On Average, 'How many calories do you burn a day exercisng"

d_ko
d_ko Posts: 10
in Health and Weight Loss
How many calories do you burn a day exercising and how many do you eat back?

I burn about 500 a day and eat 400-500 back.

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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Depends on the day. Usually it ranges from 500-800 calories. On 500 calorie days I'll eat like 400 of those back. On 800 calorie days it ends up being alot less than it should because I'm otherwise eating all day. So probably like 500-600 of those back. I always try to net over 1200 though, btw.
  • _EndGame_
    _EndGame_ Posts: 770 Member
    Usually between 300 - 500. It varies from day to day.
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
    1-2 a day.
  • DeniseNichole76
    DeniseNichole76 Posts: 303 Member
    I'm probably trying to shoot as close to 500 but im happy with anything between 300-500
  • l0vedim0
    l0vedim0 Posts: 42 Member
    My average is approx. 350 calories.
  • A_Fit_Mom
    A_Fit_Mom Posts: 602 Member
    I try to do no less thn 400 but I also go as high as 800-900 calories. I eat about half back.
  • LisaDski521
    LisaDski521 Posts: 7
    It's hard to tell how much "you" burn unless you get a heart rate monitor where you can enter your personal information in. I have a Polar FT4 that helps me a lot.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    Depends on the day, but I range from about 400 to about 1600. I eat about 90% back.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    600-1600.
    Generally aim for 800-1000, including walking.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    today it was 340
  • jimithegreek
    jimithegreek Posts: 78
    I burn about 600 and eat back around 400
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    I burn 500-800 a day but I'm trying to get up to 1000 a day. I don't eat back any of my calories at the present because I'm still morbidly obese... but as I get closer to my goal weight I will start eating back at least a portion of my exercise calories.
  • Aliviuum
    Aliviuum Posts: 67
    Between 300-400 and I eat 90% back.
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    I let my fitbit take care of measuring all my daily activity. At the gym, purposeful activity or running outside, between 300-1000+. Enjoy eating the vast majority of them back, to.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Average is about 725 this year (5,000+ a week).
    I eat them all back 5 days a week and none of them back 2 days a week - I do 5:2 fasting.
  • TripZeros
    TripZeros Posts: 144 Member
    Usually around 600 a day and there has been times where I ate all of those calories back. It depends on how my macros are looking and if I'm actually hungry.
  • HollieDollieeeex
    HollieDollieeeex Posts: 116 Member
    Anywhere between 400-1000 (on weekends its more) You need a heart rate monitor as if you are logging exercise through MFP, their calorie burn figures are inaccurate and sometimes way off.

    Some days I eat them back, some days I don't, I judge it by my hunger day to day.

    (MFP does calculate a deficit for weightloss / weight gain according to your goals, so technically speaking you should be eating them back

    :smokin:
  • watfordjc
    watfordjc Posts: 304 Member
    100-1,500+ depending on the day - it's 10:12 and am currently at 702 exercise calories. As I'm going to London today It'll probably be around 2,200 exercise calories. I eat 100% of them back.
  • Phrick
    Phrick Posts: 2,765 Member
    not a whole ton, somewhere in the 250-300 range most days that I "work out" (which in reality is just walking a few miles with my husband).
  • nat8199
    nat8199 Posts: 39 Member
    If I go to the gym 600ish, a run 400ish, or at home 300ish. I just got a HRM yesterday, so I am interested to see how much my cardio sessions actually burn.
  • LisaDski521
    LisaDski521 Posts: 7
    You will find it's a LOT different than going by what the machines at the gym say, since the HRM will be tailored to your body specifics. I'm so glad I got my HRM so that I can be more accurate!

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