Comments on: Lose some pounds, keep some bucks http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/03/lose-some-pounds-keep-some-bucks/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:18:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: funnyaboutmoney1 http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/03/lose-some-pounds-keep-some-bucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1938 funnyaboutmoney1 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:34:57 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1026#comment-1938 LOL! Maybe we could find a way to generate energy from the wind off hummingbird wings; sure would be a lot more aesthetic than acres of windmills. :-D On shorter rations, corgi is looking and acting a lot better already: bouncing happily all over the place. Human remains...well, portly and lazy. LOL! Maybe we could find a way to generate energy from the wind off hummingbird wings; sure would be a lot more aesthetic than acres of windmills. :-D

On shorter rations, corgi is looking and acting a lot better already: bouncing happily all over the place. Human remains…well, portly and lazy.

]]> By: !wanda http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/03/lose-some-pounds-keep-some-bucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 !wanda Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:56:01 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1026#comment-1935 Also, I don't know about the glowing red, but he would probably die. Lower surface-to-volume ratio means he couldn't get rid of the heat as efficiently, and he would overheat. Mammals can tolerate having a cooler body temperature way better than having a warmer one, and overheating by only a few degrees (celsius) kills. Glowing red sounds way cooler than dying, though. Also, I don’t know about the glowing red, but he would probably die. Lower surface-to-volume ratio means he couldn’t get rid of the heat as efficiently, and he would overheat. Mammals can tolerate having a cooler body temperature way better than having a warmer one, and overheating by only a few degrees (celsius) kills. Glowing red sounds way cooler than dying, though.

]]> By: funnyaboutmoney1 http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/03/lose-some-pounds-keep-some-bucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1936 funnyaboutmoney1 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:15:12 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1026#comment-1936 Good point! It explains why eating 2% of my body weight would make me fatter than I already am! :-D When I was writing an article on hummingbirds, I came across the assertion that if an adult human male burned as much energy as a hummer does, he would expend so much heat he would glow red. Good point! It explains why eating 2% of my body weight would make me fatter than I already am! :-D

When I was writing an article on hummingbirds, I came across the assertion that if an adult human male burned as much energy as a hummer does, he would expend so much heat he would glow red.

]]> By: !wanda http://funny-about-money.com/2008/09/03/lose-some-pounds-keep-some-bucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1937 !wanda Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:32:25 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=1026#comment-1937 Smaller animals will need to eat more per day for their body weight than people. Small animals have a higher surface-to-volume ratio, so they lose more heat. This is compounded by the fact that they usually run at a slightly higher body temperature and have a faster heartrate. (By the way, heartrate for the most part scales with body size in mammals; mice have a resting heartrate of around 600-700 beats per minute.) All this means that small animals have a lot more metabolism to do just to maintain themselves than people. So, I don't recommend you try the 2% rule. Incidentally, the Etruscan shrew apparently has to eat 2-4 times its body weight a day. Granted, that's only 4-6g a day, but they eat insects, which are pretty nutritious. Hummingbirds also famously eat many times their body weight a day, but you would too if you had to flap your wings that fast. Smaller animals will need to eat more per day for their body weight than people. Small animals have a higher surface-to-volume ratio, so they lose more heat. This is compounded by the fact that they usually run at a slightly higher body temperature and have a faster heartrate. (By the way, heartrate for the most part scales with body size in mammals; mice have a resting heartrate of around 600-700 beats per minute.) All this means that small animals have a lot more metabolism to do just to maintain themselves than people. So, I don’t recommend you try the 2% rule.

Incidentally, the Etruscan shrew apparently has to eat 2-4 times its body weight a day. Granted, that’s only 4-6g a day, but they eat insects, which are pretty nutritious. Hummingbirds also famously eat many times their body weight a day, but you would too if you had to flap your wings that fast.

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