Loose more calories when new to exercise?

Cloudborn

Do you loose more calories (because your body/heart is unused to exercise) when you first start exercising and are very unfit?

Just wondering because I did 40mins fo swimming today for the first time in years and I feel really sore. Guess it will get better with time!

Azdak

Soreness has no correlation to either the quality of the workout or the calories expended. It just means you did something new. Actually, an unfit person normally burns fewer calories because they cannot push themselves that hard.

That's not really important. What's important is that you got up and started a workout program. You may have overdone it the first day a little, but don't let this soreness stop you. It will clear up soon.

_Waffle_

Do you loose more calories

Just wondering because I did 40mins fo swimming today for the first time in years and I feel really sore. Guess it will get better with time!

Read all about your problem here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_onset_muscle_soreness

Yes it gets better.

Cloudborn

I don't really mind the soreness that much, whatever doesn't kill me will make me stronger!

Thanks for your answers guys!