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Anon travels overseas (europe.pub)
submitted 10 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean, you can, but it takes a lot of running to expend the calories taken in with a pretty typical American diet, especially when you account for the increase in appetite exercise typically brings.

But it is possible. If you can burn 2000 calories on a single run, that's a lot of room to maneuver to fit your macros while eating a significant amount of junk food.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    you'd have to run over 3 hours to burn 2000 calories.

    a 20m run usually burns like 200-300.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    Depends on weight and speed, of course. According to the standard calculators floating around, a 200 lb (91 kg) person running a 10k in an hour is burning about 960 calories per hour. And that's a casual/comfortable pace for runners.

    People aren't gonna be able to get off the couch and suddenly be able to burn 1000 calories per hour, but that's probably a pace within reach for most people within a few months of training.

    There are easier ways to control weight, but for people who enjoy running, those calories give a lot of flexibility in how to eat.

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