burning calories

veliia
veliia Posts: 70 Member
edited November 30 in Health and Weight Loss
How is that people burn 200-500 calories walking or exercising for 20-30 min & i only burn 120 when i use the eliptical for 30min?

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  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    If it's not inaccurate calorie burns (they can be wildly inaccurate), then it's body weight. Someone who weighs 120kgs will need more effort & burn more calories on the same walk as someone who is 60kgs.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    depends on weight, intensity, duration, etc

    i burn around 450 or so in an hour on the elliptical. the machine tells me i burned far more, though lol
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    People often overestimate how much they are burning. Especially on MFP. Also people of different sizes or fitness levels will burn different amounts. But I do see people on here all the time logging insanely high calories for very little exercise. They're also usually the same ones posting to ask why they aren't losing any weight.
  • veliia
    veliia Posts: 70 Member
    How do you know how many calories your burning? I just go by what my eliptical is saying & it says 120 every time I use it lol idk if it is because of the program or what it is lol
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    depends on weight, intensity, duration, etc

    i burn around 450 or so in an hour on the elliptical. the machine tells me i burned far more, though lol

  • veliia
    veliia Posts: 70 Member
    Yess,i always how they get such a huge number walking for a few minutes when I'm dying for 30min to burn 120 calories lol. Thanks i didnt know your size mattered when lossing calories
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    People often overestimate how much they are burning. Especially on MFP. Also people of different sizes or fitness levels will burn different amounts. But I do see people on here all the time logging insanely high calories for very little exercise. They're also usually the same ones posting to ask why they aren't losing any weight.

  • veliia
    veliia Posts: 70 Member
    Thanks! I didnt know your weight could have something to do with it. It's good to know lol.
    KateTii wrote: »
    If it's not inaccurate calorie burns (they can be wildly inaccurate), then it's body weight. Someone who weighs 120kgs will need more effort & burn more calories on the same walk as someone who is 60kgs.

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