activities on CC
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm wondering if the number of calories CC says is burned in an activity includes the calories that would be burnt anyway (by doing nothing) or not. For example, if you'd be burning X amount of calories by doing nothing for an hour, and you burn Y EXTRA calories by running for an hour, then does the number CC shows mean just Y or X+Y?
Did that make sense? basically if it says you burn 200 calories, is that an extra 200 calories you burn all day, or 200 calories minus the calories you'd be burning by doing nothing in that time anyway.
LOL sorry, I'm bored enough to be confusing myself with this stuff. I could be jumping around instead, probably a more productive activity =p
It will take the amount you would NORMALLY burn (calories your body consumes just by living), subtract from the amount burned doing the activity, and adjust for the new burn amount.
To avoid confusion, Sheila described what the burn meter does.
The answer to your question is "yes" - the activity list gives TOTAL kcal, not 'extra'.
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