10 ways to burn off a bottle of red wine (600 cals)

sccet · March 2013

I find this a pretty sick mentality.

You probably burn somewhere in the ballpark of 2000-3000 calories per day just from your BMR and daily activities. If you put it all in context, that bottle of wine could be "burned off" while you sleep for 5.5 hours.

Agree, but my understanding is that your body processes booze before getting to other calories....so while you are burning off that wine, the steak is turning to fat.

Perhaps the moral is to not eat when one drinks?

icmuse · March 2013

Not bad at all! I'm happy wine is one of my vices.

Cheers :drinker:

AdamFaris · March 2013

That was my thought exactly. Time to go for a run. The wine is waiting!

Wait a bottle of wine is only 600 calories? Too bad Im not a fan of wine.

jogglesngoggles · March 2013

The real calorie burner is actually being able to remain standing while performinjg any of said activities after enjoying the entire bottle!! Drunken Zumba, sounds like a good time

taso42 · March 2013

I find this a pretty sick mentality.

You probably burn somewhere in the ballpark of 2000-3000 calories per day just from your BMR and daily activities. If you put it all in context, that bottle of wine could be "burned off" while you sleep for 5.5 hours.

Agree, but my understanding is that your body processes booze before getting to other calories....so while you are burning off that wine, the steak is turning to fat.

Perhaps the moral is to not eat when one drinks?

can't tell if joking. if you're in a calorie deficit, the steak won't store as fat. it will be burned off because you're in calorie deficit.

in other news, water is wet.

AdamFaris · March 2013

Per MFP, I burn about 2,200. So if I eat 2,200 AND drink a bottle of wine (2-3 beers is more likely for me, but just rolling with the set-up) I do in fact need to burn more through additional exercise.

I have no idea how you can find counting calories in and out in order to arrive at/maintain a healthy weight as a "sick mentality".

I find this a pretty sick mentality.

You probably burn somewhere in the ballpark of 2000-3000 calories per day just from your BMR and daily activities. If you put it all in context, that bottle of wine could be "burned off" while you sleep for 5.5 hours.

eliseofthejungle · March 2013

I find this a pretty sick mentality.

You probably burn somewhere in the ballpark of 2000-3000 calories per day just from your BMR and daily activities. If you put it all in context, that bottle of wine could be "burned off" while you sleep for 5.5 hours.

Agree, but my understanding is that your body processes booze before getting to other calories....so while you are burning off that wine, the steak is turning to fat.

Perhaps the moral is to not eat when one drinks?

That's definitely the moral - eating kills the buzz. :bigsmile: :drinker:

taso42 · March 2013

I find this a pretty sick mentality.

You probably burn somewhere in the ballpark of 2000-3000 calories per day just from your BMR and daily activities. If you put it all in context, that bottle of wine could be "burned off" while you sleep for 5.5 hours.

Per MFP, I burn about 2,200. So if I eat 2,200 AND drink a bottle of wine (2-3 beers is more likely for me, but just rolling with the set-up) I do in fact need to burn more through additional exercise.

I have no idea how you can find counting calories in and out in order to arrive at/maintain a healthy weight as a "sick mentality".

It reminds me of exercise bullemia. "I just ate these french fries. I better get on that elliptical for an extra 2 hours tonight!" It's not sustainable. And it's no way to live.

Why not just set up a sustainable lifestyle that includes the occasional bottle of wine within the parameters?

Rosplosion · March 2013

Six mile walk in 2 hours? EASY AS PIE. I'd better start drinking more wine.

BL_Coleman · March 2013

Gascon Malbec is also one of my favorites!

AdamFaris · March 2013

But bulimia implies that you are not actually netting the correct # of calories. Because if you throw it up, you never really got it. In this case you presumably keep the wine down in addition to the calories burned during exercise. If I ingest 2800 calories and burn 600 above and beyond BMR, then I am getting within 10 calories of my nutritional needs. That is perfectly healthy.

Your example fails because of the french fries to elliptical ratio. Lets say the FF were 250 calories. I burn that in about 25-30 minutes on an elliptical. If I were to instead attempt to offset with 2 hours plus, clearly that would be unhealthy. I would need to eat more (or exercise less).

