Calorie burn for walking carrying 25lbs?

jmgj27

Hi! I have 20 month old twins and sometimes walk for a fair distance (5-8kms) carrying one of them in a carrier. This must burn more calories than walking on its own but for the life of me I can't find anywhere that gives an accurate burn for walking on flat ground (some hills but I don't mind discounting those) carrying a 25lb toddler. Anyone have any good guesstimates? I'm a 239lb female BTW. Thanks for any help!

Nuke_64

Use a calculator that uses weight as input, increase your weight by 25 lbs.

jmgj27

Yeah, I wondered about doing that actually but wasn't sure how accurate it would be. Will give it a go! Should have worn my Garmin HR monitor but forgot stupidly!

drachfit

it's not going to be a significantly higher amount. maybe 10 calories more per mile?

if you mis-measure your cooking oil by 1/10th of a tablespoon you will have undone this error. it's in the noise. don't worry about it.

beemerphile1

Multiply .3 times the total weight times the miles for your calorie burn.

ex; .3 X (239+25) = 79.2 X 3 miles = 237.6 calories

mkakids

There is an entry under cardio for carrying a 20# load.

jmgj27

mkakids wrote: »

There is an entry under cardio for carrying a 20# load.

Thank you- I didn't spot that, will look again!