How Many Calories do you burn??

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  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    The last time I burnt 1K+ calories was on Sunday and that was while running 10 miles...took me 1 hr 52 minutes (I am a slow runner).
  • saskie78
    saskie78 Posts: 237 Member

    We probably needed to include what our method of determining the calorie burn was. I am sure that different HRMs give a different burn rate. I know the 910xt has a different calorie calculator than my previous 305 did.

    Then you factor in HR, conditioning, weather, altitude, etc.

    Ditto on the HRM, especially my garmin 405 one. It gives me the lowest calorie burn.

    Height: 5'4
    Age: 35
    Weight: 119
    Burn: about 90-96 calories per mile at a 9-10min mile pace with my garmin 310xt and 70-76 calories per mile with my garmin 405cx!!
    But in general, around 11 miles would give me 1,000
  • ZenInTexas
    ZenInTexas Posts: 781 Member

    We probably needed to include what our method of determining the calorie burn was. I am sure that different HRMs give a different burn rate. I know the 910xt has a different calorie calculator than my previous 305 did.

    Then you factor in HR, conditioning, weather, altitude, etc.

    Ditto on the HRM, especially my garmin 405 one. It gives me the lowest calorie burn.

    Height: 5'4
    Age: 35
    Weight: 119
    Burn: about 90-96 calories per mile at a 9-10min mile pace with my garmin 310xt and 70-76 calories per mile with my garmin 405cx!!
    But in general, around 11 miles would give me 1,000
    So I think what I need is a different Garmin....:laugh:
  • saskie78
    saskie78 Posts: 237 Member


    So I think what I need is a different Garmin....:laugh:

    That, or what Doug has deemed the "magical unicorn track"! (I would totally donate to a kickstarter campaign for one of those...)
  • Carrieendar
    Carrieendar Posts: 493 Member
    I am totally missing something on this unicorn track thing. >.> <.<
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)

    I'm also eating way over my calories (you should see the things I don't always log... LOL) and not gaining.
    But like Victoria, my HR is always in the 150-160 even at my easy pace. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's the Canada thing. haha
  • Carrieendar
    Carrieendar Posts: 493 Member
    I have the 220 and its fantastic. I would say, yes, yes, any reason is good if you can afford the 620. And someone convince my husband he can get me one for Christmas and then he can have my 220 and purple is not such a bad color on a man ;)
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I am totally missing something on this unicorn track thing. >.> <.<

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/581826-people-who-are-burning-1000-calories-a-day?page=10
    I wear a heart rate monitor, it includes a wrist watch and a chest strap. I walk laps on the track behind my house. Each lap burns 200 calories...I also use 2lb dumbells also while listening to the workout radio on pandora. 8 laps are 1000 calories. remember your heartrate is what tells how many calories your burning. MFP is not accurate at all.

    also, ive used various brands of hrm and they've all calculated similar calculations. each person is different.

    One lap is 200 calories, but 8 is only 1000... and then she later replies saying that the track isn't really a track but a lap around her neighborhood, at an undetermined time/distance
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)

    I'm also eating way over my calories (you should see the things I don't always log... LOL) and not gaining.
    But like Victoria, my HR is always in the 150-160 even at my easy pace. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's the Canada thing. haha

    Y'all's easy pace heartrates seem high. Mine is around 138-145, but maybe I go slower than you ladies.
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)

    I'm also eating way over my calories (you should see the things I don't always log... LOL) and not gaining.
    But like Victoria, my HR is always in the 150-160 even at my easy pace. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's the Canada thing. haha

    Y'all's easy pace heartrates seem high. Mine is around 138-145, but maybe I go slower than you ladies.

    Or maybe our max heart rate is higher ;)
    But seriously, I think my HRM is out of wack. I need the 620 LOL
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    Right around 10 miles for me, regardless of pace.

    I'm 45 years old, 6'5, 220 with an chiseled physique, blond hair, blue eyes and I love puppies.


