you still undergo basic bodily functions while you sleep. Heartbeat, brain function, digestion etc. All bodily processes burn some calories. Same reason you burn calories while you're sitting down doing nothing. Save
a 150 pound person sleeping for 8 hours burns 489 calories.
You will eventually die. You need about 2000 calories to stay alive. Keep in mind that you burn calories by just sleeping. So, the calories you burn while working out are not the only ones. *Education is key.*
Because you burn calories while sleeping
There are several tools out there now that allow you to keep track of the calories you burn in a day. There are armbands that you can wear all day long and it will track calories you burn during any activity, no matter how mild, from sleeping to running.
When we sleep, we actually burn about 77 calories per hour. Not too bad for doing nothing!
Just being lazy burns more calories than sleeping, which is the least amount of activity your body can generally have outside of being in a coma. Your brain burns between 5 and 25% of the total calories you burn in any 24-hour period.
You lose the same amount, but in the morning you will continue to burn calories throughout the day after your workout, because when you are sleeping your mind and body shuts down, not allowing yourself to burn calories.
I read in this health book , i think it was the healthy food guide that you burn slightly more calories sleeping than just sitting and watching. It has something to do with your body repairing cells and other stuff it has to work slightly harder than when you're just sitting.
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No sleeping does not increase your metabolic rate . However, when you are asleep your body will burn less calories than it would if your were Up and Moving around .
Running raises our metabolic rate, so we burn calories even while at rest. Running helps to burn calories while watching TV, while sleeping, even while taking a shower.
"Ease" is relative to the individual and therefor there can be no "easiest" way for everyone. However, for most people, the easiest way to burn any number of calories is by sleeping. When asleep there is no conscious effort being made and, hence, the calories are burned with considerable ease.