Throughout my CICO journey I’ve become more conscious of movement in general. The other night I was watching a horror movie (“Alone”, released earlier this year) and felt my heart racing the entire time. I stopped to wonder, was I burning more calories than usual just by being scared?
Sure enough, I found a study that suggested watching a 90 minute adrenaline-inducing movie could burn on average 113 calories - even up to 184!
Tonight I was feverishly knitting a scarf as a Christmas present and was feeling quite the arm workout. I found another study that said a 150lb person can burn 100-150 calories knitting for an hour!
This suggests if you knit for 90 minutes while watching a movie that really gets your heart pumping and releases adrenaline, you could burn hundreds of calories without exercising. I guess the biggest challenge would be not looking down at the scarf so you can focus on the movie. 😅
Of course the larger point here is - I encourage you to find a NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) activity you love. I also like to practice guitar scales at night. That burns calories! So does coloring in a coloring book! Or wrapping presents - so volunteer to wrap for all your family members.
I lost more weight than usual the past week and I’ve been on a scary movie/knitting kick. I think it’s related! But better yet, keeping my hands busy knitting has helped me resist binging and night eating quite a bit. It feels odd and wonderful that this is the thing that kickstarted my weight loss again.
I wish you all the best on your journeys!
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