Burning calories in your sleep?

Question

do you burn calories while you sleep? or while doing everyday activities like watching TV and sitting in school or at work? If i'm on a 2,000 calorie diet i don't want to have to burn over 2,000 calories in the gym, so I'm hoping that I burn calories during the day as well.

Answer 1

I read that you burn 60 an hour when you're awake but I'm unsure of how many when you're asleep. Sorry i didn't help much, honestly I was looking for the answer too.

Answer 2

yes, although very few compared to the daytime

if you are on a 2000 cal diet you dont need to burn 2000 in the gym because your BMR & RMR determine how much your body burns just by functioning normally. this will depend on you age, body fat %, lean muscle mass, blood pressure, normal activity, genetics etc... for a healthy male in his early 20's who is of avg height/weight/activity & eating 2000cal/day will already burn @ 2000cal in 24 hrs,so, to lose weight (about 1lb/week) he'd only have to burn @ an add'l 500cal/day in the gym-

Answer 3

You burn calories all of the time.

Answer 4

During your sleep you burn about 300 kJ per hour, if you convert it into

calories you obtain (1 calorie = 4,18 joules). So you burn about  574 calories during your whole night.  (Which is 574.4 kcal, or "food" Calories, per night.)