Man, I loved arguing with you!  Glad to have you back Wally.

1) Calories are determined by burning particular foods in an  
instrument called a bomb calorimeter.  The body, however, is much  
more complex than this simple instrument.  And while in principle the  
more calories you eat, the fatter you get, the macronutrient mix of  
the food or foods in question is far and away the most important  
thing.  There is no such thing as a simple caloric calculus despite  
what the experts tell you.

2) But my bigger point was that exercise actually burns far fewer  
calories than one would think -- and the types of exercise that burn  
a lot of calories make one really, really hungry.  If you are  
exercising to burn calories, you are all but wasting your time.  The  
way to lose weight is to control what you eat.

Jim Swayze
www.fireholecanyon.com

On Apr 30, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Day, Wally wrote:

>> The purpose of exercise is to work your muscles, heart, and lungs.
>> Calories should never enter the equation.
>
> Living = caloric burn. Activity = increased caloric burn. Calroies  
> are an integral part of the equation.