[pct-l] Burning Calories

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

1 LB OF BODY weight (fat?) is about 3200 cal if I recall
correctly...anyone have a definitive number?

Richard

At 10:33 AM 10/2/03 -0400, Rob Rathmann wrote:
>Fellow Wanderers-
>
>In the midst of planning my '04 thru-hike (and training for the Atlanta
>marathon), I started thinking about how many calories a hiker burns during
>an average day of hiking.  The magnitude of the numbers BLEW ME AWAY.  The
>equations depend on something called the Mcoefficient(calories / minute /
>kg)- you can find a good list of M coefficients for different activities at
>http://www.fitnesslogs.com/calories3.htm  Here are 2 examples:
>
>Hiking, cross country for 8 hours: 4572.21 Calories
>Walking, upstairs for 8 hours: 6081.04 Calories
>
>THAT IS BURNING BETWEEN 4572.21-6081.04 Calories DURING AN 8 HOUR HIKE!!!
>
>Even if you carry as much food as possible and gorge yourself at every trail
>town, you must develop a rather large caloric deficit after 4 months.  Has
>anyone measured their body mass index before and after a thru-hike?
>
>Equations used:
>Calories_burned= Mcoefficient * Mass * Minutes
>I used 2 different Mcoefficients: .1 (Hiking, cross country), and .133
>(Walking, upstairs).
>I used a mass of 175 lbs + 35 lb pack, converted to kilograms (1 pounds =
>0.45359237 kilograms).
>I used 8 hours (480) minutes for the time hiking.
>
>
>Carcinomad '04
>
>
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