know, but I think it's a pretty neat tool! | 
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09-11-2003, 08:02 PM
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| | Life is good
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany
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Snowbunny,
that does sound like a neat tool. The only problem I have with these gadgets is that it would take me an hour to key in all my activities every day b/c I switch around so much. I never do the same thing for ten minutes... I guess I would have to enter "chores" for that one...
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09-11-2003, 08:28 PM
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| | Bicycling Cyster!
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Northern California
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My Mood:  Points: 42,196.79 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 42,196.79 | I BURNED OFF A BIG MAC!!!
Hey, that's a fun website! Thanks for posting it! I am going to tell my sister about it. She is just starting a weight loss program and loves statistics like that.
I especially like how they estimate the calores burned and then give examples of the food that you burned off. My hour long morning walk burned 350 calories or, they say, the caloric equivalent of 0.29 Deep fried onions with sauce, or 1.0 Big Macs or 7.6 apples!
I burned off a Big Mac! (actually, I have a feeling that a Big Mac may have more calories than 350, but hey, I'll take it!)   Kathryn | |
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09-11-2003, 08:33 PM
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| | Running & Biking Fool!
Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: SK, CANADA
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Very cool. I'm amazed at the actvities they consider (Family Reunion: Sitting, talking, eating; not fighting) LOL
Today: 933 calories in 6 hr 20 min
Female 29, 5' 3", 144 lb BMI=25.5 BMR=1,440
Socializing - sitting (talking, eating)
196 calories in 2 hr
PC Work (typing)
65 calories in 40 min
Child Care - dressing, sitting
27 calories in 10 min
Child Care - pushing baby stroller
136 calories in 50 min
Grooming - personal care
22 calories in 10 min
Eating - standing
109 calories in 50 min
Driving - light vehicle (e.g., car, pick-up)
109 calories in 50 min
In-Line Skating - 8 mph
269 calories in 50 min
And if I add a little lovin' at the end of the day, I'm up another 57 calories! LOL
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09-11-2003, 08:52 PM
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| | Life is good
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I just scrolled down to see what kind of activities they list, and their list is pretty large. But this one item had me in stitches:
"Walking - to and from outhouse (to is faster)"
ROFL!!
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09-11-2003, 09:06 PM
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| | Google Junkie
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO
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That is a cool site! Thanks for sharing it.
Btw, a McDonald's site posts the calories for a Big Mac as 590 calories and 34 grams of heart-unfriendly fat!
Linda
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09-11-2003, 09:12 PM
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| | Bicycling Cyster!
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Regarding the Big Mac....
Aw, shucks! I KNEW IT!!!  LOL!
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09-11-2003, 10:47 PM
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| | Life is good
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Alright, I obviously have too much time on my hands today, lol, but I was playing around with the website. There is a function that lets you calculate weight loss, so I tried it. This is the result:
Start End Weight Calorie Lose
Weight Weight Loss Loss Weight
156 lb 136 lb 20 lb 200 11 m 20 d
At this rate you will weigh NOTHING in:
7 Years
7 Months
0 Days
I will weigh NOTHING?? Wouldn't I just LOVE that!! LOL
And now I'm off for some "vigorous miscellaneous cleaning" for the next three hours and burn 800 some calories. Here I go...
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09-12-2003, 01:22 AM
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| | Bicycling Cyster!
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0 POUNDS!!!! Japan you are cracking me up laughing!
I gotta go back and play with that site some more. I didn't even notice the "outhouse walk" calories burned! Tee hee! Kathryn | |
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09-12-2003, 01:23 AM
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| | Life is good
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Germany
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Can't you just see me withering away - by just cutting out 200 calories a day...  | |
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09-12-2003, 01:26 AM
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| | Bicycling Cyster!
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Awww, now don't really do it, now...we like havin' you around here! Kathryn | |
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09-12-2003, 01:38 AM
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| | Life is good
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Thanks, and right back at'cha.
I'm starting to think not all the info on that site can be correct... I mean if they state you will weigh NOTHING if you keep losing 200 calories a day, that is just ridiculous... | |
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09-12-2003, 09:45 AM
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| | Mod of Diet and Exercise!
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: England
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This thread has made me smile So many people hate the thought of counting calories in..... but like the calories out idea!!!!!
I often use exercise calorie counters because I count calories from the food I eat to try to "balance" my in/out expenditure!! There are a lot of dodgy ones out there but a few really good ones and it can help sometimes to find the motivation to exercise. It can also help to know if you eat that chocolate bar you are going to have to do X amount of exercise to burn it off!
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