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Add a mouse wheel to a plump mouse's cage, and
he'll trim down fast! No doubt that
activity can really trim a body down. But
there are a few common misconceptions when
it comes to the number of calories burned
during activity. Here are just two:
Misconception #1.
Beware of activity charts that do
not provide a specific weight for calories
expended. Not all bodies are created
a like. Dieter Judy who weighs 147
pounds is not going to burn as many calories
walking as Dieter Phil who weighs 247 pounds.
Misconception #2. Activity
charts lend the false perception that the
numbers equal the amount of calories burned
while performing a specific activity. In
actuality, that number incorporates the
number of calories we burn - even if we
are not exercising - the basic calories
our bodies need, just to live.
EXAMPLE:
If Bill's
body requires 2,000 calories per day to maintain its weight, then it
is using about
83 calories per hour on average - exercising or not.
If
Bill expends 440 calories per hour while
playing baseball, the TRUE amount of calories
that Bill worked off playing baseball equals
about 357 calories - NOT 440 calories.
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