You burned how much?!
cupcakes_and_cardio
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Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
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I exercise for about 50 minutes, and I burn between 500 and 600 calories. I put the incline up to 18, and fast walk at about 3.7-3.9 mph. You can really start to feel it in that time, and I was surprised that by bumping the incline up ALL the way, it burns pretty much the same as I would if I was jogging the whole time.
(I'm 4"11, 118 lbs. )
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It really depends on what the exercise is. I hear that both kettle bell, and Zumba can burn that much or potentially even more in an hour depending on intensity.
As far as house cleaning goes....I very seriously doubt it. Its got to be over exaggerated unless they're constantly moving heavy furniture and / or boxes in addition to running around the house like a maniac non-stop...and unless they've got a heart rate monitor to give them a ball park figure off of, I'd still be very doubtful.0 -
the more you weigh the higher calories you burn. for doing the same exercise. google calorie burn calculator.0
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Depends on their weight, too. When I was over 300 pounds, I burned around 600 calories on the elliptical in 30 minutes. Now, I burn just under 300 calories in 30 minutes.0
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I think mfp is set quite high for burns, I've found this out since wearing a HRM, as my burns have halved, think it also depends on your fitness levels as the fitter you are the longer it takes to get to fat burning mode0
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Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
so wait, by your logic (math isnt hard) you're also complaining about yourself.
if they bum 600 calories in an hour and you're saying you burn 250-270 in half an hour then arithmetic dictates you would be burning 500-540 calories if you worked out for an hour.. there's not too much of a difference between what you are saying are other's inflated numbers and your supposed correct ones.
are you really getting your panties in a bunch over 60-100 calorie difference? :laugh:
and like others have noted, different bodies burn different rates of calories. don;t consider yourself as what should be the norm0 -
you just proved the OP's point. sorry to break it to you, but you burned about half that...I exercise for about 50 minutes, and I burn between 500 and 600 calories. I put the incline up to 18, and fast walk at about 3.7-3.9 mph. You can really start to feel it in that time, and I was surprised that by bumping the incline up ALL the way, it burns pretty much the same as I would if I was jogging the whole time.
(I'm 4"11, 118 lbs. )
Hope that helps!0 -
Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
so wait, by your logic (math isnt hard) you're also complaining about yourself.
if they bum 600 calories in an hour and you're saying you burn 250-270 in half an hour then arithmetic dictates you would be burning 500-540 calories if you worked out for an hour.. there's not too much of a difference between what you are saying are other's inflated numbers and your supposed correct ones.
are you really getting your panties in a bunch over 60-100 calorie difference? :laugh:
and like others have noted, different bodies burn different rates of calories. don;t consider yourself as what should be the norm
Girl you know math and common sense is the devil!0 -
you just proved the OP's point. sorry to break it to you, but you burned about half that...I exercise for about 50 minutes, and I burn between 500 and 600 calories. I put the incline up to 18, and fast walk at about 3.7-3.9 mph. You can really start to feel it in that time, and I was surprised that by bumping the incline up ALL the way, it burns pretty much the same as I would if I was jogging the whole time.
(I'm 4"11, 118 lbs. )
Hope that helps!
how so? she said nothing about what her jog speed is. 3.9 is a fast walk. she's essentially saying had she stayed at an flatter incline and increased the speed she'd be burning the same amount of calories as with a fast walk and higher incline.0 -
Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
So you burn 500-540 for every hour you exercise but someone else burning 600 during their hour irritates you? :huh:0 -
Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
so wait, by your logic (math isnt hard) you're also complaining about yourself.
if they bum 600 calories in an hour and you're saying you burn 250-270 in half an hour then arithmetic dictates you would be burning 500-540 calories if you worked out for an hour.. there's not too much of a difference between what you are saying are other's inflated numbers and your supposed correct ones.
are you really getting your panties in a bunch over 60-100 calorie difference? :laugh:
and like others have noted, different bodies burn different rates of calories. don;t consider yourself as what should be the norm
She's saying that she thinks it's unlikely someone burned that much doing non-exercise activities such as cleaning the house...She's comparing the numbers she burned from doing ACTUAL exercises to the over-inflated numbers people are claiming to burn by cleaning their houses.
