Infographic: More than you wanted to know about fat

Here at Ragan Communications, we’ve just begun our second weight loss competition, so I’d guess you could say many of us around here are more than a little bit obsessed about our weights, the calories we consume, the exercise we get, and more.

As for fat … well, yeah, isn’t that what we’re carrying around and trying to burn off?

This infographic from DegreeSearch.org includes some numbers to which my coworkers and I should pay attention.

• An average woman 5 feet 4 inches tall weighing 166 pounds is carrying around 46.5 pounds of fat.
• Cycling burns off calories faster than yoga. (Biking will do it in four hours and 20 minutes per pound of fat while yoga takes 17 hours and 10 minutes.)
• Muscle and fat both burn calories. Guess which burns about three times as much? Hint: It’s not fat.

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