How come your body burns 2000 calories a day by existing, but running a mile only burns 100 calories?

Question

How come your body burns 2000 calories a day by existing, but running a mile only burns 100 calories?

In: Biology

Answer 1

If your body burns 2000 calories a day just existing, that’s ~83 calories an hour on average.

Compared to that, you can run a mile in a fifth to a tenth of an hour, burning 100 calories. So it’s actually very effective if you think about it.

Small and steady goes a scary long way.