The difference is the activity, and the intensity. Doing actual exercises are usually more intense than simply cleaning your house.
Speaking of common sense, did anyone actually read the post? :laugh:0 -
you just proved the OP's point. sorry to break it to you, but you burned about half that...I exercise for about 50 minutes, and I burn between 500 and 600 calories. I put the incline up to 18, and fast walk at about 3.7-3.9 mph. You can really start to feel it in that time, and I was surprised that by bumping the incline up ALL the way, it burns pretty much the same as I would if I was jogging the whole time.
(I'm 4"11, 118 lbs. )
Hope that helps!
Agree. I weigh 138Ibs at 5'10, and at 92-95% of my max HR, running for 55 mins, I burnt 630, so I fail to see how someone your weight would burn that much walking that speed, no matter the incline. And I use a HRM for my burns. Gym machines and mfp are not reliable for exercise burns.0 -
MFP exaggerates calorie consumption of a lot of exercises. The best thing to do, as I have discovered is to get an HRM or other activity monitor.
kind regards,
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I just got done with 90 minutes on my stationary bike. Burned 1052 calories according to that thing. MFP estimated right under 1,000 ... but I'm gonna go with what my bike says because I 'sprinted' a few times and that made the calorie counter shoot up.
I got it a few weeks ago and my first few times I could barely move the pedals at 10 resistance. (Found out to my dismay that the max resistance is 16!) and I could only do it on about 5-8 resistance for a half hour at a time. I'm pretty damn excited to see that I can do 90 minutes on 10 resistance and even with a few sprints sprinkled in there now!
... Unfortunately I still have some work to do on my diet. lol0 -
It took me 5 hours today to burn 967 calories on my weekly clean. And my house is spotless! 0
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Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
so wait, by your logic (math isnt hard) you're also complaining about yourself.
if they bum 600 calories in an hour and you're saying you burn 250-270 in half an hour then arithmetic dictates you would be burning 500-540 calories if you worked out for an hour.. there's not too much of a difference between what you are saying are other's inflated numbers and your supposed correct ones.
are you really getting your panties in a bunch over 60-100 calorie difference? :laugh:
and like others have noted, different bodies burn different rates of calories. don;t consider yourself as what should be the norm
She's saying that she thinks it's unlikely someone burned that much doing non-exercise activities such as cleaning the house...She's comparing the numbers she burned from doing ACTUAL exercises to the over-inflated numbers people are claiming to burn by cleaning their houses.
The difference is the activity, and the intensity. Doing actual exercises are usually more intense than simply cleaning your house.
Speaking of common sense, did anyone actually read the post? :laugh:
The cleaning one I agree with, But she also added walking into it which is an exercise and should be counted and depending on what the person's weight is and how fast they walk they could be burning at least close to what they are claiming.
I just don't understand why it would matter what other people claim as their burns, If they are counting burns that are way over the real numbers it will only effect their own weight loss not anyone elses...0 -
Why worry so much about what others are doing?0
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I run at 6mph for an hour mon through friday. runner's world calculator, and others, estimate that at about 680 cals in an hour for my weight. My machine says a lot more, but i don't trust that. I see no reason not to believe 680 since it seems like all calcs put it at about that.0
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Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
so wait, by your logic (math isnt hard) you're also complaining about yourself.
if they bum 600 calories in an hour and you're saying you burn 250-270 in half an hour then arithmetic dictates you would be burning 500-540 calories if you worked out for an hour.. there's not too much of a difference between what you are saying are other's inflated numbers and your supposed correct ones.
are you really getting your panties in a bunch over 60-100 calorie difference? :laugh:
and like others have noted, different bodies burn different rates of calories. don;t consider yourself as what should be the norm
She's saying that she thinks it's unlikely someone burned that much doing non-exercise activities such as cleaning the house...She's comparing the numbers she burned from doing ACTUAL exercises to the over-inflated numbers people are claiming to burn by cleaning their houses.
The difference is the activity, and the intensity. Doing actual exercises are usually more intense than simply cleaning your house.
