logging calories burned

CuteMommy88

Ok so I have a HRM so I know exactly how many calories I burn during exercise. My question is do you stop your HRM right when the workout is over or when your HR gets back to resting point? For example I do the Jillian Michaels 6 week Six pack DVD and it lasts 35 mins, As soon as I am finished I stay on my feet and moving just to keep my HR up just like doing laundry or something, so should i just log what I burn in those 35 mins of the dvd or log all of the calories burned until i sit down and rest?

jlewis2896

I'm interested to hear what people say about this! My HRM measures my 'fitness' and 'fat burning' heart rate zones, so I turn mine off as soon as my heart rate drops down into the 'fat burning' zone.

AggieCass09

I stop mine the second I step off the track, weight room floor, or reach my drive way post-run. The calories you burn doing other things are part of your BMR not the actual exercise so I stop. If you burn a few extra calories here and there, its a bonus right?

CuteMommy88

yeah I know that but my HR is higher when I do things right after a workout because my HR doesnt have a chance to get back to resting. I dont burn that many calories cleaning and what not if i just get up and clean, not working out before...so thats why I was confused!!

nmoreland

I think it would be your choice as to how you do it. I like to turn it off as soon as I am done because the other calories that I burn are extra. One way you can track the difference is to reset the timer (or however you would start a new workout) to calulate how many you actually burn in the workout, and how many in the activity after.

foxxybrown

When I workout at the gym, I turn it on as soon as I walk out the locker room door and turn it off as soon as I walk back into the locker room.

When I'm at home, I turn it on when I step on the machine and turn it off as soon as my workout is over.

grouch201

My habit has been to turn mine off immediately after exercising, which includes cool down stretching. however, today i have been wearing my HRM all day because I wanted to get a 24 hour reading on how many calories I am burning.

Serenitytoo

My HRM only registers calories burned when my heart rate is over 100bpm. I let it go until I have finished stretching and cooling down and my HR is under 100.

toots99

I stop mine the second I step off the track, weight room floor, or reach my drive way post-run. The calories you burn doing other things are part of your BMR not the actual exercise so I stop. If you burn a few extra calories here and there, its a bonus right?

Same here.

Cina04

I stop it right when I'm done!

I know my HR stays up for awhile but I know if I log them in I may eat more than I really want to just because I see oh I have more calores to eat! Or I view them as bonus calories because sometimes I don't log every single thing I bit or the cal info on the meals I make might be wrong