Oh boy
I just ate nearly 200g of chocolate brazils.

I feel disgustingly sick.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:02, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I do that with chocolate peanuts.

( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:03, Reply)

I used to as well.

(888777555, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Back when you were about 3?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Nope.
Right up until July this year when I started my diet and exercise plan to help me go from 12 stones to 10 stones.
(888777555, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:12, Reply)

your excersise plan that involvs cycling 20 miles every day
except when you don't want to?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:14, Reply)

Eh?
When do i not want to?
Ive already done 500 cals today, doing some more tonight.
(888777555, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:17, Reply)

How does one calculate the calories burned while cycling?
And first thought, there would seem to be so many variables as to make it next to impossible, but I stand to be educated.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:20, Reply)

He reads off what it says on the trainer readout.
But that aside, the same way you can estimate the number of calories burned in any excercise, it's a measure of th distance covered and the time it took you, with a factor of how much you weigh thrown in if you want to be a bit more accurate.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:22, Reply)

I can understand that on an excersize bike
But surely there's quite a difference between the number of calories Tory Boy burns on his Halfords Special MTB and the number you burn on your Carbon Fibre Racer doing the same distance in the same time. Also hills.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Yes there will be
which is why a really good estimate will take into account the weight of the bike too.

If you used a GPS tracker on something like Endomondo or MapMyRun, then it can take hills into account too.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:31, Reply)

OK, so possible to get a reasonable idea with some work.
Although probably not in TB's case.

I would also add stance (wind resistance) and tyres as factors to consider. Mind you he's on about the heaviest, least efficient bike possible so if anything he's burning off more than he thinks.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:36, Reply)

I don't think you would need to take those into account as they would be fairly minimal differences in relation to any reasonable distance travelled
as long as you're not wearing a sail suit or something silly.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:38, Reply)

interesting.....
I thought I had heard that over coming wind resistance was one of the things that took most effort. I certainly noticed a difference when I took the drops off my commuter, but that may have been psychological.

Any wya I have no source, so it could easily be bollocks.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:45, Reply)

You're suggesting it
so it's most likely bollocks.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:50, Reply)

aww, and we were having a civilised conversation and everything.
Silly Al.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 14:03, Reply)

they have the info on excerise bikes at the gym.
It must be an approximation.
( girlinthehole, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:23, Reply)

See above^
I reckon a very rough approximation.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:30, Reply)

I imagine it's based on how far you've gone and how long it took you
with a factor of how much you weigh for additional accuracy.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:30, Reply)

I once got chocolate brazils for christmas and was quite upset.... _and_ it was the best present I got that year.
I spent a good amount of time and money getting something that everyone would want.
- My little cousen got a marble-run puzzel, which was a very 'in' toy of the moment. I didn't get anything from her parents (don't expect anything from her, she's too young)
- My 40 year old cousin who is into writing things got a moleskin diary, I didn't get anything from her, she pleeded poverty.
- My aunty and uncle who are into history got a big book about victorian london, I got brazil nuts that were probably left over at her house as a previous gift.
- Barbera got a fridge calender thing to help her keep track of things, she didn't get me anything, I don't expect anything from her though. I'm just happy when she remembers not to take her granny nappy through the living room.
- Everyone got an amazing prawn cocktail made'n'bought by me, I didn't get _any_ left overs, even the ones I saved on the side, they got picked up. Oh wait, I got some roast potatos. That was it. All the other live-alone people got loads though.

This has gone on for 4 years in a row now, this year everyone is getting the shittest gift I can think of, half a year's subscription to Save The Leopard that they'll feel guilty about not continuing.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Cock-gazzes all round this year, then.
Personally I think celebrating the birth of someone your relatives MURDERED is in rather poor taste anyway.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 5 Sep 2011, 13:44, Reply)