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Calorie Question

bethanyka
bethanyka Posts: 159 Member
edited February 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello!
This might be a silly question, or too picky, but anyway-
so you burn some amount of calories all day, just sitting doing nothing, right ?

So when i go to the gym and run and my HRM says I burn, say, 200 calories, when I track it, isn't tracking 200 technically too high ... ?
should i subtract out the basic calories that I burn just sitting around ?

Thanks for any input!

Bethany

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  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    Some people do that (subtract out calories you would have burned doing the Sitting On *kitten* activity), others eat back just a portion of the 200 calories like 50-75% of it. Rinse, repeat. If you're not getting desired results, adjust :P
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Yes, subtract the calories you would have burned just living from it.
  • bethanyka
    bethanyka Posts: 159 Member
    Cool. Yea, I usually only eat a % of my cals back, but since I got the HRM I've been trying to be more accurate with the tracking.


    thank you guys!
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