MATH is MATH

F__7
F__7 Posts: 371 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Math is math no matter what... bottom line is if we go over calories once... they ACCUMULATE mathematically speaking.. so recovery is either: make up eating less calories, or burn them!.. that is it.

Does anyone have a "good" way to recover that it might be not so overkiling?.. just wonder.. like a sauna or something like that.. hmmm a sauna.... :)

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,247 Member
    A sauna?? Sorry, they make you sweat and are nice & relaxing but don't burn calories (notwithstanding the load of horse manure promoted by the IR sauna makers).

    Go for a walk or a swim or a bike ride. You don't need to kill yourself if you're only talking about a few hundred calories and you can spread it out over a convenient time frame as long as you don't make a regular habit of it.
  • Saiklor
    Saiklor Posts: 183
    Do you mean that going in a sauna would burn calories?

    According to this article:
    http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/06/15/fit-or-fiction-does-exercising-in-hot-weather-burn-more-calorie/

    doing yoga, running, or presumably sitting (like, in a sauna) burns no more calories if you do it in a very hot environment than if you do it in a normal, room-temperature environment.

    Now if you want to be COLD on the other hand, you "can probably burn anywhere from 3 percent to 7 percent more calories when you are cold"

    according to this article: http://www.livestrong.com/article/292221-calories-burned-in-cold-weather/#ixzz1yqCmyl9C
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,979 Member
    every body is different. some bodies don't believe in math
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    every body is different. some bodies don't believe in math

    Mine defies Euclidian geometry
  • Diary_Queen
    Diary_Queen Posts: 1,314 Member
    If i go over my cal limit by a couple, its really no big deal... 3 cals here and 3 cals there ON OCCASION is easily worked off by carrying laundry from one end of the house to the other. If im a good deal over and want to make sure im keeping within a certain range (i give myself a big of slack everyday and set my MFP goal for about 60 cals less than the suggested amount incase i want a sugar free pudding cup -- yes, im only tricking myself, but sometimes myself is ornery and needs tricking!), I'll just do a few sets of jumping jacks with front kicks, tricep dips, steam engines and 100-150 combos of uppercuts and hook punches so i get some ab twisting in there as well.
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    Do you mean that going in a sauna would burn calories?

    According to this article:
    http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/06/15/fit-or-fiction-does-exercising-in-hot-weather-burn-more-calorie/

    doing yoga, running, or presumably sitting (like, in a sauna) burns no more calories if you do it in a very hot environment than if you do it in a normal, room-temperature environment.

    Now if you want to be COLD on the other hand, you "can probably burn anywhere from 3 percent to 7 percent more calories when you are cold"

    according to this article: http://www.livestrong.com/article/292221-calories-burned-in-cold-weather/#ixzz1yqCmyl9C

    Awesome. I'm also freezing my *kitten* of at work. Stupid over-air conditioning.
  • kgprice11
    kgprice11 Posts: 749 Member
    A sauna?? Sorry, they make you sweat and are nice & relaxing but don't burn calories (notwithstanding the load of horse manure promoted by the IR sauna makers).

    Go for a walk or a swim or a bike ride. You don't need to kill yourself if you're only talking about a few hundred calories and you can spread it out over a convenient time frame as long as you don't make a regular habit of it.

    ^^agree haha doing simple activities such as walking, jogging, biking, swimming, football, etc will help burn the excess calories
  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
    I do vote for the sauna, not that it will burn any calories for you but it might help you relax. Stop, you're over thinking this.

    It takes 3500 calories to make up a pound of body mass. If you set up a calorie deficit to lose 2 lbs a week (7000 calories of accumulated deficit at the end of 7 days) do you think your body is going to notice going over your calorie target by 100 or 200 calories? Even if you're in maintenance mode, so no net deficit, do you think your body is going to notice 100 extra calories for the week? 1/35 of a pound? If you do it every week, eventually you will see it, but it's going to take a while.

    Even if you have a mini binge and go over by 1000 calories, it's one day and you can slowly recover from that over time. Going out the next day and running off those extra 1000 calories will produce a yo-yo effect on your body that will make it more stressful for your body to function and lose weight.
  • MoveTheMountain
    MoveTheMountain Posts: 764
    Everyone has a bad day and over eats. Just kill your workout the next day, and take it in stride. It's a marathon, not a sprint, so there's plenty of time to slowly change your habits so you have fewer mistakes. The important thing is, keep working out and keep logging your food.
  • Captain_Tightpants
    Captain_Tightpants Posts: 2,215 Member
    My weight loss is running according to the Fibonacci sequence. True story.

    Also, I think I just discovered Metatron's cube of platonic solids on my left butt cheek.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    i've always preferred trigonometry. And what you're saying is basically: i can eat like crap monday-friday as long as i dont eat/kill myself working out saturday and sunday. Not so much.
  • F__7
    F__7 Posts: 371 Member
    THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK EVERYONE!!!..
  • MattTheWaterRat
    MattTheWaterRat Posts: 167 Member
    You could try to burn more calories by subjecting yourself to colder temperatures. Swimming in cold water, ice baths, and cold showers (provided the duration is long enough) could all burn more calories, because your body maintains its temperature through your metabolism.

    That being said, it is not an easy way to burn more calories.
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