Calories Per Hour
What It Takes to Lose a Pound:
Pound = 3,500 calories
A pound of body fat equates to approximately 3500 calories. So if you have a calorie deficit of 500 calories (meaning that you burn 500 calories more than you eat each day) you would lose approximately one pound per week:
500 x 7 = 3,500
It's easy to see that a calorie deficit of 1000 calories would mean that you'd lose approximately two pounds per week. And that's a good number to remember, because two pounds a week is commonly accepted as the maximum rate of weight loss that is healthy.
24 Hours worth of activities:
Totals: 3,130 calories in 24 hr
Sleeping 588 calories in 8 hr
Office Work - general 980 calories in 8 hr
Driving - light vehicle (e.g., car, pick-up) 163 calories in 1 hr
Food - preparing, at home 204 calories in 1 hr
Eating - sitting 122 calories in 1 hr
Taking a Shower 82 calories in 30 min
Cleaning - house or cabin, general 122 calories in 30 min
Shopping - groceries, with cart 94 calories in 30 min
Walking - with dog 122 calories in 30 min
Running - 6 mph 408 calories in 30 min
Dressing and Undressing 82 calories in 30 min
Watching - TV or movie 163 calories in 2 hr
Walking Journal for Jan. 3, 2007
Short walk today. About 1 mile total. It's bitterly cold outside and the wind is whipping. In fact the wind blew so hard the my ears feel all plugged up. Chloe went along, but didn't enjoy it much at all. So for today it was down the hill and straight back up again. But as long as I tackle that hill, I'm happy. The rest of the walk is flat and easy. This at least makes me feel like I did something. We'll try again either later today or tomorrow for sure.
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