Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, but there are other benefits besides weight loss. Cheers, Nathan (just back from an hour of spinning in the gym) Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Tina, Ted, and Brian, > > As a former runner I can assure you that while exercise works to firm up > your body it is a very hard way to lose weight. One pound of fat is > approximately 3500 calories. A half hour of fast walking burns up only > about > 200 calories. You would have to walk almost 18 hours to lose a pound of > fat. > A slice of apple pie requires five hours of walking to work off. A far > better exercise is pushing yourself away from the table. Reducing your food > intake by 500 calories a day will shave off a pound a week. Or go to work > as > a lumberjack. ;-) > > Check out this web site to get the calorie value of an exercise regime: > > http://www.am-i-fat.com/calorie_calculator.html > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >