Calories Burned Driving
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Yes, I count it if it falls outside the normal driving I do. I drove 4 hours to another city and counted it.
Here's where the good sense enters into the equation. Don't use that burn as an excuse to stuff a hostess bar in your face. If you get hungry, EAT. Get some whole grain carbs. I had some bread with chickpeas curry. Did that exceed my normal calorie intake? Yes. Do I care? No. My body knows better than any tool how much food I need.
I suggest: Stop obsessing over numbers and scales. Use the tools for guidance and record but listen to your body for definitive advice.0 -
in my opinion no because driving isn't exercise unless your fred flinstone and using your feet
!!!LOL!!! I used my kids play car the other day and totally missed the opportunity to count that!0 -
Logging "Driving" makes about as much sense to me as logging "Watching TV". You're only deluding yourself and your body certainly won't be fooled.0
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Sarcasm aside, I could see if you drove the whole time without touching your back to the seat. That would work your core. But in all reality, you are most likely slumped as comfortably as you can get. If that's the case, I might count the hour I spend typing on here in a day.0
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(Actually having driven for 12 hrs a day on Saturday as well as getting out of the car and running into the doctor's offices and hospitals to pick up lab specimens should count!) You are using your brain the entire time you drive, which requires calories to operate. And heck if I can find the energy after driving for twelve hours straight for anything other than dinner and a bath before bed. Especially here in Arizona when it is 120 degrees out and you have that sweat pouring from your body, your body has to burn extra calories to keep the sweat coming so you stay cool. I can understand not counting driving calories if you are only maybe doing an hour a day, but if it is more than that, you should count them, in my opinion. Here is a good article I came across regarding calories burned while driving. www.ehow.com/about_5452973_calories-burned-driving.html0
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Good question! I drive three hours a day in Los Angeles. I agree. My mind is NUMB from being at work for 11 hours, too.0
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I was about to remark that maybe none of you drive in/around LA county - I'm in the car for up to 3 hours a day, and I'm definitely tireder when I finally get where I'm going. Stop&Go driving is mentally and physically strenuous. if you're on I-10 in Arizona on a Tuesday at midnight, it might be casual, but on I-10 in L.A. on a Tuesday at 5:30pm, it's BRUTAL. Just try to relax - I dare you.0
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It burns the same as sitting. I wear a BodyMedia Fit and frequently drive down to Southern California from the San Francisco Bay Area (and back, of course). I average the same exact caloric burn while driving as I do when I'm watching TV. There are occasional spikes, which may or may not be related to wild air drumming while singing along to the radio.
But no, don't log it as anything, unless you also log watching TV.0 -
Don't know about driving. A regular passenger car in normal conditions is probably not that much more taxing than a desk job. But there are activities that seem stationary that actually are burning energy. I am a musician by profession. I play wind instruments, classical and jazz music. When I play, I am standing but stationary. But, playing a wind instrument engages the lungs and the diaphragm (a large smooth muscle), the heat rate increases, etc. I mark my activity level sedentary and log all my activity. It acts as a better motivator than assuming that certain activities are just "part of my normal activity". So, between references and my HRM, I have found that I can burn up to 200 net kcals per hour playing my instruments. My son is a violinist, which is also done while standing still, but burns even more energy per hour. So there are some things that athletes might assume are "non-active" things that actually use energy.0
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How exactly does one burn calories while sitting down and slightly moving their arms? And I seriously mean that in a non-sarcastic way....
I wonder if the OP is a troll. Or very, very gullible.0 -
I was about to remark that maybe none of you drive in/around LA county - I'm in the car for up to 3 hours a day, and I'm definitely tireder when I finally get where I'm going. Stop&Go driving is mentally and physically strenuous. if you're on I-10 in Arizona on a Tuesday at midnight, it might be casual, but on I-10 in L.A. on a Tuesday at 5:30pm, it's BRUTAL. Just try to relax - I dare you.
Experiencing mental stress is not the same thing as running on a treadmill.0 -
According to Livestrong.com driving a light vehicle burns 132 calorie per hour.
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/fitness/exercise/driving-light-vehicle-e.g.-car-pick-up/0 -
Yup, it's Friday. *sigh*0
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I thought about that too when I had to drive a lot. But I am not sure I wouldn't burn the same amount of calories doing whatever that I can't record anyway. You are still burning calories when you are not driving that we cannot count. Hope this makes sense.:ohwell:0
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Don't know about driving. A regular passenger car in normal conditions is probably not that much more taxing than a desk job. But there are activities that seem stationary that actually are burning energy. I am a musician by profession. I play wind instruments, classical and jazz music. When I play, I am standing but stationary. But, playing a wind instrument engages the lungs and the diaphragm (a large smooth muscle), the heat rate increases, etc. I mark my activity level sedentary and log all my activity. It acts as a better motivator than assuming that certain activities are just "part of my normal activity". So, between references and my HRM, I have found that I can burn up to 200 net kcals per hour playing my instruments. My son is a violinist, which is also done while standing still, but burns even more energy per hour. So there are some things that athletes might assume are "non-active" things that actually use energy.0
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How exactly does one burn calories while sitting down and slightly moving their arms? And I seriously mean that in a non-sarcastic way....0
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In the next few days I have to do a far amount of driving, should I enter this in the system? I googled it, and I would burn around 420 calories on my 2.5 hr drive (which I have to do both thursday and friday).
but if you were not driving for that long you would have probably burned more just living, which is included in your caloric intake already. Don't log it.0 -
...I have to do a far amount of driving, should I enter this in the system?...
Now I've seen it all. :indifferent:0 -
Just driving a car...I wouldn't count it. But racing a car, that's a different story. Back when I use to race GT on road courses, I'd be soaking in sweat after only 30 mins on the track, and usually the next day, my arms, back and core where a little sore. That I would have counted.0
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I personally do not log things like driving or anything outside of gym/exercise time. Unless you are intentionally putting effort in to a workout and trying to burn calories, it shouldn't be logged. Once again, this is my opinion.
^^ this ^^ unless your calorie goal is set at 'comatose'- those things are just normal living calories= even 'sedentary desk job' people drive to work, walk the stairs to the office, cook dinner, do a load of laundry, sweep the floor when they get home.
But, you can count what you want to count- it's your weight loss journey. after 2 months, if it's working for you, then I guess it's fine. If, after a couple months, it's not working- then do something different.0
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