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Old 05-22-2008, 04:38 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by bigpiney View Post
aren't you fairly athletic? I would have expected you too burn more than that. Weren't you going out and running in the freezing cold? or was that someone else. Maybe your metabolism said screw this and is taking the year off. I would if you made be go out and run in the cold.

It seems to me the more active you are the more your base metabolism rises, because your body gets conditioned to burning calories and just keeps on doing it even when you stop activity. maybe their methods for measurements aren't really as good as they thought they were and you use your oxygen more efficiently and thus skew the results.
LOL.

I don't know if I would call myself "althletic," but I do run a lot and am in very good cardiovascular shape (resting heart-rate is around 50). That's why I was so stumped.
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