    Or I might be 5'4", 130. One or the other. :tongue:
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
    I have the 220 and its fantastic. I would say, yes, yes, any reason is good if you can afford the 620. And someone convince my husband he can get me one for Christmas and then he can have my 220 and purple is not such a bad color on a man ;)

    Send me his email. I'll give it a shot :) haha
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    Right around 10 miles for me, regardless of pace.

    I'm 45 years old, 6'5, 220 with an chiseled physique, blond hair, blue eyes and I love puppies.


    Or I might be 5'4", 130. One or the other. :tongue:

    Do you like quiet walks on the beach?
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)

    I'm also eating way over my calories (you should see the things I don't always log... LOL) and not gaining.
    But like Victoria, my HR is always in the 150-160 even at my easy pace. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's the Canada thing. haha

    Y'all's easy pace heartrates seem high. Mine is around 138-145, but maybe I go slower than you ladies.

    Or maybe our max heart rate is higher ;)
    But seriously, I think my HRM is out of wack. I need the 620 LOL

    My max HR is 190 I think, but I start to freak out when I hit 175.
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
    I am 6'2", 190 lbs. Male/42.

    10 miles today for 104 minutes according to my runtastic data burnt me 1456 calories.
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    Right around 10 miles for me, regardless of pace.

    I'm 45 years old, 6'5, 220 with an chiseled physique, blond hair, blue eyes and I love puppies.


    Or I might be 5'4", 130. One or the other. :tongue:

    Do you like quiet walks on the beach?

    Not alone.
  • MelisRunning
    MelisRunning Posts: 819 Member
    Sorry, all. Too much math for me. It's Friday! I don't want to think that hard!
  • vmclach
    vmclach Posts: 670 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)

    I'm also eating way over my calories (you should see the things I don't always log... LOL) and not gaining.
    But like Victoria, my HR is always in the 150-160 even at my easy pace. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's the Canada thing. haha

    Y'all's easy pace heartrates seem high. Mine is around 138-145, but maybe I go slower than you ladies.

    Or maybe our max heart rate is higher ;)
    But seriously, I think my HRM is out of wack. I need the 620 LOL

    My max HR is 190 I think, but I start to freak out when I hit 175.

    I've generally held the rule of thumb for races 18-26.2, keep the HR 160-165 for the first 1-1.5 hours then I can hold the rest of the race at 170-175.. Generally dipping into the 180s towards the end..
    :-/ hahaha

    If it's a 5k, 10k, or 1/2 I'd freak out if my HR was not over 170 then finishing in 190s. Meh I donno. Maybe there's something wrong with me :)
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)


    Yes....buy the 620! (I'm eyeballing a 910 but can't quite bring myself to getting my credit card out..........)

    now, back on topic.......Runner's World suggests the following formula :

    .63 x weight (in lbs) x distance (in miles)

    for the net calories expended directly as a result of the run (ie BMR is not being double counted) which is very close to what my Garmin 610 gives me.

    May HRMs report gross calories expended which (and there's a lot of variability in the accuracy of the algorithms used), effectively, overstates the burn and you'd be burning BMR lying in bed.
  • ZenInTexas
    ZenInTexas Posts: 781 Member
    I use my Garmin 210 HRM.

    So is this a good excuse to buy that new 620 i've been eyeing ?!? (Please say yes!)

    I'm also eating way over my calories (you should see the things I don't always log... LOL) and not gaining.
    But like Victoria, my HR is always in the 150-160 even at my easy pace. Maybe this is it. Or maybe it's the Canada thing. haha

    Y'all's easy pace heartrates seem high. Mine is around 138-145, but maybe I go slower than you ladies.
    This. My easy pace HR is 135-145. That's what makes it an easy pace to me. Even at an 8:30 I'm still under 150. When I did my 5k my average HR was 175. This is all so interesting.