How does your body burn 2000 calories a day without any effort, but running a mile only burns 100 calories?
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Running a mile takes maybe 10 minutes. Burning those other 2000 calories takes 24 hours.
Basically you burn 1.4 calories a minute just existing. So if you run a mile, you’re burning a significantly higher number of calories in the minutes it takes you to complete the mile. But it’s still not a whole lot compared to the other 23+ hours of the day.
Think of it like gasoline: if you drive to the corner store which takes you ten minutes round trip, your car will burn less gas than if you left it idling in your driveway for 24 hours.
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