7,200 calories burned in a day?!

datsundriver87

BILLBRYTAN wrote: »

Those calorie figures seem a bit high as did mine when I used Fitbit. I now use a pedometer which won't sync with MFP so I enter the figures manually. Some days I do 50,000 steps for about 2000 calories. When you walk, run or move faster most activity monitors read that you are running and increase the stride length thus artificially inflating figures. At least that is what happened to me. Try manually setting your stride length the same for walking and running.

Thank you very much this is something that actually makes allot of sense and would explain it being a bit high. I will watch my deficit for the next couple weeks again and see where I'm realistically at weekly but i guess no way to ever tell exactly how much I can burn in a single day, thank you everyone for the responses and the help

MelodyandBarbells

Carrying heavy weights and sprinting?? Holy crap!

I decided to approach this by looking at 65 lbs lost over six months. If 1 lb of fat is 3500 calories, then you've eaten at a deficit of:

65 lbs of fat X 3500 calories = 227500 calories, over six months

Therefore the average daily deficit is: 227,500 / (6 months X 30 days) = 1264 calories per day

Ignoring your changing weight over the six month period, add that to what you're eating daily for a rough estimate of your TDEE. I'll be the gullible one here and say I'm willing to entertain a 6-7000 TDEE on some days

Assumptions and simplifications: accurate logging, only fat lost, and probably more

What exactly is it you do for a living? Are you signed up for some crazy expensive employees insurance?

datsundriver87

JaneiR36 wrote: »

Carrying heavy weights and sprinting?? Holy crap!

I decided to approach this by looking at 65 lbs lost over six months. If 1 lb of fat is 3500 calories, then you've eaten at a deficit of:

65 lbs of fat X 3500 calories = 227500 calories, over six months

Therefore the average daily deficit is: 227,500 / (6 months X 30 days) = 1264 calories per day

Ignoring your changing weight over the six month period, add that to what you're eating daily for a rough estimate of your TDEE. I'll be the gullible one here and say I'm willing to entertain a 6-7000 TDEE on some days

Assumptions and simplifications: accurate logging, only fat lost, and probably more

What exactly is it you do for a living? Are you signed up for some crazy expensive employees insurance?

I pack and load people's household goods, when you move and are to lazy to do it yourself you hire me, most companies send a ton of guys I work for a company that believes two guys is all that's needed to move a house no matter the size, and yes our insurance is pretty impressive lol. In the last 6 months I've been eating somewhere around 2500-3000 calories a day which I know only equates to 4500 or so tde a day which I would guess is prolly fairly accurate with having so many days of low calorie burn, not to mention over a month of the last 6 I was off work due to personal reasons, 2-3 pounds a week has been a consistent weight loss for me during work weeks

editorgrrl

datsundriver87 wrote: »

i had a body media for about 6 months and on a normal day of work it said I would burn roughly 6500 calories or so with about 30,000 steps. I always felt this was really high so I just switched to a Fitbit hr, two days into work first day was 6700 calories and yesterday was 7200 calories with 37,000 steps. I work for a moving company and pretty much run or at least walk from 8 am to about 6 so it's possible this is correct, just seems unrealistic to be burning that many calories

Your Fitbit burn is TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), the number of calories to maintain your current weight.

The only way to gauge the accuracy is to trust your Fitbit for several weeks, then reevaluate your progress. I was shocked how many calories Fitbit said I could eat—but I lost the weight and have maintained for a year.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

BrianSharpe

WhatMeRunning wrote: »

I just logged 35,000 steps on a 16 mile run burning over 3200 calories in just thosr few hours of running. So for an active full day like that it may very well be right.

Unless you weigh 317 lbs it's highly unlikely you burned 3,200 cal running 16 miles (to get net calories expended running .63 x your weight in lbs x distance in miles)

OP that burn sounds high, as a couple of others have said that's what a Tour de France cyclist may burn in a day. There's an easy way to tell though.....are you logging your food? If you're eating 6,000 + cal per day and not putting on weight you'll have some assurance, on the other hand if you're gaining weight you'll know you're not burning that much. (I love to eat but couldn't imagine what 6,000 cal of food would be like in one day......)

ninerbuff

Best way to see if it's true or not.......................eat 7200 calories a day for a week. If you're not gaining any weight, then it's right.

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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

datsundriver87

I'm definitely not even going to attempt to eat 7200 calories or even 6000 in a day lol. I am sure it is high but like I've said the hardest part for me is that it's not a steady burn so I can't just say "I ate this many calories this week and lost this so this is what I'm burning daily" one day is a very high burn next day is little to none, today my Fitbit shows I did 42,000 steps but I know without a doubt that it is not even somewhat close (I'm estimating around 15,000 steps or so), today was because I was moving my hands continuously but mostly stationary for 10 hours. I'm going to average out my weeks and get an idea of an average burn, and just chalk up that there is no way to ever know my max burn on an intense day of work

yusaku02

ninerbuff wrote: »

Best way to see if it's true or not.......................eat 7200 calories a day for a week. If you're not gaining any weight, then it's right.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

This.
I have a feeling you're grossly overestimating your activity level. Especially if you're only moving 13-17 miles in a day.

scottb81

Just for comparison I often log 16+ miles per day walking and running and according to my apple watch/activity app burn about 3900 cal per day (175 lbs). Based upon my weight when I accurately track calories this number is at least ballpark correct.

I am not lifting heavy loads all day though.

editorgrrl

TDEE is based on way more than just steps—including sex, age, height, weight, and exertion level. Comparing one person's TDEE to another is pointless.

As I and others have said upthread, the only way to gauge the accuracy of your Fitbit burn is to trust it for several weeks, then reevaluate your progress.