Calories burned per mile - I learned something new?

[probabilist]

Wow, so this is not so much a question but I learned something today and was quite shocked! Growing up (and never having a weight problem) I was a big advocate of its not what you eat, its what you do with what you eat. I used to lift a lot of weights in high school but have recently found a lot of enjoyment in running (since my weight access has been limited lately). Since I started running, I've noticed a huge appetite increase. I've also excused my increased food consumption by the mentality I listed earlier.

Well, out of curiosity I looked up how many calories are burned per mile ran (I run a little over a mile now). And apparently it comes out to (.75 * your body weight link For me that's about 125 calories. that's only the calories burned, not really the caloric expenditure increase; this is is because you burn some calories from just breathing and maintaining life processes. So I'm actually increases my caloric expenditure by a little over 100 calories.

Now from personal experience, I don't think I've ever met someone that overweight who can run a mile. Is there something missing? I guess it would also increase your metabolism, so you would burn more calories sitting on the sofa then someone who doesn't exercise. In any case it looks like you can definitely still exercise avidly and eat a lot more calories than you consume...

[LuvBiddy]

True. There was an overweight girl on my high school track team who was actually fairly good. On another note, in college I lost 10 pounds in 10 weeks by watching everything I ate. I tried to do an hour of cardio each day, but I did miss some days of course. It really does come down to what you're eating. Hence the term "skinny fat": you can be very thin but have little muscle on you from being sedentary.

Push the protein and fiber and hold on the simple carbohydrates, sugars, and saturated fats. Spice everything you can- cinnamon in your coffee, hot sauce on your omelette, etc. Also, drink a couple mugs of green tea each day. It's supposed to be anti-inflammatory, and it boosts your metabolism. At the very least, it should fill you up so that you're not reaching for the cookie jar.

Also, since muscle burns more calories per pound than fat, it can only help to keep up the weight lifting 3 times per week.

[BeerME]

Yeah, its a lot easier for most people to lose weight by cutting calories than by burning them. For me, running was my bread and butter when I was trying to lose weight but I started seeing much better results when I started watching my calories as well.

[playa_pan]

I'm 6'1" & 230lbs... I spend 20-30mins on cardio and 30mins on lifting weights/push ups...

I keep no diary of intake & out-take because it is a limitation. And limitations do not exist in my life.