How many calories do you burn if you do nothing

[tammybear]

I was wondering. Does anyone know how many calories we burn just by doing absolutely nothing.

[Gina]

I don't think it's very many. Something like 100 or less an hour or something like that. That's why there is no "sit-down" weight loss diet hahaha. But I would LOVE that!

[speeddemon]

Not enough. Just work out. Forget about wondering how many calories you burn by doing nothing. This is only going to convince you to exercise less.

[kellykatt]

I think sitting burns about 75 calories per hour for the average person. But this number varies per person and it can increase if you're doing more than sitting still. I was personally impressed that we burn that much by doing nothing. This only goes to show that you don't actually have to engage in major exercise to burn calories, you just have to move. However, of course, the main trouble is we tend to eat a lot of calories in a day and since you need to burn more calories than you eat to lose weight, exercise is kind of mandatory.

[bruceH]

I found this great site that lets you find out how many calories you'll lose if you did absolutely nothing in a day based on your age, height, and weight. It was pretty interesting. It had a lot of neat facts on it it too. You might want to check it out if you'd like to learn more about calories :)

How Many Calories Should I Eat a Day? - Medical News Today

[tammybear]

Wow, that's actually a lot more than I thought! Thanks for the link bruceH. I learned a lot and used the calorie calculator. That actually put a lot of things into perspective for me:)