Is burning 1000 Cals alot?

I burn that at the gym Atleast and am currently trying to get to 2000 but so far I'm getting stuck at 1600 on cardio I never include weight training Cals but anyway is that good or just normal? How many do you burn? And how much should I be eating if I want to loose weight quick ?
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  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    What are you doing to burn 1000 calories? If your using the machines their calorie quotes are normally high.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    What are you doing to burn 1000 calories? If your using the machines their calorie quotes are normally high.

    This

    Why do you feel the need to burn 2000 cals during a workout?
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    I burn that at the gym Atleast and am currently trying to get to 2000 but so far I'm getting stuck at 1600 on cardio I never include weight training Cals but anyway is that good or just normal? How many do you burn? And how much should I be eating if I want to loose weight quick ?

    Depends how often do u do it, do u feel sore after that or have muscle strain and do u eat enough.Because u can not eat 1200 cal and burn 1000 cal, you will burn out.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    what are you doing that is burning that much?? i'm on my bike for two and a half hours and i'll burn 1200 calories, but that is once a week!! a 90 minute run might burn me about 1200 calories, but again, once a week!! to aim to burn 1000+ calories a day would be really unsustainable for the average person... geez, probably hard for the average professional triathlete!!
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    what are you doing that is burning that much?? i'm on my bike for two and a half hours and i'll burn 1200 calories, but that is once a week!! a 90 minute run might burn me about 1200 calories, but again, once a week!! to aim to burn 1000+ calories a day would be really unsustainable for the average person... geez, probably hard for the average professional triathlete!!

    Maybe it is "Insanity cardio " I heard it burns a lot.
  • I think 1000 and even more 2000 burned calories through gym is a crazy amount. It would take me to run 2 to 4 hours a day ( and energy that I simply don´t have). I burn around 500 every day through sports. I´m not a specialist but you look already skinny in your picture, please take care of yourself and don´t obsess over exercise. An hour sports every second day and a balanced 1500 cals diet ( or whatever -20% of your tdee is ) and you´re good to go. ( English is not my native language, whoever finds mistakes, can keep them :P )
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon
  • jenncornelsen
    jenncornelsen Posts: 969 Member
    not normal. especially if working out is somewhat new to u. i burn about 300 cals a day doing cardio and twice a week weight training i average 45 min. i dont over do it because i am doing it daily and being new to exercise i have injured myself in the past trying to do too much too soon
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon

    *twitch*
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon

    *twitch*

    :laugh:
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  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    I used to think this way - totally switched away - you will raise cortisol levels and that works against fat loss (speaking simplistically).
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I'm also curious how your burn 1000 calories. I burn around 335 in a HIIT class, 300-350 in spinning, 300 in a PT session. If I did purely cardio it would take me nearly 2 hours to burn that many.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    Agree with what everyone else has said, 1000 cals is a really high goal, and 2000 is pretty much crazy. I'll burn over 1000 during my long runs (10-15 miles) but that's only once a week. Normally I burn 300-500.

    Of course, the more you weigh the more calories you burn. So if you are really overweight 1000 might be more realistic. But I think 2000 is too high of goal for most people. Take it easy, slow and steady wins the race!
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon

    *twitch*

    right?? i've only ever done a 21 km marathon...
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon

    *twitch*

    right?? i've only ever done a 21 km marathon...

    *runs away screaming*



    (But not a far as a 15km marathon)
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    emily_stew wrote: »
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon

    *twitch*

    What's a 15km marathon?
    marathon of running....if u make it (and survive !!! ) u might burn that cal
  • DYELB
    DYELB Posts: 7,407 Member
    I'm doing a couch to marathon training program.
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    edited March 2015
    They make such thing here.But it is not for everyone......Just wanted to emphasize how much is 1000 or 2000 cal.....
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    emily_stew wrote: »
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Unless you're spending hours at the gym, it's doubtful you are burning that much. Machines can often-times over inflate calorie burn estimates.

    But in general, 1000 calories is alot, and 2000 is beyond overkill. You're leaving yourself open to injury even trying to get that much.

    Yes def 2000 is too,too much and 1000 cal maybe if u do 15 km marathon

    *twitch*

    What's a 15km marathon?
    marathon of running....if u make it (and survive !!! ) u might burn that cal

    A marathon is 42km (26.2 miles)

    You can do a 15km run.
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    They make such thing here.But it is not for everyone.

    No they don't. They do a 15km race.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    They make such thing here.But it is not for everyone.

    A marathon is a set distance - 42.195km or 26 miles and 385 yards.
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    They make such thing here.But it is not for everyone.

    No they don't. They do a 15km race.

    ok race....whatever....The point still stands that u have to workout probably 3 h to burn that cal .
  • FashionQueen86
    FashionQueen86 Posts: 51 Member
    Someone said to just take half the calories burned on those machines and use that. There's an elliptical machine that I first used when I first joined the gym. It wasn't a regular elliptical, but it's hard to describe it. But it had me sweating, heart pumping, said I lost close to 700 calories for a full hour, but what if that's not true? It sure felt I did.
  • Iron_Feline
    Iron_Feline Posts: 10,750 Member
    Someone said to just take half the calories burned on those machines and use that. There's an elliptical machine that I first used when I first joined the gym. It wasn't a regular elliptical, but it's hard to describe it. But it had me sweating, heart pumping, said I lost close to 700 calories for a full hour, but what if that's not true? It sure felt I did.

    It's not true. Sorry.
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  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Its possible to burn 1000 calories, but it requires a lot of time and effort imo either by duration or intensity. The more you weigh the easier it is. The OP never returned to the thread, but like everyone else I would be querying where she was taking the burns from, her weight, as well as the duration and intensity of what she was doing.

    1000 calories is manageable over 2hrs, 2000 is just getting silly imo and youd need rest after.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    I got almost 1000 exercise calories yesterday but that took and hour of Zumba, 20 mins of intervals on a gym bike and around 3 miles of walking. How are you measuring it?
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I would be surprised if I burned 1000 calories exercising a week...and I go 5 days.