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What effect does heat have on calorie burn?

OneHundredToLose
OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I typically walk 2 - 5 miles per day; 2 miles to work and 2 miles back, then some extra stuff in between. I know what kind of calorie burn I'm getting from that walk, but I typically don't bother logging it because it's fairly minimal and I like having a slightly bigger deficit without realizing it.

However, where I live it's 100+ degrees Fahrenheit most of the year. Yesterday it got up to 115, for instance. When I walked to work this morning it was 102 at 7am. I'm wondering if the heat results in a significantly higher burn (no pun intended) than walking in a moderate climate, or if the difference is negligible?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Are you in Arizona? I would say the calorie would be negligible.
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
    Nothing...... Otherwise there would be no fat people in hot places....
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Negligible. Heat just makes it harder for you to get the same calorie burn if anything.
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