Burning 1000 calories at the gym?
bethany_h_xx
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hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
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That is a lot.0
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I'd have to work out very intensively for over 2 hours to burn that... basically at the intensity that leaves me exhausted after one hour. Not happening, sorry, unless you're really overweight.0
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1000 calories is A LOT!!!!
Better to just get your diet right, and any calories burnt during exercise be treated as gravy.0 -
bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
OK based on the fact I can burn 100 calories in 14 mins at level 18/25 (which is pretty high resistance on these ones) on the elliptical with a HR above 150 (Polar FT 4 HRM) that would take me 2 hours and 20 minutes if I was capable of keeping that intensity up ... which I'm really not even though I'm reasonably fit now
Gym machines are really not accurate at all .. half the calories they give
If you want to lose 2lb a week focus on your diet and exercise for health and some extra calories
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bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
No.
Because honestly, it's not do-able long term. Do you have 2-3 hours a day to spend at the gym, working out at incredibly high intensity? Probably not. Also, rest days, pretty important for overall health.
Why not set a realisitic goal? Aim to lose about 1.5lbs a week, cut 750 calories per day through a combination of diet and exercise?
Even that may be unrealistic. You're 166 at 5'2, which is admittedly overweight, but not to the extent where creating a 1000 calorie deficit is going to be easy. I'm guessing when you throw 2lbs a week in MFP it tells you to only eat 1200 calories?0 -
Use your diet for weight loss. Exercise should be for health and fitness.
If you exercise to lose weight, you're doing it wrong.
Also, only aim to lose 0.5% of your current body weight per week. You should weigh 400 lbs if you want to lose that much weight. Losing any more than 0.5% of your body weight per week is aggressive and can lead to negative effects on your health.
Just do a nice, minimum 30 minute workout per day. It doesn't really matter what you do because anything will lead to an improvement to your health. Start out easy and slowly ramp yourself up to more intense workouts, if that's what you want to do. Also, rest days are super important. When you're first starting out, if you do more than a 30 minute walk or light run, only workout once every other day, 3 or 4 times per week. Rest allows your body to recover and heal. If you do not rest, you will run the risk of injuring yourself and you will begin to see negative results overall.
You didn't put on all this extra weight in less than a year, so why do you think it's appropriate to lose all of it so quickly? Life isn't a race. By trying to go faster, you'll end up further behind than where you started.0 -
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I'd be skeptical of the calorie counts given by the gym machines. Discount them by one-third to one-half and you'll be much closer to your actual burn, in my experience. Then again, if you aren't "eating back" your exercise calories, the machine readings really don't matter much....................0
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so you are saying there is a chance?bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
OK based on the fact I can burn 100 calories in 14 mins at level 18/25 (which is pretty high resistance on these ones) on the elliptical with a HR above 150 (Polar FT 4 HRM) that would take me 2 hours and 20 minutes if I was capable of keeping that intensity up ... which I'm really not even though I'm reasonably fit now
Gym machines are really not accurate at all .. half the calories they give
If you want to lose 2lb a week focus on your diet and exercise for health and some extra calories0 -
so you are saying there is a chance?bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
OK based on the fact I can burn 100 calories in 14 mins at level 18/25 (which is pretty high resistance on these ones) on the elliptical with a HR above 150 (Polar FT 4 HRM) that would take me 2 hours and 20 minutes if I was capable of keeping that intensity up ... which I'm really not even though I'm reasonably fit now
Gym machines are really not accurate at all .. half the calories they give
If you want to lose 2lb a week focus on your diet and exercise for health and some extra calories
Personally I don't see how it's even doable in a healthy way, if she only has 40 pounds to lose. 1 pound a week is a much more reasonable deficit.0 -
so you are saying there is a chance?bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
OK based on the fact I can burn 100 calories in 14 mins at level 18/25 (which is pretty high resistance on these ones) on the elliptical with a HR above 150 (Polar FT 4 HRM) that would take me 2 hours and 20 minutes if I was capable of keeping that intensity up ... which I'm really not even though I'm reasonably fit now
Gym machines are really not accurate at all .. half the calories they give
If you want to lose 2lb a week focus on your diet and exercise for health and some extra calories
Personally I don't see how it's even doable in a healthy way, if she only has 40 pounds to lose. 1 pound a week is a much more reasonable deficit.
i was joking…
trying to burn 1000 calories a day sounds like a horrible idea…
OP - just eat in a deficit and stick to your training regimen….0 -
so you are saying there is a chance?bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
OK based on the fact I can burn 100 calories in 14 mins at level 18/25 (which is pretty high resistance on these ones) on the elliptical with a HR above 150 (Polar FT 4 HRM) that would take me 2 hours and 20 minutes if I was capable of keeping that intensity up ... which I'm really not even though I'm reasonably fit now
Gym machines are really not accurate at all .. half the calories they give
If you want to lose 2lb a week focus on your diet and exercise for health and some extra calories
bwahahahaha
(that's the sad part isn't it .. cos that's what some people might read)0 -
so you are saying there is a chance?bethany_h_xx wrote: »hi
If I was to burn 1000 calories every day at the gym do you think I would be on track for losing 2lbs per week?
