Going to swim today

Mveler
Mveler Posts: 274 Member
edited September 30 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, I am headed to the pool with the kids. I have plugged in 120 minutes of swimming leisurely, general and it says I will burn 1100 ish calories! I will be there a lot longer then this and yes, i am a fish and am in the water 90% of the time.

Can this calorie count be right? It seems so high! And no I do not have a HRM and this is based on a 5'3" 216 pound woman in her late 30's if that matters..

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  • Latoyamary
    Latoyamary Posts: 140
    About normal.. I swam for exercise last month. I burned around the same amount of calories!!!
  • pjm1806
    pjm1806 Posts: 41
    that is only if you SWIM, actually SWIM that 120 minutes. if you are just in the water hanging and all that then no you wont just laast night i was swimming laps, very vigurosly ( i was outta breath every five minutes) i did 5 mins swim, one mins rest, did it 5 times, and it says i burned 235 cal. so you would burn ~1400 if you did what i did for 120 mins, but keep in mind that i was doing it vigorously

    also check different "swimmings", i always log it the ones that show the least, so i wont be dissapointed when i wont lose any, or just little weight,

    hope that helps.

    and have fun at the pool!!!
  • Degator
    Degator Posts: 92 Member
    Don't worry about how much it burns! Just enjoy the time with the kids, that's the important part!
  • ambie35
    ambie35 Posts: 853 Member
    are you really going to be swimming the ENTIRE time? like in the deep end treading water? that would probably burn that many calories,but I recken you might get in and out a few times,is let your feet touch the water.
    The other thing you have to remember about swimming is your body is cool from the water so your not sweating etc so it doesn't really feel like you are burning calories but you are.
    Usually when I go swmming I only log half the time I was actually SWIMMING, because I do find mfps count to be very high for this activity.
  • Mveler
    Mveler Posts: 274 Member
    Yes I swim, I don't just hang out. Also we will be there from 9 am to about 4pm so I only estimated being in the water for two whole hours. out of all that.

    I will try to make good food choices so it wont matter much. Thanks!!
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