I'm Lovin' Weight Loss

[Morrus]

Well, let us look at it for just a moment...

There's wide variation in resting metabolic rates, but the mean is about 1500 kcal/day. (1 kcal = 1 "dietary" calorie)

If you raise that base rate by 1%, we're talking 15 kcal/day. Which doesn't sound like much. But, over the course of a week, that's about 100 kcal. When your base exercise is only burning a couple hundred calories at a shot, an extra 100 a week isn't negligible. It isn't like this is going to be the majority of anyone's loss, no. But if he can bump up the base metabolic rate by only 2%, it'll be like getting an extra workout in the week!

I feel like I've been dragged into a conversation I'm really not that interested in! I was just observing that 45 mins of walking isn't a whole lot of calories; I'm not invested enough for a whole side debate about the microdetails, I'm afraid! Sorry, man!

 

[Umbran]

I feel like I've been dragged into a conversation I'm really not that interested in!

My apologies. I was merely using what you'd said as a springboard. That doesn't obligate you in any way. If you're not interested, it isn't like I'm gonna hunt you down and make you respond, or anything, you know

 

[Morrus]

My apologies. I was merely using what you'd said as a springboard. That doesn't obligate you in any way. If you're not interested, it isn't like I'm gonna hunt you down and make you respond, or anything, you know

Hah! I now feel I've been incredibly rude. If I have, I'm sorry - I didn't mean to!

 

[Umbran]

Hah! I now feel I've been incredibly rude. If I have, I'm sorry - I didn't mean to!

Nope, not in the least. We're good. Carry on!

 

[Bullgrit]

Also remember that 2000 calories is the approximate need to maintain a human body of about 160-170 pounds. *Maintain*. If you weigh 200-300 pounds, 2000 calories is considerably under your need for maintaining that size, and so you'll loose weight even without exercise.

Bullgrit