Walking 30 minutes worth logging?

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    How many calories do you enter for 30 mins walking just out of interest? Where do you get the number from?

    Net burn = 0.3 * body weight in pounds * miles.

    So...heart rate be damned?

    Yep.
    A leisurely walk at 2 miles an hour versus a fast run at 5 mph is the same as long as the distance is the same? Hmmm...

    Where did I say *anything* even remotely like that?!

    Running is a far different biomechanical motion and burns about twice the net calories as walking, mile for mile. The OP was specifically asking about *walking*.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    If you have to ask..
  • slim4health56
    slim4health56 Posts: 439 Member
    How many calories do you enter for 30 mins walking just out of interest? Where do you get the number from?

    Net burn = 0.3 * body weight in pounds * miles.

    So...heart rate be damned?

    Yep.
    A leisurely walk at 2 miles an hour versus a fast run at 5 mph is the same as long as the distance is the same? Hmmm...

    Where did I say *anything* even remotely like that?!

    Running is a far different biomechanical motion and burns about twice the net calories as walking, mile for mile. The OP was specifically asking about *walking*.

    I stand corrected on the "bad" example, but I don't believe that two walks at the same distance will be the same calorie burn based on this formula if it's not reflecting heart rate. Source, please. I'd like to understand your logic.
  • DanIsACyclingFool
    DanIsACyclingFool Posts: 417 Member
    Yes, I log walks, meaning the specific 30 to 45 min lunchtime "power" walks. It's valid exercise. If it wasn't worth logging, it wouldn't be worth doing, and we know walking is better for you than sitting, right?





    I'm also gonna bust your plateau for you.


    http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight
  • LivvieO
    LivvieO Posts: 164 Member
    Log everything. I use a fitness tracker app (Runtastic) on my phone. It give a running total of the calories burned. It may not be 100% accurate because I dont have a HRM connected to it but It does a great job of tracking distance, speed and time...it calculates the calories burned based on my weight. I dont eat all my "exercise" calores back because I know the app may not be accurate so I dont want to "over eat." I log my gym workout through Runtastic, which syncs with MFP so it makes logging on MFP simple and easy. There are days when i'm close to going over my calorie limit on so I pull out my phone and go for a brisk walk. Those 20, 30 or 60 calories burned on that short walk really adds up and not only helps to motivate me (I love when I net a really low number for the day) but they help to keep me on track.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    I stand corrected on the "bad" example, but I don't believe that two walks at the same distance will be the same calorie burn based on this formula if it's not reflecting heart rate. Source, please. I'd like to understand your logic.

    You are free to believe as you choose. Google will take you to literally thousands of articles explaining wherefores and whatnots.

    Cheers.

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