Weight loss whilst sleeping

jusbar71
jusbar71 Posts: 117 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is it right that your body uses over 700 calories whilst sleeping for 8 hours.

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Sounds a bit high but I wouldn't rule it out. If your BMR was 2100 then you would use about 700 sleeping for 8 hrs but that is a high BMR.

    Mine would be nearer 70 cals an hour so 560 in 8 hrs
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    You burn calories simply by existing. Breathing, heart beating, healing, digesting, making new cells, it all burns calories. My BMR is about 1550, so I'd burn just over 500 calories in 8 hours sleeping.
  • jusbar71
    jusbar71 Posts: 117 Member
    I am using an app on my phone, I have stated my height and weight, and it's recorded that over an 8hour period last night I had used around 700 Cals, just don't know if it's accurate or not?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    Well what is your height, weight and age?
  • jusbar71
    jusbar71 Posts: 117 Member
    I am 5'9, 45 and now weigh 16st8lbs
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    As long as you don't eat within 3 hours of bedtime, you'll burn a fair amount of fat whilst you sleep.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    Your BMR is about 1840 (that means you burn around that many calories per day just existing, not counting exercise or working etc), so that's about 615 in an 8 hour period. So 700 is a bit of an overestimation but not wildly.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    jusbar71 wrote: »
    I am 5'9, 45 and now weigh 16st8lbs

    it'll be using an equation that is somewhat deceived by your weight. The equations weren't based on populations as heavy as we are now. Katch McArdle equation (based on lean mass) would put you nearer 1600 cals/day BMR.
  • jusbar71
    jusbar71 Posts: 117 Member
    Ah right! Thanks guys.

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