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This may be a stupid question;do Carbs get burned up like Calories when exercising?
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ChristaG
SW-150
CW-137
GW-120
145/140/135/130/125/120
Mini Goals
145-Met 8/26/09
140-Met 4/2/10
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Re: Carb and Calories burned
Off the top of my head I think 1 carb is 4 calories223/168/170
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Started July of 2008.
Hit my original goal of 200 in 2 months.
Hit my altered goal of 180 in 4 months.
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Re: Carb and Calories burned
You do not burn carbs or fat or protein, but energy. Calories are a measuring unit for energy.
BFGarner is correct, 1 g carbohydrate is 4 calories. But if you are in ketosis, your body breaks down (primarily) fat for energy. 1 g fat is 9 calories."Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."
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Re: Carb and Calories burned
If you are asking can you do mounds of exercise to compensate for extra carbs the answer is NO. The extra carbs will take you out of ketosis no matter how much exercise you do and will turn off the fat burning mechanism. Digestion and metabolism of food is different from work energy of the body.
Extra exercise will burn more calories, but if you have turned of the fat burning mechanism then its kind of like two steps forward, three steps back.JILL
HW 298
HW (this time) 248
GOAL ONE 228 (take 2)
GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
GOAL THREE 199 ONE-DERLAND
FINAL GOAL 165
It's not about the results. Its about the process.
"I've never come home after a workout and said, MAN, I wish I had NOT exercised today!"
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