Speaking of common sense, did anyone actually read the post? :laugh:
i jumped on what she said because she also included walk on there. even the cleaning is iffy.
i suppose if the OP knows things like :
-what all these people's beginning fitness levels are,
-what they consider hardcore cleaning,
-how dirty their houses are,
-what the terrain is around their house,
-how tall they are
-how overweight they are
- how fast they were walking
then yeah she can b***** about how unfair it is that these people are somehow robbing the universe of those unearned burned calories. but if none of these are the case, i still stand by the hilarity of her getting her panties knotted and twisted over 60 -100 calorie difference between what she does and what other people do. i mean for all we know the OP is filing her finger nails and texting during those 30 minutes of exercise0 -
the more you weigh the higher calories you burn. for doing the same exercise. google calorie burn calculator.
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The thing that really bothers me about this thread is the fact that the OP, and any of us, feel it's our place to judge anyone on the amount of calories they do or don't burn while being active. I'm sure the OP doesn't know the weights of the people performing these activities. She also most likely doesn't know whether or not these people are struggling with debilitating conditions and other issues that limit their ability to exercise. Three years ago, due to the effects of Lupus, I was walking with a cane at the age of 27. People with Lupus experience symptoms like extreme fatigue and chronic joint pain, among many other things. When I first started on MFP, I was counting things like "Cleaning", "Cooking", and "Walking" as part of my calorie burns because that is all I could physically do at the time. The fact that I was able to move from the couch and push through the pain and be active was a BIG deal. Six months later, I am over the moon, as today I reached a milestone of having run 3.5 miles for the first time EVER.
So, when I add friends, I don't judge them on what they choose to do for exercise. I celebrate their successes with them and encourage them to work hard for their goals. I don't know how much they weigh and I don't know all of the trials and tribulations they face on a daily basis. All I know is that they are HERE and they are working to get HEALTHY and BETTER their lives. I refuse to minimize their progress and their successes. And, their calorie burns are to be commended, regardless of the activities and exercises they choose. They are doing SOMETHING, and that means A LOT.0 -
Nicely said, ChristinaR720!0
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The thing that really bothers me about this thread is the fact that the OP, and any of us, feel it's our place to judge anyone on the amount of calories they do or don't burn while being active. I'm sure the OP doesn't know the weights of the people performing these activities. She also most likely doesn't know whether or not these people are struggling with debilitating conditions and other issues that limit their ability to exercise. Three years ago, due to the effects of Lupus, I was walking with a cane at the age of 27. People with Lupus experience symptoms like extreme fatigue and chronic joint pain, among many other things. When I first started on MFP, I was counting things like "Cleaning", "Cooking", and "Walking" as part of my calorie burns because that is all I could physically do at the time. The fact that I was able to move from the couch and push through the pain and be active was a BIG deal. Six months later, I am over the moon, as today I reached a milestone of having run 3.5 miles for the first time EVER.
So, when I add friends, I don't judge them on what they choose to do for exercise. I celebrate their successes with them and encourage them to work hard for their goals. I don't know how much they weigh and I don't know all of the trials and tribulations they face on a daily basis. All I know is that they are HERE and they are working to get HEALTHY and BETTER their lives. I refuse to minimize their progress and their successes. And, their calorie burns are to be commended, regardless of the activities and exercises they choose. They are doing SOMETHING, and that means A LOT.
it's far more common for people to be in exercise denial than it is for them to have valid conditions..0 -
The thing that really bothers me about this thread is the fact that the OP, and any of us, feel it's our place to judge anyone on the amount of calories they do or don't burn while being active. I'm sure the OP doesn't know the weights of the people performing these activities. She also most likely doesn't know whether or not these people are struggling with debilitating conditions and other issues that limit their ability to exercise. Three years ago, due to the effects of Lupus, I was walking with a cane at the age of 27. People with Lupus experience symptoms like extreme fatigue and chronic joint pain, among many other things. When I first started on MFP, I was counting things like "Cleaning", "Cooking", and "Walking" as part of my calorie burns because that is all I could physically do at the time. The fact that I was able to move from the couch and push through the pain and be active was a BIG deal. Six months later, I am over the moon, as today I reached a milestone of having run 3.5 miles for the first time EVER.
