calories in certain things; cold showers

tartansheep
tartansheep Posts: 122 Member
in Food and Nutrition
so. calories in toothpaste? I am worried that I accidentally swallow some, and the calories are concerning me a little.
and -- is it worth having cold baths and showers so that I burn more calories when heating my body back up?

cheers!
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  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    If you swallow more toothpaste, it's actually a great source of roughage. I recommend that. Also, the colder shower, the better. You should probably wait until a lake freezes over and then only bathe in that. Breaking through the ice with a pick with just burn more calories!

    :)
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    rbfdac wrote: »
    If you swallow more toothpaste, it's actually a great source of roughage. I recommend that. Also, the colder shower, the better. You should probably wait until a lake freezes over and then only bathe in that. Breaking through the ice with a pick with just burn more calories!

    :)
    :flowerforyou:

  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    rbfdac wrote: »
    If you swallow more toothpaste, it's actually a great source of roughage. I recommend that. Also, the colder shower, the better. You should probably wait until a lake freezes over and then only bathe in that. Breaking through the ice with a pick with just burn more calories!

    :)


    nope- if I just take a super hot shower- I start sweating immediately- which is obviously the answer more sweat = more calories burned.
  • silentKayak
    silentKayak Posts: 658 Member
    More importantly, if you take a hot shower, you might get some hot water in your mouth. A calorie is a measure of heat, so hot water is pure calories and will definitely make you fat.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    Cold showers are terrible.
  • crystalnichle
    crystalnichle Posts: 126 Member
    I dont think theres enough calories in toothpaste to really make that big of a difference.
  • silentKayak
    silentKayak Posts: 658 Member
    miss_jessiejane wrote: »
    Cold showers are terrible.

    And cold water actually slows your metabolism down. What do walruses, penguins, and seals have in common? They all live in cold water and they are all fat.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    zarckon wrote: »
    miss_jessiejane wrote: »
    Cold showers are terrible.

    And cold water actually slows your metabolism down. What do walruses, penguins, and seals have in common? They all live in cold water and they are all fat.

    I agree with this logic.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    zarckon wrote: »
    miss_jessiejane wrote: »
    Cold showers are terrible.

    And cold water actually slows your metabolism down. What do walruses, penguins, and seals have in common? They all live in cold water and they are all fat.
    QFT
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    miss_jessiejane wrote: »
    zarckon wrote: »
    miss_jessiejane wrote: »
    Cold showers are terrible.

    And cold water actually slows your metabolism down. What do walruses, penguins, and seals have in common? They all live in cold water and they are all fat.

    I agree with this logic.

    wait.... are you saying you don't like my hot sweaty shower burns more calorie logic? Come on the bro-science was strong with that one!!!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    ok seriously, toothpaste? Do a jumping jack and write it off.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I approve of this thread.

    Toothpaste made me fat.
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    I would check the nutrition facts on the back. :huh:
  • LeonCX
    LeonCX Posts: 862 Member
    I made toothpaste cheesecake. I gained 2 pounds. :'(
  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    I approve of this thread.

    Toothpaste made me fat.

    Gah! It was the toothpaste all along. Damn colgate.
    Lasmartchika wrote: »
    I would check the nutrition facts on the back. :huh:

    I can't tell if this is satirical or not :neutral_face:

  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    LeonCX wrote: »
    I made toothpaste cheesecake. I gained 2 pounds. :'(

    Take a cold shower to lose the weight!!
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    rbfdac wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    I approve of this thread.

    Toothpaste made me fat.

    Gah! It was the toothpaste all along. Damn colgate.
    Lasmartchika wrote: »
    I would check the nutrition facts on the back. :huh:

    I can't tell if this is satirical or not :neutral_face:

    Ummm. .. yeah? Or have you actually seen nutritional facts on toothpaste tubes? Lmao!!
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    Toothpaste and other "certain things"=just don't swallow-spit it out!
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  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    edited October 2014

    Lasmartchika wrote: »
    rbfdac wrote: »
    dbmata wrote: »
    I approve of this thread.

    Toothpaste made me fat.

    Gah! It was the toothpaste all along. Damn colgate.
    Lasmartchika wrote: »
    I would check the nutrition facts on the back. :huh:

    I can't tell if this is satirical or not :neutral_face:

    Ummm. .. yeah? Or have you actually seen nutritional facts on toothpaste tubes? Lmao!!

    Thank goodness.

    I actually have not, but then again, I don't think any sane person would think to check![

  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    LeonCX wrote: »
    I made toothpaste cheesecake. I gained 2 pounds. :'(

    Now I want cheesecake. If I make it with cream cheese, will I gain two pounds? I don't want to gain two pounds!
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    It wouldn't matter if it made me burn 1000 extra calories per day, I could not be convinced to take cold showers.

    OP I think you're overthinking this. There's a certain amount of margin of error anyway, and accidentally swallowed toothpaste is part of that. Anything I've ever seen claiming more calories burned from being hot or cold (or eating hot, cold, or spicy foods) have had the numbers so low as to be negligible.
  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    I approve of this thread.

    Toothpaste made me fat.

    +1
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics wrote: »
    It wouldn't matter if it made me burn 1000 extra calories per day, I could not be convinced to take cold showers.

    OP I think you're overthinking this. There's a certain amount of margin of error anyway, and accidentally swallowed toothpaste is part of that. Anything I've ever seen claiming more calories burned from being hot or cold (or eating hot, cold, or spicy foods) have had the numbers so low as to be negligible.

    Yeah!! I remember seeing a magazine article to help lose weight once upon a time... it said the best way to lose weight was eating spicy food cuz it would be too spicy (among other reasons) and you would eat less of the spicy food you'd prepare. I thought it was the stupidest thing ever cuz hello? I'm Latina and i live for spicy foods!! That's not gonna make me eat less!! :love:

    Silly article...
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    One cold shower will negate the toothpaste. Problem solved.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    what if you eat the toothpaste in the shower?
  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    what if you eat the toothpaste in the shower?


    You'll be really clean inside and out. Lol!!
  • rbfdac
    rbfdac Posts: 1,057 Member
    dbmata wrote: »
    what if you eat the toothpaste in the shower?

    Solution. Ding, ding, ding!

  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    On another note, cold showers wake me up more than a bump of coke and a headbutt from a mountain goat would.
  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
    uconnwinsnc1 wrote: »
    On another note, cold showers wake me up more than a bump of coke and a headbutt from a mountain goat would.

    What about all 3 at the same time? Doing a bump of coke off a goats horns as he headbutts you in the cold shower - now that's a way to start the day!

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