Am I counting calories burned twice?

Bettyjsmirh
Bettyjsmirh Posts: 4 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
If at my resting heart rate, I burn 75 calories, according to my heart rate monitor, and my HRM says I burn 400 calories for one hour of spin class, do I subtract the 75 from the 400 to acuratly log in calorie burned and calorie intake for my daily amount allowable? I am confused on whether I am counting the calories twice or not. Then if I clean house for 3 hours and my HRM says 400 do I subtract 225 before logging?

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  • subotai2
    subotai2 Posts: 9
    I'm pretty sure you are not supposed to count your "inhouse burning" since it is allready accounted for when your calorie-goal is set.
  • ShannonMK9
    ShannonMK9 Posts: 65 Member
    depends, did you reset the heart rate monitor calorie counter to zero for the class, or just keep running the counter with the 75 on their all ready?
  • Bettyjsmirh
    Bettyjsmirh Posts: 4 Member
    I actually clean houses for a living. I wear the HRM when I am working at a house for 4-5 hours. I am wondering if the reading on the HRM then is correct, or should I delete the amount I would normally burn on my off time. I am very active almost every day, and for most of the day. Am high energy. Don't sit still for long.
  • born2drum
    born2drum Posts: 731 Member
    That's like saying? My 160lbs of muscle burns 6 calories in order to maintain. Should i eat 960 calories back after an hour's workout?

    NO! you don't eat them back.
  • jim9097
    jim9097 Posts: 341 Member
    Actually, I think the point of the question is that for normal operation you burn 75 calories per hour. When you exercise for that hour you are burning 400. But when you do your BMR calculation you know you need x amount lets just say 1800 cause that is 75 x 24. Since that 75 is already part of the calculation when you do your exercise; then yes you would be double counting it if you added the entire 400. But with that said; the science is not that exact. Everyone is different and after you spend an hour doing exercises your metabolism will be slightly elevated for a few hours after. Meaning you will be burning more calories. So putting in 400 will not kill you.
  • Bettyjsmirh
    Bettyjsmirh Posts: 4 Member
    That was what I was wondering. Except for the fact that I am burning a higher rate of calories over a period of time, 5 hours, and that would add to counting 375 calories twice. That could derail me at a 1200 calorie day.

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