So the new strategy to stand up while working in front of a computer is now under way. It occurred to me to wonder if standing and thinking might burn more calories than sitting and thinking. Here’s what the Web says:
Sitting around doing tasks like homework will, for a woman my height, age and weight, burn about 45 calories an hour.
Standing while drawing or writing will cause such a person to burn 55 calories an hour.
Hm. Ten huge calories an hour advantage: all of 80 calories a day.
The other plan, also fully engaged (for the nonce), is to knock off my favorite potables. Now that would save some serious calories:
1 bottle of Guinness Extra Stout: 153 calories
1 jigger of bourbon: 69 calories
1 halfway decent glass of red wine: 500 in a bottle; that would be about around 110 to 120 calories per glass
So. Each day one restrains oneself from quaffing one’s favorite brew and stands up in front of the computer for eight hours, one deletes 233 calories from one’s daily pack-it-in activities. Put another way, one beer = 1 hour and 55 minutes of standing on one’s feet.
On the other hand, one bourbon-&-water costs you only 52 minutes of labor in front of the computer.
Interesting. I don’t expect we’re supposed to be looking at it that way, are we?
Image: Guinness Original. Ojw. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Beer has zero calories. It’s a fact well-known to most beer drinkers. 🙂
Stick w/ the Guinness.
You’ll be skinny in no time, my friend!
Why not drink your favorite beverage while walking around the block! Boom… problem solved lol
@ Evan: Well…heh… I’ve been known to do that. 😉