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On my Health Challenge, I asked you guys to try and cut the amount of food you are consuming by about half. Some of you probably thought I was crazy! But let me explain why this is such an important part of getting in shape.

It takes 3,500 calories worth of activity to burn one pound of fat in the human body. Now, the average person’s caloric intake should be around 2,000 calories or less per day, meaning that there are almost two day’s worth of food energy stored in a single pound of fat.

More important than simply looking at the storage, if we start talking about how much energy you actually burn in a given day, you’ll quickly see why unless you modify your eating habits, all the exercise in the world won’t help you!

If we refer to the list below, you’ll see that an average 155 person would need to do 7 hours of HIGH impact aerobics in order to burn just a single pound of fat! If you wanted to lose 10 pounds, we’re looking at 70 hours of high impact aerobics. Wanna work a pound off quicker? Four hours of boxing would almost burn a pound of fat…

The point is, if you keep shoving more calories into your system than you are consuming, you are never going to lose weight. You need to only be consuming enough that you aren’t painfully hungry all the time, and let your body tap the excess fat cells for energy in order to burn through them. And if you’re wondering how many calories are in different kinds of food, we’ll scroll to the end of the chart and see…

Activity (1 hour) 130lbs 155lbs 190lbs
Aerobics, general
Aerobics, high impact
Aerobics, low impact
Archery (nonhunting)
Automobile repair
Backpacking, general
Badminton, competitive
Badminton, social, general
Basketball, game
Basketball, nongame, general
Basketball, officiating
Basketball, shooting baskets
Basketball, wheelchair
Bicycling, <10mph, leisure
Bicycling, >20mph, racing
Bicycling, 10-11.9mph, light effort
Bicycling, 12-13.9mph, moderate effort
Bicycling, 14-15.9mph, vigorous effort
Bicycling, 16-19mph, very fast, racing
Bicycling, BMX or mountain
Bicycling, stationary, general
Bicycling, stationary, light effort
Bicycling, stationary, moderate effort
Bicycling, stationary, very light effort
Bicycling, stationary, very vigorous effort
Bicycling, stationary, vigorous effort
Billiards
Bowling
Boxing, in ring, general
Boxing, punching bag
Boxing, sparring
Broomball
Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort
Calisthenics, home, light/moderate effort
Canoeing, on camping trip
Canoeing, rowing, >6 mph, vigorous effort
Canoeing, rowing, crewing, competition
Canoeing, rowing, light effort
Canoeing, rowing, moderate effort
Carpentry, general
Carrying heavy loads, such as bricks
Child care: sitting/kneeling-dressing, feeding
Child care: standing-dressing, feeding
Circuit training, general
Cleaning, heavy, vigorous effort
Cleaning, house, general
Cleaning, light, moderate effort
Coaching: football, soccer, basketball, etc.
Construction, outside, remodeling
Cooking or food preparation
Cricket (batting, bowling)
Croquet
Curling
Dancing, aerobic, ballet or modern, twist
Dancing, ballroom, fast
Dancing, ballroom, slow
Dancing, general
Darts, wall or lawn
Diving, springboard or platform
Electrical work, plumbing
Farming, baling hay, cleaning barn
Farming, milking by hand
Farming, shoveling grain
Fencing
Fishing from boat, sitting
Fishing from river bank, standing
Fishing in stream, in waders
Fishing, general
Fishing, ice, sitting
Football or baseball, playing catch
Football, competitive
Football, touch, flag, general
Frisbee playing, general
Frisbee, ultimate
Gardening, general
Golf, carrying clubs
Golf, general
Golf, miniature or driving range
Golf, pulling clubs
Golf, using power cart
354
413
295
207
177
413
413
266
472
354
413
266
384
236
944
354
472
590
708
502
295
325
413
177
738
620
148
177
708
354
531
413
472
266
236
708
708
177
413
207
472
177
207
472
266
207
148
236
325
148
295
148
236
354
325
177
266
148
177
207
472
177
325
354
148
207
354
236
118
148
531
472
177
207
295
325
236
177
295
207
422
493
352
246
211
493
493
317
563
422
493
317
457
281
1126
422
563
704
844
598
352
387
493
211
880
739
176
211
844
422
633
493
563
317
281
844
844
211
493
246
563
211
246
563
317
246
176
281
387
176
352
176
281
422
387
211
317
176
211
246
563
211
387
422
176
246
422
281
141
176
633
563
211
246
352
387
281
211
352
246
518
604
431
302
259
604
604
388
690
518
604
388
561
345
1380
518
690
863
1035
733
431
474
604
259
1078
906
216
259
1035
518
776
604
690
388
345
1035
1035
259
604
302
690
259
302
690
388
302
216
345
474
216
431
216
345
518
474
259
388
216
259
302
690
259
474
518
216
302
518
345
173
216
776
690
259
302
431
474
345
259
431
302

Now, the good folks over at WiseGeek.com put together a post that shows you how much you food you get in 200 calorie increments for a bunch of different kings of food. It could range from a whole plate of broccoli, to a one ounce piece of butter! So take a look at those and then think back to the exercise chart and what it’s going to take to burn that off!

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