What does this mean "Burn more calories than you eat" to lose weight?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    How much weight did you lose over the last month? From your thread http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332559/why-cant-i-run-what-to-do/p1 I get the impression you are not happy with your weight loss.

    When I walk an hour a day consistently, I lose weight. If you're not losing weight while walking four hours per day, you're eating too much.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    Well, he doesn't give much information, so my calculation was on a "if this, then that" scenario. He could be walking uphill in the desert 12 miles one way to school, but there's no way to know that until he says. All he says is he walks. After poking and prodding, he adds for 4+ hours.

    If he's walking uphill in the snow for 12 miles one way to school and then back, then he might just be burning 1800 calories a day. If he's simply walking for 4 hours at 3.8 mph, he is not.
  • daniwilford
    daniwilford Posts: 1,030 Member
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    Well, he doesn't give much information, so my calculation was on a "if this, then that" scenario. He could be walking uphill in the desert 12 miles one way to school, but there's no way to know that until he says. All he says is he walks. After poking and prodding, he adds for 4+ hours.

    If he's walking uphill in the snow for 12 miles one way to school and then back, then he might just be burning 1800 calories a day. If he's simply walking for 4 hours at 3.8 mph, he is not.

    If I was walking 4+ hours a day and eating 1500 calories or less, I would be hungry enough to eat the bear. Sorry, that's another tall tale my father used to tell us.
  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    AamirKhan2016 wrote: »
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    If your bmr is 2101 calories then you're burning at least that much. Not sure why you claim you only burn 1800 if your bmr is 300 more than that.

    And if you're eating 1500 and burning 1800 (or 2100...) then uh...yeah...that's less...

    i burn 1800 calories by walking.

    I would have to walk for 12 hours a day to burn that much.
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    How much weight did you lose over the last month? From your thread http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332559/why-cant-i-run-what-to-do/p1 I get the impression you are not happy with your weight loss.

    When I walk an hour a day consistently, I lose weight. If you're not losing weight while walking four hours per day, you're eating too much.

    Yes I think even he knows he's out-eating his walking...here's from the other thread...
    AamirKhan2016 wrote: »
    You made my day :p an hour ago i checkd my weight it is 244 lb. I lost 33 Pounds in 3 to 4 months but sometimes i eat too much when i am with my burger friends :smiley: in these 4 months there were some vacations there i ate 10000 calories in 2 days :'( i repeated this every month for 2 to 3 days i ate alot and then i came back to my diet+ walking routine.

    So I don't know what is even going on here. That post was 5 days ago. Isn't 33 lbs in 3-4 months enough? Maybe he's been eating at 1500 calories for the last 5 days.

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