How many calories burned shivering and

leanjogreen18

brushing your teeth vigorously?

Even though this is a joke post I have to admit these thoughts have crossed my mind like it just might help, lol.

Hey I've got til next summer cutting and a lifetime of counting calories and calories burned so I need some humor right?

Any you've thought of?

quiksylver296

Sex comes up a lot.

queenliz99

How about chewing sugar free gum? Making gum a negative calorie food. FTW!

VintageFeline

I'm packing 35 multiple item parcels over today and tomorrow. As I sit on the floor with feet going numb and back screaming at me, I too wonder how much it's increasing my NEAT for the day.

Aaron_K123

Not enough that it matters. I'll admit though my mind has wandered to such things.

My favorite is the idea of drinking cold drinks. In theory your body has to work to warm a drink from its temperature in celsius up to your body temperature of 37 degrees. If the drink is room temp then thats something like warming it from 25 to 37 which is 12 degrees celsius. 12 degrees celsius for 1 liter is 12 calories. If its an iced drink though thats from 4 degrees to 37 which is 33 degrees celsuius or 33 calories, almost 3 times as much.

So in theory if you just chug ice water all day long you might burn significant;y more calories than if you had not just to maintain your body temperature.

I mean honestly that is probably true, can't imagine how it couldn't be true.

If you drank 8 liters of icewater in a day that would be an extra like 264 calories you could enjoy at least and that would assume your body was 100% efficient in warming the liquid which it wouldn't be.

EDIT: I realize that there are impressionable people on the internet so I'd like to add a disclaimer which is that if you end up killing yourself from injesting too much water because of this that is on you, I am not in any way advising people do this.

Christine_72

I can't sit still and I'm forever swinging or jiggling my legs. Yes, i have often wondered how many calories i burn fidgeting. . I've read some whacked out numbers on the Google, so I'll take it as a little added bonus instead of logging ""burned 300 calories leg tapping"

BusyRaeNOTBusty

I've totally read that being cold burns calories, and I'm cold ALL THE TIME so why am I not skinny!!!??

cwolfman13

The only time I've really wondered is when I'm speed shopping through Costco.

JaydedMiss

Chasing down my birds when they wont go back in their cage when they bite the cats XD hahah

Christine_72

JaydedMiss wrote: »

Chasing down my birds when they wont go back in their cage when they bite the cats XD hahah

:laugh: :laugh:

JaydedMiss

Christine_72 wrote: »

JaydedMiss wrote: »

Chasing down my birds when they wont go back in their cage when they bite the cats XD hahah

:laugh: :laugh:

Don't Worry their friends XD But yeah thats the general reaction to the bratty birds harassing the innocent gentle patient kitties lol

leanjogreen18

Hahaha these are good!!

I don't feel alone in my silly head thoughts:).

The ice cold water, I've thought the same thing!!!

JaydedMiss

If cold water would do that in theory wouldnt hot also do the same? Besides it being significantly harder to swallow alot of hot tea fast XD

nutmegoreo

When brushing your teeth vigorously, if you swallow some of the toothpaste, would the calories in the toothpaste negate the calorie burn?

leanjogreen18

nutmegoreo wrote: »

When brushing your teeth vigorously, if you swallow some of the toothpaste, would the calories in the toothpaste negate the calorie burn?

Poo, don't rain on my parade!

SusanMFindlay

JaydedMiss wrote: »

If cold water would do that in theory wouldnt hot also do the same? Besides it being significantly harder to swallow alot of hot tea fast XD

No. Because the hot tea would actually provide energy to heat your body up so your body wouldn't have to spend so many calories doing that. So, if the theory was correct, hot water would actually have positive calories. But food calories are actually kilocalories, so both the "hot water effect" and the "cold water effect" ought to be negligible.

And I appear to use the word "actually" way too much.

nutmegoreo

johunt615 wrote: »

nutmegoreo wrote: »

When brushing your teeth vigorously, if you swallow some of the toothpaste, would the calories in the toothpaste negate the calorie burn?

Poo, don't rain on my parade!

Sorry. I must be one of those mean people you keep reading about. I'm making my peace with it. :laugh:

Alatariel75

There's an old, old thread on here where someone wanted to count the calories they burned standing up on the bus on the way to work o_0

leanjogreen18

Alatariel75 wrote: »

There's an old, old thread on here where someone wanted to count the calories they burned standing up on the bus on the way to work o_0

How many calories did they think it would burn? That's important:).

JaydedMiss

Alatariel75 wrote: »

There's an old, old thread on here where someone wanted to count the calories they burned standing up on the bus on the way to work o_0

How many calories do i burn elbowing strange guys repeatedly when they keep grindign up against me on full busses. Thatd be some fun math XD

ShammersPink

Taking a long hot bath can burn 140 calories, allegedly:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36744906

Bathercise.