How to burn 800 calories a day?

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  • SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
    SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Posts: 831 Member
    That's pretty close to my daily average, but I also average about 1.5hrs /day exercise, and I probably have significantly more muscle mass than you, plus I am taller and weigh a little less and I'm a guy. Activities like 1 hr+ hikes (up significant elevations) or swims, or hours of walking and weightlifting daily will get you there, but I strongly urge you to set a lower goal, especially at first, so you can keep doing it every day and not be exhausted and give up. Plus, if you burn 800, that doesn't mean you should keep all 800 as a deficit necessarily...your MFP settings are intended to be used to set the deficit, then EAT BACK all exercise calories. I find if I do a less intense activity I'm more likely to keep my deficit, and if I do a 1,000 calorie + burn I'm likely to eat too much.
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,535 Member
    Move more....your young....walk to work? Do you take the bus? Get off the bus 5-6 blocks away from your job and walk the rest of the way. Do you drive? Park down the street at a public parking area and walk. Wear comfy shoes & bring an umbrella in case of bad weather. Do you like to shop at the Mall? or hang out at the Mall? park at the very freakin' end of the Mall parking...you know how big those parking lots are! And walk in from there. Yep! And ya I get that young people don't think walking is cool, but its cheap, free, and pretty fun once you get going!

    You like to bike? Biking everywhere can burn calories. So can swimming. I bike everywhere. And then I bike some more. I'll bike to run errands too. It burns a boatload of calories too :bigsmile:

    Lifting weights, lifting heavy stuff. Yard work. Moving heavy stuff. All burns calories. In summer, lawn mowing of all things burns lots calories.

    Sitting on your butt does not burn any calories. :wink:
  • tabbyxxcat
    tabbyxxcat Posts: 102 Member
    I've burned around 900 calories a day before between 1.5 hours on the treadmill. I split it into two sessions, a 30min one before work at 6am, then for an hour after work at 4pm. I set it at 3.5mph with a varying incline, which happened to be on the high side that fateful day. I do not add calories from the 5min cool downs.
    I usually lower the incline and burn more like 700 calories each day. I've seen bigger people with bigger goals than me try to lose at a faster rate, and going to the gym twice a day seems to help a TON.
  • Pete0725
    Pete0725 Posts: 36 Member
    A great way to burn a ton of calories is to jump rope at a moderate pace.
  • southerndream24
    southerndream24 Posts: 303 Member
    Wait your gym has a NTC class?!?! Sweet!!! I could so teach that!! is it 45 or 60min?

    It's a 60 min class and the only people allowed to teach it at my gym are certified by Nike.
  • sm1zzle
    sm1zzle Posts: 920 Member
    That's a rather lofty goal.

    Not really. I would think about 60-75 minutes of cardio would achieve 800. I do about 30 mins and usually hit about 470ish. Depends on the intensity too though.


    Go HAM is the morale of the story.
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    I don't know why you chose 800 specifically, but I burn 648 calories in an hour at my Zumba class.

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