What’s The Secret?

I got a Facebook comment on a recent Body Bugg update (3944 calories burned, 2958 calories consumed, and a 986 deficit). The question: “How do you burn so many calories, must have the secret…”

This was my response (written first thing in the morning, so bear with me):

I wish I could say it’s all muscle, but that only accounts for maybe an extra quarter calorie per minute (225 calories over 15 hours)**. I burn ~2750 calories a day at an idle, so that extra 500-1000 comes from deliberate daily exercise. 30m on the treadmill, a couple 15 minute brisk walks, etc. The 4500 calorie days are a Zumba class or a combination of weights and some intervals.

I’ve had a couple surplus days though – no exercise and usual intake. That’s good food, too. After tracking with a Body Bugg like this it’s really easy to see how tossing a Double Bacon Western Cheeseburger in the mix (or something similar) would EASILY pack on the pounds.

So, why 3000 calories at an idle instead of 2000 (USDA break-even calorie number)**? I’m carrying 100 lbs of extra ballast. I’m used to carrying it, so it’s like a workout you do for too long and plateau.

If I had to guess I’d say 2000 is a average, 2500 (extra 500 for the muscle composition), and then an extra 250 for carrying the extra weight brings us to 2750.

So the secret is to either be 100 lbs overweight (I really don’t recommend this one!) and/or lift weights to get the added benefit of the extra burn.

** This is a complete WAG (wild @$$ guess) based on what I’ve been heard from other bodybugg users who average 1-1.5 calories/min at an idle.

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GeekFit Podcast #40 [Audio] – (360) 450-5026

Weigh In

  • Steve’s Progress this Month – 360
Date Weight Neck Chest Up. Arm F. Arm Waist Hip Thigh Calf
1/1/2010 364 19.75″ 57″ 21″ 13″ 60″ 57.5″ 32″ 20″
1/24/2010 360 19″ 56.25″ 20″ 14″ 57.75″ 56.75″ 33.5″ 20″
Difference
-4 pounds -0.75″ -0.75″ -1″ +1″ -2.25″ -0.75″ +1.5″ No Change
  • Jason’s Progress this Month – 229 lbs

Content!

  • Steve:
    • 100 books in 2010: 5 so far, plan on catching up on the road.
    • Upcoming travel for Steven: Austin, Virginia (Kris!!), and St. Paul, MN.
    • Meetup dot com @ Sci-Fi Group: read The Time Machine, and Perdido Street Station.
  • Step Aerobics – Nancy
    • Zumba (www.zumba.com) [d]
      Zumba: Jennifer S., Shawna, Rachelle, Ginger G., Tiffany
      Using a mic? Visual cues? Type of music? 16 count or more freestyle?

Promo – The GeekCast

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Product reviews

  • Walkmeter App – Steve & Jason – [d]
    The KML links for your walk are very cool and are mapped over Google Maps. Each walk can be associated with a route, or not; there’s an ‘All Walks’ bucket that unmatched routes will go into. If you walk the same route multiple times, associating them with a route gives you best and worst times for your walk. You have the ability to start a walk, stop it for a time (going in to buy something, for example) and then start again. The walk doesn’t conclude until you hit ‘Done’ when it’s uploaded and a message sent to Twitter. We both liked this app.

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Disclosure What the heck is this [d] thing? We’ll be using this mark to indicate our full disclosure with the product we review. Click the link and its shows our disclosure. Its it overkill? Sure but we don’t wanna get sued.

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GeekFit Podcast #40 [Video] – (360) 450-5026

Weigh In

  • Steve’s Progress this Month – 360
Date Weight Neck Chest Up. Arm F. Arm Waist Hip Thigh Calf
1/1/2010 364 19.75″ 57″ 21″ 13″ 60″ 57.5″ 32″ 20″
1/24/2010 360 19″ 56.25″ 20″ 14″ 57.75″ 56.75″ 33.5″ 20″
Difference
-4 pounds -0.75″ -0.75″ -1″ +1″ -2.25″ -0.75″ +1.5″ No Change
  • Jason’s Progress this Month – 229 lbs

Content!

  • Steve:
    • 100 books in 2010: 5 so far, plan on catching up on the road.
    • Upcoming travel for Steven: Austin, Virginia (Kris!!), and St. Paul, MN.
    • Meetup dot com @ Sci-Fi Group: read The Time Machine, and Perdido Street Station.
  • Step Aerobics – Nancy
    • Zumba (www.zumba.com) [d]
      Zumba: Jennifer S., Shawna, Rachelle, Ginger G., Tiffany
      Using a mic? Visual cues? Type of music? 16 count or more freestyle?

Promo – The GeekCast

@GeekFit Twitter bot

Product reviews

  • Walkmeter App – Steve & Jason – [d]
    The KML links for your walk are very cool and are mapped over Google Maps.  Each walk can be associated with a route, or not; there’s an ‘All Walks’ bucket that unmatched routes will go into.  If you walk the same route multiple times, associating them with a route gives you best and worst times for your walk. You have the ability to start a walk, stop it for a time (going in to buy something, for example) and then start again.  The walk doesn’t conclude until you hit ‘Done’ when it’s uploaded and a message sent to Twitter. We both liked this app.

Your Mission

This weeks mission, leave us an iTunes review and tell someone about us, we tell people about you all the time!
http://www.itunes.com/podcast/geekfitpodcast [Link loads in iTunes]

Twitter:
http://twitter.com/geekfit

http://twitter.com/jasontucker

http://twitter.com/mrxinu
– Be sure to message Steve when you add him

Quick note regarding this episode. We recorded this episode over Skype video and will be posting the video version first with an audio version the following day. Soon we will be providing both an audio and video feed but for the time being this will have to do – Jason

Disclosure What the heck is this [d] thing? We’ll be using this mark to indicate our full disclosure with the product we review. Click the link and its shows our disclosure. Its it overkill? Sure but we don’t wanna get sued.

Beginning 12/1/2009 bloggers, advertisers and their agencies need to disclose when they have marketing arrangements or other material connections. Review copies, samples, paid posts, affiliate links and paid posts are the most common examples. If you are reviewing or endorsing products and you are being given products or compensation relating to those posts, you must disclose those relationships. [read more]

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GeekFit Links of the week January 8, 2010

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GeekFit Links of the week January 7, 2010

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2009 Listener Survey

It’s the end of the year and we’re interested in who our listeners are. We have our assumptions but being geeks we want to know the hard facts, look at charts and graphs and calculate things for no real reason because we can. Heck we may even install linux on a toaster oven and have it do the calculations for us just because we can.  Anyhow if you don’t mind, provide us with a little insight into who you are by answering our anonymous 14 question quiz. Thanks, we appreciate it!

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