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Calories

‎07-05-2014 10:54

‎07-05-2014 10:54

Why does my dashboard show I've already spent calories when I first get up in the morning.  This morning for example, it said I'd already burned 249 calories and I'd just awakened.

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‎07-05-2014 11:05

‎07-05-2014 11:05

From what I understand it calculates calories burned while sleeping ( heartbeat, breathing etc)  we burn even laying in bed.  🙂

 

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‎07-06-2014 23:10

‎07-06-2014 23:10

Bingo to answer above.

 

You burn calories sleeping.

 

Your BMR is what you would burn if you slept all day.

 

You eat less than you burn in TOTAL all day.

 

Just wanted to clarify, some people think they have to exercise and burn more calories that way then they eat - and then wonder why their body got unhealthy so fast.

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