You burn more calories when you're sleeping than when you're awake watching television
Watching TV you burn approx. 85 calories/hour
While sleeping you burn approx 95 calories/hour
That means if you are getting the recommended 8 hours of sleep per night, you burn about 760 calories, just by sleeping!
The moral of the story is, rest is good!
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67 Comments
George Oliver Prince
Do I get more points if I toss and turn in my sleep?
gridirongreen
I once slept so long that my body burned up all available calories, then started burning my pillow. That's what woke me up.
John W Shreve
With some of the dreams I have, I would think I burn more.
Glenda Bennett
I burn more calories watching tv cause i have to get up every time an add comes on
Ben
People have the knack of cracking jokes about the question. Some kind of disorder I suppose or want to draw attention to themselves.
Armadillo
robert, thanks for clearing that up.
regonzalez
This answer is not correct.... when sleeping you burn about 90% of the calories you would burn while awake, watching TV..... you always burn more calories, while awake, even if you"re lying down on a abed.
gorilla
I don't believe it.
Cohelian
Where do they get that answer from?
Cheryl Albers
Tony Parks, too funny 😄
Chrissie
Cheryl Romano, good for you, Cheryl.
But I don't understand the "pile of finished Afghans". Are you knitting dogs? Or crocheting them?
Chrissie
Elizabeth Buehler-Miller, seriously? Not a reliable source? Oh dear. And here was me looking forward to mailing my weight away.
Diding Otico
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robert
"The correct answer is you Burn MORE calories while watching TV. While sleeping you burn about 80 percent of the calories that you would have burnt, while watching TV.
“On average, when asleep, a person burns roughly 90 percent of the calories they would if they were sitting on the couch watching television,” Fish says. So, yes, watching the tube does burn slightly more calories—but that doesn't mean it's a healthy habit."
Mike Liston Vanterpool
I wish I could talk to the person that posted this question. Even without my knowledge of exercise science, coming sense comes into play here. When we're asleep the body actually reduces energy expended for essential function vs when we're awake. Therefore one cannot burn more calories asleep than when we're awake.
Iancompat
More BS!
Linda Campell Xenakis
Yes you doGeorge Oliver Prince,
dragondawg
You burn more watching TV believe it or not. Not by much, but the correct answer to how this question is phrased, is FALSE. Get the correct facts people!!