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**scewDeasp** · 02-14-2008, 04:06 PM

I guess as a weight therapist I feel I've got to butt in here. Ordinarily, I wouldn't. I think the orginal question -- How many calories do I need to burn today? -- is a little vague. Calorie burn is body-specific. And you also need to think about if you mean Fermian units or you go by the McGallagher Scale. To give you an example, depending on my mean daily unadjusted metabolic rate, I (164 lbs, 6'7" 1/2) could burn anywhere from 10 to 170 calories eating the very same things and doing the very same exercises, and I'm talking 'straight burn'. But I'd say, from what you described, that you ought to be burning more like 700 or 750. Hope that helps.

02-14-2008, 04:06 PM	#3
scewDeasp Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	I guess as a weight therapist I feel I've got to butt in here. Ordinarily, I wouldn't. I think the orginal question -- How many calories do I need to burn today? -- is a little vague. Calorie burn is body-specific. And you also need to think about if you mean Fermian units or you go by the McGallagher Scale. To give you an example, depending on my mean daily unadjusted metabolic rate, I (164 lbs, 6'7" 1/2) could burn anywhere from 10 to 170 calories eating the very same things and doing the very same exercises, and I'm talking 'straight burn'. But I'd say, from what you described, that you ought to be burning more like 700 or 750. Hope that helps.
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