Can we eat the calories we earn three walking

emilythirkell23

Can we eat the calories we get threw exercise?

yirara

Yes, you're supposed to log them here and eat them back. But that assumes you did not think of your exercise when you chose an activity level during setup.

springlering62

A lot of people here eat back half their exercise calories, at least til they are confident with their recording.

Make sure you’re getting your figures from a reliable source, like an Apple Watch, Garmin, Fit Bit, and even then, monitor the device til you’ve got more experience to see if it seems realistic.

An instructor asked a classmate about her “off brand” tracker yesterday, and asked her what she burns during an aquafit class. This lady constantly complains she can’t lose weight. When she happily replied “3500 calories per class”, you could hear necks snapping as heads spun, including the instructor’s. Well, yeah, if she’s eating back 3500 “earned exercise”calories, she ain’t gonna lose much.

Gym equipment can provide grossly exaggerated calorie burn rates. It may be old equipment, poorly cared for or uncalibrated, or it may be that the gym has a vested interest in making users think they’re burning more than they are. Equipment at my gym, which is meticulously maintained (because it includes a large cardiac rehab population), still reports 25-50% more than my Apple Watch, which I’m confident after nearly five years of use, is pretty accurate.

Because I’m crazily OCD, every once in a while I’ll count steps and compare it to my watch to see if it’s close and it always is UNLESS I’ve been doing something involving repetitive arm movements. One time I got 40,000 “steps” - on an international flight- because I was crocheting. I can pick up a hundred steps hand-frothing milk for my coffee or tea, although I can live with that because that’s energetic pumping, lol.

If you Google, there’s several sites you can enter your age, weight, type or speed of exercise to get a basis for comparison.

yirara

Yes, what this upside down lady wrote above. Once you have a bit more data over several weeks you should be able to make a good guess at how many calories your workouts burn based on how much you eat and how quickly you lose weight. Of course no two people with the same stats have exactly the same energy needs, but this is a good way for you to figure out what your calorie needs are.

sarabushby

Walking is great exercise but it’s also quite time consuming so you need to make sure you log the calories burned that are additional to your BMR not including BMR. And you might find you have to walk quite a long time for one chocolate bar or glass of wine. There’s so many other benefits too though - how good it is for your body and also your mind. So enjoy your walks, log the burn accurately and if you want to eat back those calories then by al means do!

springlering62

sarabushby wrote: »

… you might find you have to walk quite a long time for one chocolate bar or glass of wine. There’s so many other benefits too though - how good it is for your body and also your mind...

When I was obese, I had no concept of pain versus gain, so to speak.

I thought a two or three mile walk would burn off the half key lime pie, the half container of Breyers chocolate chip mint, or the whole family pack of Oreos DoubleStuff I was going to devour when I got back after the walk.

Getting a quality fitness tracker was a game changer for me. It helped me understand in versus out- that three mile walk wouldn’t burn off a single serving, much less multiples like I thought.

That was when the pieces fell into place and I understood the mechanics to lose weight.

I can’t recommend a fitness tracker enough. If you can’t afford one, ask around. I gave my earlier Apple Watch to a young woman at the gym. I’d rather she have and be able to use it than get a paltry $25 trade in credit. You’ve got a friend or a relative with a good tracker sitting in a drawer because they, my friend, have given up and will be relieved to get that guilt-monkey off their back and out of the sock drawer where it reminds them.

Simply walking was my entree into many other activities, but I still walk a minimum of three times a day. It makes me feel good to hear the birds, see what’s up in my town, play a little music or an interesting podcast.

Rockmama1111

I eat back all of my Fitbit calories SOMETIMES. It’s my cushion.

angitrox

I track all of my steps and exercise with my Versa 2 Fitbit and love it. With that said my Registered Dietician recommended to track exercise for the benefit of exercising but not to switch them out for extra calories/bonus. I was doing that on WW and wasn’t seeing the results I needed and also it put me over on my sodium and cholesterol numbers I needed to stay around daily.