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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5731766" data-attributes="member: 40166">That's oversummary. The human of 150 lbs burns 1.4 calories at complete rest. 150 lbs may have been average for an American in 1960, but we're up to 177 lbs, and burning proportionally more energy at rest. (And for roleplayers, we're 4/5ths male, according to that 1999 WotC study and 2011 Neoncon numbers, so that puts up to 185, assuming we aren't fatter than the average population.) Not to mention that there's sitting and then at rest; I don't trust <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4572510_many-calories-does-sitting-burn.html" target="_blank">How Many Calories Does Sitting Burn? | eHow.com</a> completely, but it gives us 1.4 calories per minute at complete rest. But talking on the phone or using the computer is up to 1.7 (again for 150 lbs) and "Gesturing, raising your voice or getting excited can increase the calories burned to about 120 per hour." We also burn calories while eating, 130 per hour; I won't presume how to combine that with getting excited, but I'm comfortable saying that the average roleplayer burns at least 2 calories an hour while playing (which would be the 1.7 scaled from 150 lbs to 185).</blockquote>