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female, 41 years old
Maple Ridge, BC Canada

August 20, 2009, 5:09 pm

The Experiment... cont'd

I've been googling like mad and found that I burned around 660 calories while I slept (according to this: http://www.fitwatch.com/phpscripts/viewexercise.php?descr=sleeping&mets=0.9 )

Does that seem high to anyone else? Mind you, another site said we burn approximately 77 calories an hour whilewe sleep, which (yes I slept ten hours) would be 770, so maybe not.

That puts my grand total during a non excercise day at ... 2200 calories??? Really??? Whoa! To maintain!!

I don't think that's right. It seems much too high. That would mean that to lose a pound a week I should be eating 1600 calories, without excercise (plus any excercise calories earned). Yet when I eat around that, I don't lose at all.

Harumph. Back to the drawing board.




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