How accurate are the gym machines?
I weigh 11 stone 12 at 5 foot 2
Thanks
OK based on the fact I can burn 100 calories in 14 mins at level 18/25 (which is pretty high resistance on these ones) on the elliptical with a HR above 150 (Polar FT 4 HRM) that would take me 2 hours and 20 minutes if I was capable of keeping that intensity up ... which I'm really not even though I'm reasonably fit now
Gym machines are really not accurate at all .. half the calories they give
If you want to lose 2lb a week focus on your diet and exercise for health and some extra calories
Personally I don't see how it's even doable in a healthy way, if she only has 40 pounds to lose. 1 pound a week is a much more reasonable deficit.
i was joking…
trying to burn 1000 calories a day sounds like a horrible idea…
OP - just eat in a deficit and stick to your training regimen….
I figured, but I thought I'd still post something in case someone took you seriously, lol.0 -
You'd be in the gym for hours and hours and hours at your weight working at an intensity that would probably be difficult to sustain to burn that.
In other words? Not likely that you'd be able to do it. It's also a horrible idea. Losing 2 pounds a week is an unrealistic goal for you. The idea of fast weight loss is appealing, but the problem with it is that you're not just burning fat, you're losing muscle. The more muscle you lose, the slower your metabolism when you get to goal weight, and the less you get to eat when you get there. Think long and hard about that.
Just eat at a calorie deficit... a healthy one... and stick to a reasonable exercise program for fitness. There are not shortcuts, sorry.0 -
Those machines in the gym, and even some mfp calculations on calories burnt are very over estimated. So when it says you've burnt 1000 calories, it's probably more likely 300 calories burnt.
Even if you are really burning that, you would not be able to keep that routine up long term. That much cardio would drain you.
Just eat at a deficit and you'll lose weight.0 -
I burn around 1,000 or more consistently 4 or 5 days per week. One day per week I hit my goal number of 3,000. However, it's not all at once and certainly not on a machine. I split it up throughout the day and use various activities including walking, running, lifting, dancing, various machines and classes e.g., boxing, MMA, wave master, spinning, barre, etc. At this point I've lost all I can lose, anything else is a challenge number (vanity pounds to see if I can hit a number). Right now I'm working toward 115, just because. So yes... I'd say you could do that. But it's a huge effort. On my challenges all I do is work, train, eat, sleep.
For weight loss I would suggest changing your diet, more specifically the number of calories you're consuming.
Personally I like to look at work outs as training and a way to improve upon athleticism, form, technique... not to lose weight. Yup... I like burning up the calories too but if you're exercising right and burning more than you're eating the weight loss will happen naturally.
I know it doesn't matter what you eat but I have found that sticking to the basic 3's (protein, veggies, healthy fats) is what really helps me to stay thin yet super toned.
Maybe some of this helped, maybe not. In the end, if you follow your plan you'll lose a bunch of weight and when you burn out or when your life changes and you don't have time to get 1,000 per day, the weight will creep back on.
Oh, also, in terms of gym cardio machines. They don't calculate calories burned very well. I have my own machine at my house and it's set up based on my stats so it gives me a fairly accurate burn within 10 to 20. The ones at gyms are all standard. Set up for say a 200 lb man. You would be smarter to go by time vs. calories if you're only relying on a machine. You're also better off with quick hits vs. spending hours on an elliptical. Not that I haven't done that but I've found over the years that a quick intense 20 to 30 minutes on a machine along with some reps is way more effective at burning a lot of calories than just staying on a machine.0 -
If you are burning 1000 calories per day, then yes, you would be on track for 2 lbs per week. But if you are basing that number off of the machines, you'll be disappointed. At your weight, burning 1000 calories is equivalent to riding a bicycle 50 miles (80km).0
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This thread popped up a few weeks back..... most machines highly overestimate calorie burns, it takes me around 2 hrs to burn that running but I'm petite and getting on a bit lol0
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You could burn 1,000 a day and still not lose 2lb a week if your diet isn't right.
