Wheelchair weight loss

shacarinnarks

I am having difficulty gauging calories and weight loss as a person in a wheelchair. Are there other person's with similar issues? Does anyone have suggestions as to figure this out. There are so few articles on this. I don't know where to start.

EricaCraigie

I'm not sure.. but maybe try doing measurements with a measuring tape as well since it will be easier to gauge loss

b3achy

Here's an article with some lists of calories burned for activities if you are in a wheelchair:
http://www.americankinesiology.org/AcuCustom/Sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/02_Conger_310-325.pdf
You'll have to convert your weight into kg to use for the various measures since they are in kcal/kg/hour.

You may want to also ask this question in the "General Diet and Weight Loss Help" category to see if you get more responses. The "Challenges" category is "For those looking to start or join a new challenge", not necessarily for challenges that people are dealing with in their weight loss journey.