I did look up Taubs on you tube.... now I will see what Venuto has to say. It seems like there is perhaps TOO much information out there and so many conflicts! I did try to calculate the "calorie" burn on my activities...how many carbs burned to one calorie? hadta kinda laughing at myself right now...

beginners yoga 45 minutes says 200 calories but I think its less, but honestly I dont do it to lose I am doing it now because it feels wonderful.

Jillian 30 minutes = 400

Upper OR lower = 200 20 min

Core = 100 10 min

Treadmill 3 mph 3 incline = 400 3 - 3.2 mph is getting pretty "easy" for me my stride is long ( Im 5-8 ) so I consider this just a basic need to move ... after 2 years of being completely sedontary (SP) miserable depressed the list goes on....Im thinking again that this is just basic needed daily movement. I dont have a real active life right now...but wont go into that much detail...yet.

Yoga again = 200 the pm yoga on my dvd is sooooo relaxing it has helped immensly on my sleep....love yoga

so it seems on a normal day 1500 "calories" is what I burn including the 400 am/pm yoga which I really think is too high..... I keep saying calories simply because that is how excersize is geared....I know calories "dont count" and carbs is what my focus is....maybe I should stop watching Biggest Loser ROFLMAO....interesting fact about me.... I spent 6 weeks at their Malibu facility and lost 36 lbs a few years back. Wish I had the money to do it again...I would in a heartbeat....anyways back to youtube I go. Thank you Seejay