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Originally Posted by Seaver
If you burn 10gallons of gas, it does not matter how far you got on said gas... you burned 10 gallons. You could drive 5 miles burning rubber or 300 miles on the highway cruising. How you do it doesn't matter, we're not measuring efficiency in which your body uses the energy. We are simply measuring the amount of energy used.
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I'll try to simplify this even more. Let's say that each of us eats 2500 calories a day. You eat 2500 calories worth of fast food and other garbage, and I eat nothing but healthy low carb fruits and veggies, lean meats, and nuts; 2500 calories worth each. We each exercise the exact same amount every day. Each of us runs 2 miles, lifts some weight, and eats the same amount. Guess what? We don't burn fat at the same rate. But how is that possible?! Well, all of those healthy things I eat assist my body in becoming more efficient at burning. The speed at which I burn goes up, and the amount of calories that my body misses goes down.
The problem is jr. high dietary science is circulated a lot. BTW, you will not burn the same amount of calories running a mile vs. walking a mile either. And storks don't supply infants.