Burning 675 calories a week

higgins8283801
higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
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I am so confused by this. My goal is 675 calories burned a week. Which makes no sense when one workout burns approximately 300..

Does this mean I only need to burn 675 to meet my end goal or why exactly is the weekly number?

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  • Erilynn93
    Erilynn93 Posts: 256 Member
    I usually just burn however much I want. I think that's just MFP's suggestion to reach your goal, but I don't think it matters too much personally. I usually burn at least 1000 more calories a week than it suggests, sometimes more. And I only work out 5 days a week lately. It's all up to you, I'd say.
  • AustinRockall
    AustinRockall Posts: 35
    Keep your goals in mind. Go until you drop. Sorta speak
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Your exercise goals are based on what you input into that area. If you told it you were going to exercise 3 times a week for 60 minutes and burn 225 calories each time, that's where it determined your goal. You can go in and change it, say that you're exercising 4 times a week for 60 minutes @ 300 calories burned and it will change your goal to 1200.
  • mwcontois
    mwcontois Posts: 44 Member
    I don't look at those weekly goals as I tend to go way over as well.

    What I try to focus on is how many net calories I'm ending up with after exercise, and making sure that calorie count doesn't exceed the daily limit for calories. I made a mistake by eating too few calories...I'm on a 1200 calorie diet...one day I burned almost 800 calories and after my intake calories were added in, the net was under 950 calories for the day. I've read you should never do this...your body begins to think it is starving and slows down the metabolism rate by altering hormone and enzyme levels, making you lose weight/fat more slowly going forward.

    In a nutshell, I pay attention to my daily net calorie intake after exercise each day and try to stay as close to my target net calories as possible to avoid messing up my metabolic rate. I see many people struggle later trying to find the correct maintenance calories once they have achieved a certain weight, and screwing with metabolism complicates things.
  • hearthwood
    hearthwood Posts: 794 Member
    It doesn't matter. If you're overweight and out of shape you're going to burn more calories in a workout than someone who is accustomed to exercising all of the time, and is fit.

    BUT--be careful with MFP, it has a history of over estimating calories burned. So you never want to eat back all the calories you've burned.

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