HR monitor calories vs BMR

ruthejp13

I've had a couple of days were I was running around a lot but not exercising. Other days I'm a lazy slug on the couch. I burned over 4000 calories according to my heart rate monitor with over 4 hours "in the zone". If I ate the same 1300 calories on a lazy day as a crazy day, why didn't the scale reflect the loss?

Isn't BMR - basal metabolic rate supposed to be about 2000 as a population average and MFP calculates mine then subtracts for intended weight loss? Is it possible to have a high heart rate that doesn't reflect the calorie burn calculations?

Faye_Anderson

You are confusing BMR and TDEE

Hornsby

Did you where a heart rate monitor all day long and you are using that number as what you burned for the day?


If that is the case, that isn't accurate as that isn't how HRMs work.

ruthejp13

Mixing BMR and TEE, yes and no. If I literally don't do anything all day, wouldn't that be BMR? The base calculation though is on TEE less ExEE. So how do you calculate sedentary verses slightly active verses active not counting exercise?

ravenmiss

Mixing BMR and TEE, yes and no. If I literally don't do anything all day, wouldn't that be BMR? The base calculation though is on TEE less ExEE. So how do you calculate sedentary verses slightly active verses active not counting exercise?

BMR is what you would burn if you were in a coma.

deksgrl

Mixing BMR and TEE, yes and no. If I literally don't do anything all day, wouldn't that be BMR? The base calculation though is on TEE less ExEE. So how do you calculate sedentary verses slightly active verses active not counting exercise?

HRM is designed to measure steady state cardio. Not sitting around and living ordinary life.