So, when I add friends, I don't judge them on what they choose to do for exercise. I celebrate their successes with them and encourage them to work hard for their goals. I don't know how much they weigh and I don't know all of the trials and tribulations they face on a daily basis. All I know is that they are HERE and they are working to get HEALTHY and BETTER their lives. I refuse to minimize their progress and their successes. And, their calorie burns are to be commended, regardless of the activities and exercises they choose. They are doing SOMETHING, and that means A LOT.
I totally agree. Who cares how much someone else burns or how they burn it? Support your friends & stop projecting your frustrations on them.0 -
Why worry so much about what others are doing?
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I chewed gum for 15 minutes and burnt 3500 lbs. For some reason the scale just isn't showing it though.
lol seriously though, I agree. I've had (HAD) friends that say they bike for about 25 minutes with a burn of over 1000+. I dont give a fu(k how much you weigh, that is a bull**** burn, my friend and you are cheating yourself if you actually believe it.
I don't do stationaries due to how little they actually do burn. I put in 25 minutes to put it to the test, because some people I've seen do this before who are probably 2--or even 3 times lighter than me. Turns out, I only burned about 120 or so cals doing what i'd call moderate biking. I did about 10 miles in that 25 minutes, and I weigh 300+ pounds.
Now by all means, if you find your burns are actually making sense when you weigh in, then I stand corrected. But I haven't yet personally seen a case of this yet. I want everyone to succeed, It's just not that easy to get 1000 cals burned. Sorry to say it to everyone who feels a half hour on a stationary will do that for you.0 -
I have a bodymedia armband and I am 301lbs, a walk/jog of 6.5 miles and for 1hr 10min will get me at about 1,110 calories. I am on the middle edge of mets too so its not calculating if I breath heavy that its going into vigorous lol. Like someone said it depends on your weight, incline and just how fast you can get yourself moving and working out.
I know for a fact when I do housework I get about 200-300 calories. Even when I was being vigorous in the house it only hit 300. SO I am not really positive how they got 600 for housework, but we don't know if they raked the yard or mowed the grass and listed it as housework.
SO all I can say is worry for yourself and let others worry for themselves, because there body will never be yours and vis versa 0 -
Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
No negative comments to your negative comment? How about no. It irritates me that you can't understand that people who are bigger than you can burn more calories than you BECAUSE they're bigger than you. I'm 430+ pounds. I cleaned my entire garage out this afternoon. Including cleaning off all 400lb+ of my weight plates. I burned around 1500 calories, and that's me lowballing it. How about you do better yourself instead of looking down your nose at people who "clean" or "walked."0 -
...As far as house cleaning goes....I very seriously doubt it. Its got to be over exaggerated unless they're constantly moving heavy furniture and / or boxes in addition to running around the house like a maniac non-stop...and unless they've got a heart rate monitor to give them a ball park figure off of, I'd still be very doubtful.
I've never logged housecleaning (and don't intend to), but I will say there are times (for me) when it includes constantly moving heavy furniture and running around like a maniac
~ today as example being as I'm throwing a party tomorrow. And I figure too some surely are wearing a monitor to get a more accurate burn count. 0 -
Don't get me wrong, I love to see that people are working out or doing some sort of activity, but....I do hate when people say, "I just cleaned HARDCORE" or "I just went on a walk for an hour" and they burned almost 600 calories? I mean, I'm not a beast or anything, when I work out it's only for a half hour at a pop right now and I only burn about 250-270 cals depending. How is it that these people are burning so much? Is it all just too over-exaggerated like I'm assuming it is? To tell the truth, it kinda' irritates me....BTW, please no negative comments, I've seen a lot of them lately. Thanks
so wait, by your logic (math isnt hard) you're also complaining about yourself.
if they bum 600 calories in an hour and you're saying you burn 250-270 in half an hour then arithmetic dictates you would be burning 500-540 calories if you worked out for an hour.. there's not too much of a difference between what you are saying are other's inflated numbers and your supposed correct ones.
are you really getting your panties in a bunch over 60-100 calorie difference? :laugh:
and like others have noted, different bodies burn different rates of calories. don;t consider yourself as what should be the norm
I wish people would read what was typed before hurrying up to answer just because they were assuming. I said "cleaning" not "working out" or "being on the elliptical"0
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