ღ Chess Diets ღ

I have no idea..

Thinking....

I'm waiting on jamie...she has some great ideas 

there has to be a way to lose weight during all the hours we put in here. if we think of it, we could make a fortune!

I'm off to make lamb chops now.... been a long day!

I use my finger a lot ... its about 2 calories a click!

swimming while playing chess:

Kay will help me!!!

what if you tapped your feet the whole time?

1 calorie a tap.

lmao

lol!!

heard once that when two Chess Grandmasters play a five hour game of chess, the intense concentration and focus they have causes their bodies to burn as many calories as someone playing a sport during that time, such as running.

For example, Dr. Robert Sapolsky claimed that:

… [with] chess masters in the middle of a tournament, they are going through six to seven thousand calories a day thinking. [They are] turning on a massive physiological stress response simply with thought and doing the same thing with their bodies as if they were some baboon that’s just ripped open the stomach of their worst rival — it’s all with thought.

Is there any truth behind this?

Running for that long would be the same as running a marathon, and I just don't believe that sitting playing chess can use as much energy. However I do believe that it must burn more calories then usual.

I am stunned by that!! My behind is telling me that I'm not thinking hard enough!

My gut instinct says....wow, look at that gut!

lol its not your behind or gut that should be burning calories

I've burnt so many calories today. 

Played no chess...lol

why aren't all men skinny then? If thinking burns calories...and men think about sex ???? times a day....OH, I got it now ConnorMacleod_151.

ok...i been studying this topic.

Basically... chess is a brain activity.

Bottom line is ...

....

Playing chess loses a calorie every 3 minutes 

*Proven by the geeks at the University of Cambridge*

A chess diet ? I suppose you have balance out how many knights you capture to bishops per game etc. Never heard of it :P

Ye old "conkers". I recall having a few, never won a single game of conkers.