ok, i've waited long enough

People have told me, or said, or I've read "Calories in Calories OUt"  WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?  so if I eat 1000 calories a day I have to exercise to work off 1000 calories?  (haha, that isnt' gonna happen) are they nuts?  anyway, i've been affraid to ask and look too stupid.  so you all know i'm stupid now, so what the hell.  what's it mean?

You might want to ask on the nutrition forum or the exercise forum too but, from what I gather: Your body needs a certain amount of calories to "survive" (breathe, walk, brain function, etc).  If you eat too much, the extra gets stored as........fat and such, and we gain weight.  If you exercise, you burn off some of that extra that you have taken in.  So, you don't need to burn off everything you take in...just the extra.   I THINK that's how it works but I am NO WHERE near sure that I am right.   Hope someone else has some ideas too!

what a great explaination, your so smart.  thank you.  oh, and as far as brain function, I dont' need much calories for that one.  no wonder i've got so much extra. hehe

yeah, what she said, so go move your butt on that wii!  

PS: According to an app on my iphone, 2 1/2 hours of downhill skiing (light intensity) is get this 891 calories burned!  I had net 489 calories on  Monday!! 

tiggrpt did a great job of explaining IMO.  If you want to estimate what your resting metabolic rate is (that is the amount of calories you need per day when doing nothing but resting) then click on this link and follow the directions.  When you exercise you increase the rate you burn calories at.  I hope this, along with the other explanation is helpful

Bev

the who? i'm ok, I dont think I need to know my "Metabolic rate"  cause once I find out who she is, I won't know what to do with her.  This is way too hard.  I'll just keep loosing 1/2 a lb. a week.  lol

thanks guys 

lol....I don't like dealing with calories too much, hurts my little brain.

Nothing wrong with a 1/2 lb a week.  That means that you are burning approx. 1700 more calories a week than you need, so you are doing something right!