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*Daily Chat Thread 4th June 2009***

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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    So says the lady with a cleaner!

    I am eating my survey chocolates.:A

    at least I've got three kids....

    I might sack my cleaners after today! talk about skimming the surface!
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    In order to lose a lb, you need to burn 3,000

    So, to lose a stone, you'd need to burn an extra 42,000 calories.

    Easy peasy....
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    Maz, thank you for sponsoring me btw xxxxxxxx
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    In order to lose a lb, you need to burn 3,000

    So, to lose a stone, you'd need to burn an extra 42,000 calories.
    Easy peasy....

    yeah no sweat:D
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    I thought it was 3,500 per lb
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    In order to lose a lb, you need to burn 3,000

    So, to lose a stone, you'd need to burn an extra 42,000 calories.

    Easy peasy....

    So that's enough energy to raise 1 ton of water 42 degrees - or to the temperature of a reasonably hot bath...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    Oh, there's plenty of sweat....
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    Well, according to Food Focus, I will have lost approx 0.43 lbs today!

    Whoop!
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • Bunnyinthelights
    Bunnyinthelights Posts: 15,278 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    I thought it was 3,500 per lb

    Shush woman
    Empty pockets never held anyone back, only empty heads and empty hearts can do that -Peale
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    I thought it was 3,500 per lb

    Well you know people from over that way use different pounds to the rest of us... ;)
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
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