My first thought after looking at that beautiful picture was to wonder if laughing burned calories. Not that I want to always burn calories, but i wonder about those things. In fact, i've wondered if thinking burns calories... if yes, i'm burning some right now! Thanks for posting, Natalie!
@ Suz - short answer thinking for an average person burns ~ 102 cal/hour for more 'activities' check out http://caloriecount.about.com/activities-miscellaneous-ac9 (my favorite find = kissing/hugging burns 68 cal/hr which is equal to sitting in church!) Long more scientific american answer - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=thinking-hard-calories
My first thought after looking at that beautiful picture was to wonder if laughing burned calories. Not that I want to always burn calories, but i wonder about those things. In fact, i've wondered if thinking burns calories... if yes, i'm burning some right now! Thanks for posting, Natalie!
ReplyDelete@ Natalie - Thank you!
ReplyDelete@ Suz - short answer thinking for an average person burns ~ 102 cal/hour for more 'activities' check out http://caloriecount.about.com/activities-miscellaneous-ac9
(my favorite find = kissing/hugging burns 68 cal/hr which is equal to sitting in church!)
Long more scientific american answer - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=thinking-hard-calories
Enjoy!