Of course there are plenty of other reasons to not drink a bottle of wine per day, but fear of "exercise bulimia" is a lousy one.

It reminds me of exercise bullemia. "I just ate these french fries. I better get on that elliptical for an extra 2 hours tonight!" It's not sustainable. And it's no way to live.

Why not just set up a sustainable lifestyle that includes the occasional bottle of wine within the parameters?

taso42 · March 2013

It reminds me of exercise bullemia. "I just ate these french fries. I better get on that elliptical for an extra 2 hours tonight!" It's not sustainable. And it's no way to live.

Why not just set up a sustainable lifestyle that includes the occasional bottle of wine within the parameters?

But bulimia implies that you are not actually netting the correct # of calories. Because if you throw it up, you never really got it. In this case you presumably keep the wine down in addition to the calories burned during exercise. If I ingest 2800 calories and burn 600 above and beyond BMR, then I am getting within 10 calories of my nutritional needs. That is perfectly healthy.

Your example fails because of the french fries to elliptical ratio. Lets say the FF were 250 calories. I burn that in about 25-30 minutes on an elliptical. If I were to instead attempt to offset with 2 hours plus, clearly that would be unhealthy. I would need to eat more (or exercise less).

Of course there are plenty of other reasons to not drink a bottle of wine per day, but fear of "exercise bulimia" is a lousy one.

I am not advocating against drinking a bottle of wine for fear of exercise bullemia. I am advocating against the mindset of working off unplanned "bad food".

I might be jaded because I've seen it here over and over again. People routinely burning 1000+ calories per day.

It's not a healthy mindset. And yes, that is my opinion

P.S., what's with the top-quoting?

AdamFaris · March 2013

I am not advocating against drinking a bottle of wine for fear of exercise bullemia. I am advocating against the mindset of working off unplanned "bad food".

I might be jaded because I've seen it here over and over again. People routinely burning 1000+ calories per day.

It's not a healthy mindset. And yes, that is my opinion

P.S., what's with the top-quoting?

On my browser it doesn't put me any place in particular. I just type at the top. I can bottom quote for you if you'd prefer.

I do agree that doing this routinely is not sustainable and will lead to long-term problems. But there is nothing at all wrong with having an occasional treat and burning it off in a single outing as opposed to over an entire week. If I know I'm going to go meaningfully over my limit (going out for pizza and beer with friends) I will make an effort to go for a run that day to balance it out in advance. If the splurge is significant, I may eat lightly the rest of the day as well instead of using exercise as a 100% offset. It doesn't happen every day (or even every week). But it works well for me as I use it. And it is completely sustainable.

I get that it can be tempting to assume people are going to abuse this approach. But that isn't even remotely the case for all, and therefore that is not an inherent weakness in this approach.

Loulady · March 2013

...or just eat 600 less calories from other sources.

You're welcome, America.

taso42 · March 2013

@AdamFaris i guess we're not really at odds. :drinker:

sccet · March 2013

I find this a pretty sick mentality.

You probably burn somewhere in the ballpark of 2000-3000 calories per day just from your BMR and daily activities. If you put it all in context, that bottle of wine could be "burned off" while you sleep for 5.5 hours.

Agree, but my understanding is that your body processes booze before getting to other calories....so while you are burning off that wine, the steak is turning to fat.

Perhaps the moral is to not eat when one drinks?

can't tell if joking. if you're in a calorie deficit, the steak won't store as fat. it will be burned off because you're in calorie deficit.

in other news, water is wet.

Not entirely joking....and not to derail the thread from delicious wine talking... but I've read that the body treats alcohol as a poison and burns it as fuel before turning to other sources. So...if you've got a belly full, the body will burn the alcohol first....which leaves all the food in place waiting to be used up later.

FWIW - http://www.lookcut.com/articles/alcohol-and-weight-loss.html

And now... I'm going back to planning for my later intake. :drinker:

BTW, booze is also wet. You know, in other news and all. :bigsmile:

LadyQueefsalot · March 2013

I burn off my wine with...12-oz curls. 6 of them.

logicman69 · March 2013

Insanity for 60 minutes.. I burned 907 doing the "Max Interval Sports Training DVD" according to my HRM. That's a bottle of wine, plus a couple shots of tequila.