Anonymous
7/24/2025, 3:34:59 AM No.76414951
Do you burn calories doing mental activities?
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 3:38:43 AM No.76414961
Yes
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 3:50:32 AM No.76414994
>>76414951 (OP)
%30 of your calories go to keeping your brain running.
%30 of your calories go to keeping your brain running.
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 5:20:19 AM No.76415168
>>76414961
>>76414994
why don't people just do mentally intensive activities instead of physical fitness then if they want to lose weight?
>>76414994
why don't people just do mentally intensive activities instead of physical fitness then if they want to lose weight?
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 5:24:50 AM No.76415176
>>76415168
Because most of that is basic background shit like making sure your breathing, regulating body temp, keeping your heartbeating, etc. “thinking” doesn’t really do shit. The only way to make your brain consume more calories is to not sleep.
Because most of that is basic background shit like making sure your breathing, regulating body temp, keeping your heartbeating, etc. “thinking” doesn’t really do shit. The only way to make your brain consume more calories is to not sleep.
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 5:26:06 AM No.76415180
>>76414961
Holy shit that pic is kino, truly a work of art.
Holy shit that pic is kino, truly a work of art.
Anonymous
7/24/2025, 5:35:57 AM No.76415198
>>76415176
You do burn more calories through mentally demanding tasks, however, the amount burned isn't significant. Just sitting around? You burn between 60-100 calories an hour (half that sleeping). Intense studying or other mentally demanding tasks will up that calorie consumption by about 20 calories per hour.
The bigger problem, and why you get hungry so bad after studying, is the brain uses glucose as fuel exclusively instead of fat, protein, and other sources. This causes a blood sugar drop noticeable enough you feel like you are starving. It's also why most teenagers come home from school and raid the pantry when they walk into the door.
You do burn more calories through mentally demanding tasks, however, the amount burned isn't significant. Just sitting around? You burn between 60-100 calories an hour (half that sleeping). Intense studying or other mentally demanding tasks will up that calorie consumption by about 20 calories per hour.
The bigger problem, and why you get hungry so bad after studying, is the brain uses glucose as fuel exclusively instead of fat, protein, and other sources. This causes a blood sugar drop noticeable enough you feel like you are starving. It's also why most teenagers come home from school and raid the pantry when they walk into the door.
Anonymous
7/24/2025, 6:22:53 AM No.76415328
>>76414951 (OP)
I heard champion chess players burn like 6-8000 cals a day during championships, but it sounds like something one of those hysterical eggs are bad this week people would report so I dont believe it
I heard champion chess players burn like 6-8000 cals a day during championships, but it sounds like something one of those hysterical eggs are bad this week people would report so I dont believe it
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Anonymous
7/24/2025, 6:27:08 AM No.76415338
>>76415328
I heard this too, but even if it's true no one here is a champion chess player thinking about chess moves all the time so it's not relevant.
Work out OP.
I heard this too, but even if it's true no one here is a champion chess player thinking about chess moves all the time so it's not relevant.
Work out OP.
Anonymous
7/24/2025, 7:02:24 AM No.76415432
>>76415168
Because
1 - It's not possible or easy to quantify how many calories you spend with different forms of mental exercise.
With physical exercise, it's somewhat doable to estimate how much you burn per hour by sprinting, swimming, walking, etc.
How would you even measure how many calories you burn by doing math vs. learning a language vs. learning how to play an instrument?
2 - mental effort is far more painful than physical effort.
People would much rather run or walk on a treadmill, accomplishing nothing productive, than use their brain developing a skill.
3 - People do exercise for other reasons than just burn calories.
They may want to develop muscles, their vascular system, develop strength or endurance, etc.
Because
1 - It's not possible or easy to quantify how many calories you spend with different forms of mental exercise.
With physical exercise, it's somewhat doable to estimate how much you burn per hour by sprinting, swimming, walking, etc.
How would you even measure how many calories you burn by doing math vs. learning a language vs. learning how to play an instrument?
2 - mental effort is far more painful than physical effort.
People would much rather run or walk on a treadmill, accomplishing nothing productive, than use their brain developing a skill.
3 - People do exercise for other reasons than just burn calories.
They may want to develop muscles, their vascular system, develop strength or endurance, etc.