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danibabs
danibabs Posts: 298 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have a polar FT40 HRM with a chest strap that displays the amount of calories burned for the amount of time I'm working out, usually an hour. Should I be subtracting from that total the amount of calories I would have burned anyways during that hour? And how much should that be (I'm guessing doing some math with my BMR)? I'm worried I'm double counting calories.
Thanks!

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  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    You technically are suppose to, but I never have, but I usually dont get close to eating those cals so it evens out
  • abatres7
    abatres7 Posts: 146
    My boddybugg says I burn between 1 to 2 calories per minute when I am doing nothing... so I use that number to subtract when I do exercise.
  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    I understand what you are saying about subtracting, but I do not do that and have been losing weight fine. I just noticed that I have been using this site for 182 days and have lost 25 pounds. So that is a little under 1 pound per week. Since I already passed my goal, I changed it today, so now I have 3.2 more to go.
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