fruityoaty ^..^

Yes, that’s the lazy fat cat known as Max in our previous house - in that perpetually half-awake, half-dreamy state. Thumbing his cat nose at our “furniture off-limits, yecch cat hair” rule. Now, he’s much too old and fat to jump up on anything… Hmm, we sold that “uncomfortable wicker set” recently - sofa, coffee table, 2 side tables and big chair. I won’t miss it.

A while ago, I had read somewhere on the Net that “you burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television”. I wondered if that statement was based on scientific fact or fiction so I did a quick Google search (instead of sleeping which is what I should have been doing).

The second photo above is that of Max on his *rug* in the family room of our current house, experiencing mirrors of his alternate personalities - Niki Sanders and Jessica Sanders… on my Dell 5160 Pentium 4 crash ‘n burn laptop and on my Dad’s new LG LCD television entertainment hub. (Dear Santa, I *really* want a shiny new MacBook Pro, please.)

So anyway… back to the burnin’ question: Can a creature, man or beast… burn more calories sleeping than watching television? According to this website and other Google results, it seems that the metabolic rate and calorie loss of a human when asleep is either the same or just a *little bit* higher than when watching the boob tube, however, the key difference is that people watching TV eat fatty, sugary or salty snacks during couch potato sessions… hence, more calories (and fat asses). Yes, we all pretty much KNEW THAT already. A table excerpt taken from that website:

Either way, I should *really* get more… sleep… right after a few hours of TV. I just can’t seem to sleep. I.can’t.seem.to.sleep. I.lie.awake. I.lie.awake.

Hmm, I suddenly have a hankering to eat some spicy Trinidadian Doubles.

Adieu,

fruitless, Sleepless in a Sea of Cattle

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