In an effort to put a positive spin on this, I decided to try and figure out how many calories I actually burn while typing. I used various online calculators to get the answer. The results were mixed, to say the least.
Based on 8 hours of typing, these are the results I got:
336 calories FitDay Calculator
920 calories Fitness Magazine Article
1522 calories US Values Calculator
1588 calories Dr. Gily's Health Calculator
As in most things weight loss, the answer you get seems to depend on who you ask. I'm liking this Dr. Gily dude.
However many calories I burn, I just hope it's enough to at least slow down the inevitable spread of my ass from sitting in this chair all day long!
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Glad to see you liked my calories calculator! I like to be generous with my site's visitors :-) Joking aside, if you were to type continuously for 24 hrs, buring about 1600 calories would not be too high of a figure, considering the basal metabolic rate (i.e. the number of calories our bodies burn to keep us alive even if were were to sleep 24/7) is somewhere around 1,200-1,400 calories/24 hrs for most people.
ReplyDeleteAll the best in your journey.
Dr Gily