(March 22, 2014 at 12:45 am)Aractus Wrote: Depending on how active I am I require much more calories than when I'm less active - I'd be very surprised if my BMR isn't within the normal range. I don't know what you mean by "naturally thin" - I know how easy it is to gain weight, but I also know how easy it is to lose it. I tend to eat a lot all the time, but when I want to lose kilos I eat lower calories foods. If you're sure that you eat 1200-1500 calories per day then you may have a slower BMR then average. But you can exercise - at home without equipment - and burn 500-600 calories in an hour or less (alternatively 90 minutes of gardening or a 90 minute brisk walk with the dog will also burn 500 calories). I never go to the guy I just exercise at home (although I do have weights and a bench-press).
I've read before something like a calorie is the amount of energy to increase the temperature of some unit of water by 1 degree or something.
Not really sure.
I have no idea how many calories is in anything I consume. Unless I casually glance at a label while I'm eating or drinking something. It never really registers with me. It might as well be in a foreign language. I'm still slender after 40 years. My annual checkups still rave about my cholesterol levels and lipids, and BMI, and whatever.
But I haven't done jack to deserve it. I just keep being a generally uninterested slob that eats and drinks whatever he wants. I'm sure this will change eventually as I get older (has to happen sometime soon) but for now I'm just taking the easy route and not suffering any obvious signs from my neglect.
Everything I needed to know about life I learned on Dagobah.