Personally, I burn over 1,000 a day but that is usually over 3-4 hours of exercise and includes strength training, running, rowing, elliptical and workout DVDs. To do this just in the gym, I think I would have to be there for 3 hours +
As I said though, whether this works for you is heavily diet dependent. At my heaviest I ate 6,000 calories a day on a weekday and 10,000 calories a day on a weekend...(I know this might seem hard to believe but when you consider this included about 15 pints, 3 pizzas and some curries on a Saturday, it explains it). If I was still doing that then my 1,000 a day wouldn't even touch it and I would still gain weight. Now I eat around 2,200-2,500 and am in a deficit due to exercise I do lose weight.
You can work out all day every day if you want, but it's how you eat that dictates your weight loss.
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TimothyFish wrote: »If you are burning 1000 calories per day, then yes, you would be on track for 2 lbs per week. But if you are basing that number off of the machines, you'll be disappointed. At your weight, burning 1000 calories is equivalent to riding a bicycle 50 miles (80km).
Nooooooo.... You do not burn 200 calories per hour of moderate exercise. For me, a 50 mile bike ride would take a solid 4-5 hours (yes, I'm slow. I'm out of shape, but I need to push myself pretty hard ot maintain a decent speed on the bike).
I find that, in general, I burn about 400-700 calories per hour on my bike, depending on how hard I'm pushing myself. To burn 1000 calories, I need to ride for 2 hours, or about 20-30 miles. Casual observations find that this is a pretty average burn for most cyclists. 2 hours = about 1000 calories. Distance covered is dependent on how hard the rider rides and how fit the individual is.0 -
My diet is good I'm on 1200 a day.
I'm currently on the sick so that's why I think it's possible to do that much or I could just become a couch potato0 -
bethany_h_xx wrote: »My diet is good I'm on 1200 a day.
I'm currently on the sick so that's why I think it's possible to do that much or I could just become a couch potato
I hope that's 1200 calories NET. In other words, if you do nothing all day, you eat 1200 calories. If you burn 1000 calories in the gym, you eat 2200 calories.
If you eat 1200 calories and burn 1000 calories, you're setting yourself up for a world of hurt.0 -
Eat to perform.0
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bethany_h_xx wrote: »My diet is good I'm on 1200 a day.
I'm currently on the sick so that's why I think it's possible to do that much or I could just become a couch potato
You're not well enough to work but you're well enough to spend 2 hours at high intensity in a gym?
How does that work?0 -
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bethany_h_xx wrote: »My diet is good I'm on 1200 a day.
I'm currently on the sick so that's why I think it's possible to do that much or I could just become a couch potato
Your body burns more than 1200 calories just living.
What makes you think that two pounds per week is the right rate of loss for you?
How much do you plan on eating to support 1000 calorie burns at the gym on top of what your body burns just living?
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I estimate that I burned about 1,000 Calories at the gym yesterday. But I'm 255 lbs. and a former endurance athlete. I have an additional 1,000 Calorie deficit in my diet that I have been hitting every day for the last five months.
But what did I do when I got home? Right to the couch. So even though I may have truly burnt those calories, my NEAT decreased because I didn't have enough energy to do my normal evening activities. That is something that can easily be overlooked.
I generally target 600-800 Calories in my workouts which leaves me enough energy for the rest of the day.0 -
chivalryder wrote: »TimothyFish wrote: »If you are burning 1000 calories per day, then yes, you would be on track for 2 lbs per week. But if you are basing that number off of the machines, you'll be disappointed. At your weight, burning 1000 calories is equivalent to riding a bicycle 50 miles (80km).
Nooooooo.... You do not burn 200 calories per hour of moderate exercise. For me, a 50 mile bike ride would take a solid 4-5 hours (yes, I'm slow. I'm out of shape, but I need to push myself pretty hard ot maintain a decent speed on the bike).
I find that, in general, I burn about 400-700 calories per hour on my bike, depending on how hard I'm pushing myself. To burn 1000 calories, I need to ride for 2 hours, or about 20-30 miles. Casual observations find that this is a pretty average burn for most cyclists. 2 hours = about 1000 calories. Distance covered is dependent on how hard the rider rides and how fit the individual is.
@chivalryder, I'm not saying you're wrong, but I am curious what method you use to verify that you are burning 700 calories per hour. According to my HRM and MFP and the calculator on Bicycling.com, I burn over 1300 calories on my regular 21 mile ride. But according to bikecalculator.com and an Excel spreadsheet that does a calculation based on the physics of moving a body a distance on a bicycle, it is more like 500. Given the two very different estimations, I compared my weight loss with expected results and found that my weight loss is more consistent with 500 calorie burns than it is with 1300 calorie burns. So, either I'm burning only 500 or I'm eating 800 calories per day more than I'm logging. Some people will say that is possible, since I don't weigh my food, but it is highly unlikely, since I've been losing weight consistently, even when I don't exercise.
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