How many calories will use lose in a cold (not ice) bath?

Alatariel75

Swimmers are thin and muscular due to the cold water drawing off the heat from their bodies and the body compensating for it.

Hmmm, or maybe it has to due with the energy burned by actually swimming :bigsmile:

Dr OZ says "pshaw!" to your logic.

MeMyCatsandI

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mockchoc

I am trying to eat less than 1200 calories (not counting the amount extra I am allowed by exercise) because my BMR is about 1400 so 200 calories a day lost will help me. I went over by about 15 calories a day. i think simply typing will help.

Help you to do what??

Eat more. Your body needs fuel and nourishment to get better.

Please do listen to this advice.

SkimFlatWhite68

Surely you are not serious.

If you are sick. Concentrate on eating well and getting well.

Life is for living. Make it the best one that you can and don't stress your body when it is already struggling with being ill.

Next week, when you are feeling better, you can gradually resume your fit and healthy life.

Ready2Rock206

she asked a simple question whether or not if you can burn calories from cold temperatures i found my answers from the site i posted if you don't like the answer then take it up with the website, btw i have seen on doctor oz that you can burn calories from a cold ice pack for 20 mins. on the lower neck and shoulders no it obviously isn't as much as if you exercise but it does help kick your metabolism in gear, think about it your body is cold so your body has to work extra hard to warm you up which will get the blood pumping and then result in burning "some" calories. and no i dont think you should do this if you are still sick it will only make you worse... good luck and hope you are better

OMG Dr. Oz! Seriously?! No.

TrackMum

Sorry but Dr. Oz is not the place to find facts... he is not respected anymore like he used to.

Agreed.

The amount of calories you burn from the cold is not enough to make a difference.

Disagree

I live in Canada and it's pretty damn cold here these days... I spend a lot of time outside... my weight loss hasn't changed.

Are you bundling up to maintain your core temperature, or are you lightening your layers to allow your body to work harder to keep the core warm? Also, when your body works harder to keep the core warm, it does burn more calories and can stimulate your appetite. Are you eating those calories?

The website you posted is crap... swimmers are thin because of the water? Ya, becuase they are moving in it... not because it's "cold"

Compare Michael Phelps - swimmer (consumed 12,000 calories/day) to Bryan Clay - decathlete (consumed 5,500 calories/day). Both trained something like 6-7 hours a day? Both sports are overall physically demanding, both require considerable energy, but ask yourself why one requires twice the calories to fuel? It's not water resistance, because Clay is also doing resistance training, It is because of thermodynamics.

A good analogy is this: If your house is cold, you turn up the furnace, you end up burning more gas, and your bill goes up. The same can be said for your body. If your core temperature drops, your body will work harder to create heat to keep it warm. That burns more energy, energy = calories.

A very good site for this is: www.hypothermics.com a quick preview can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrQ_ldCwKUQ

BTW, ice baths are NOT necessary to gain results.

warrow8282

This thread just totally made me want to go soak in a nice, hot bath (conveniently...I did just finish scrubbing my tub and cleaning my bathroom) with candles and a glass (or 2 or 3) of wine. I'm definitely doing this tomorrow when I can "cheat" and have lots of wine.

But seriously, I hope you start feeling better soon! :-)

Kim55555

Actually I just bought the 4 hour body ebook by Tim ferris. He goes into this. Might explain why olympic swimmer Michael phelps can eat heaps more than what he burns and not put on any weight.

nokanjaijo

Your body will need more calories to maintain the temperature it requires if you make yourself cold.

BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT, in my experience, you're going to get very hungry. You will be much hungrier than you would get if you had exercised those calories off.

sunnyhlw77

I don't think its a healthy way to burn calories. To me it would be like telling someone to get hypothermia to lose weight. If you've ever been in cold temperatures for extended periods of time I don't think you would even consider it. Plus I don't think that subjecting yourself to the time in the cold that would be needed to cause a large amount of calories burn would be worth it and you may just get yourself sicker. If I were you, I would speak with your doctor before attempting it. Good luck either way and I hope you get well soon!

jzammetti

I am trying to eat less than 1200 calories (not counting the amount extra I am allowed by exercise) because my BMR is about 1400 so 200 calories a day lost will help me. I went over by about 15 calories a day. i think simply typing will help.

Help you to do what??

Eat more. Your body needs fuel and nourishment to get better.

If your BMR is 1400, you should not eat below it.

kit_rose

You do burn some, but very little. Although I think that post from yahoo answers was off, I do agree that swimming in cooler water would burn more calories than warmer water as your muscles will be less relaxed, and your body will have to work harder to keep a high enough pressure to keep moving, raising your heart rate, one of the reasons you will feel energized after swimming in cold water.

I would imagine taking a 30-minute cool bath would burn as many calories as drinking some green tea, maybe like 100-200 if you do not have a hot bath afterwards. But if you have a fever with the cool bath, you may burn less as you are just cooling your body down a little. Also many more recent studies have shown that trying to cool down a minor fever doesn't help with fighting the infection.

Oh well, I would try it! It definitely wakes me up, so maybe jump-starts my metabolism for the day!

egrusy

IN for morning reading. G'night all and sweet dreams :flowerforyou:

BIRD0

Someone in a different thread said something (hilarious) that came to my mind in this thread: "do you science, brah?" (my new favorite quote, wish I could remember where it came from).

And, at the risk of sounding like a troll, if being cold helped burn so many calories, how come there are so many overweight people living in cold climates (like north Dakota or Wisconsin)?

guessrs

Ouch I take ice bath after a hot 2 hour summer run. Not when sick. I take it to recover muscles. I also read somewhere that it does burn calories because your body works to adjust to the cold.

StickThin7

Scientific Evidence discussed on Ted Talks, talking about using temperature to increase fat loss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrQ_ldCwKUQ&feature=youtu.be&t=4m53s

flimsyfantasy

I believe cold baths burn around 110 calories every 10 minutes but im not really sure also if you stay in for too long iys bad for you

shmerek

I am trying to eat less than 1200 calories (not counting the amount extra I am allowed by exercise) because my BMR is about 1400 so 200 calories a day lost will help me. I went over by about 15 calories a day. i think simply typing will help.

:huh: You need to be eating at least your BMR, eating less is a recipe for ill health. Please eat more.

shmerek

I will never understand why Oprah supports Dr. Oz. I hate that guy. But I'm not a fan of the Doctors either, but I LOVE Doctor radio on XM.. they are real doctors that work with patients daily.

:huh: :huh: Oprah is just as bad as Dr. Oz for propagating bollocks.

Alatariel75

I believe cold baths burn around 110 calories every 10 minutes but im not really sure also if you stay in for too long iys bad for you

Thank you for bumping an old thread, without reading it, to re-enliven a stupid myth.