But I like calories. Calories taste good.
Friday, August 1st, 2008Day 64.
Down a pound this week. It got me thinking about what it takes to lose weight.
I looked at a calorie burned calculator on a Web site. I’m not sure about the results.
It said I burned about 2,200 calories yesterday. But I probably took in more than that. It then said I had to burn 3,500 calories to lose one pound.
Sounds fine.
Except I lost like 5 pounds a week there for awhile. That means I was burning 17,500 more calories those weeks than I was bringing in. Say I ate 2,000 a day. That means I burned 31,500 calories that week, 4,500 a day.
I’m not so sure about that.
Here’s what is funny: It doesn’t matter. I still lost the weight. I’ve lost 23 pounds in 64 days. I’ve run like 80 some miles, watched my calorie intake and cut out some crap from my diet. The actual number burned must be about 80,500 more than I’ve taken in.
And only about that many more to go to get to a healthy weight.
A NOTE ON MUSIC: Thanks to those who have left notes on running music here. Keep them coming. I’ll try some new songs and eliminate some old ones. Still curious if it’s better to have a playlist or play ‘em random and be surprised.
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