I'm not burning that much!

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  • ilikejam33
    ilikejam33 Posts: 252 Member
    keep in mind a lot of people are just using the MFP totals, which in my experiance are drastically over estimating. Get yourself a HRM and track what you actually burn. When i go to a spin class MFP told me for 60 min it would be 800 cal burned, but the HRM says anywhere from 5-600.

    300 a day is a lot, and i would say that is a reasonable ammount to strive for. As long as you are burning you are doing great, try not to concern yourself with what others are tracking and be proud of yourself for all you have accomplished. :)
  • lucky1304
    lucky1304 Posts: 57 Member

    The only thing that comes close is running - I burn 100kc per mile, and that is close to what MFP says. But then you have to remove the normal calories I would have burned if I'd done nothing, and my actual burn isn't that much.
    Yes, I've found this to be the case too, only I'm not subtracting the calories I would have burned if I'd done nothing. I should probably do that. Did you figure that out by diving your BMR by hours in the day?
  • ilikejam33
    ilikejam33 Posts: 252 Member
    The HRM is the most accurate way to go, but it will vary with your pace, and your intensity becasue it measures cal based on your heart rate. Many things can affect this, for example when you get use to an activtiy your heart wont beat as fast when you are doing it anymore, so less cal burned. If you are dehydrated your heart will beat faster so more cal burned. If you are tired heart beats faster as well. Also if you are consitantly over your target heart rate the HRM shows you burned more cal, but the calories you burn inside your zone are more beneficial to your overall health and cardiovascular system.
  • NotGoddess
    NotGoddess Posts: 1,198 Member
    Yes, I've found this to be the case too, only I'm not subtracting the calories I would have burned if I'd done nothing. I should probably do that. Did you figure that out by diving your BMR by hours in the day?
    Use your TDEE (look on your goals page, right top) not BMR. That'll account for calories burned sitting rather than calories burned in a coma.
  • outersoul
    outersoul Posts: 711
    I've burned that much and more measured by my Polar HRM. The most I've ever burned was 1113 cals running a 10k just two days ago.
  • UpToAnyCool
    UpToAnyCool Posts: 1,673
    Don't get discouraged - you are pretty close to your goal so that is likely why you are not burning more calories.
    Also, I'm not sure how tall you are, but that definitely makes a difference - it's all proportional.

    The only time I burned 300+ was running a 10K all-trail for about 72minutes. <== not a huge burn, but then I'm 5'-0 1/2" tall. :laugh:
  • Shalimarmandy
    Shalimarmandy Posts: 409 Member
    @Shalimarmandy - MFP puts my daily burn (TDEE) at 1640. I just took that, divided by 24, then again by 60 to get the burn/minute of 1.1. It's not exact, but it's a good guess and an easy number to subtract.

    Thanks Notgoddess that's what I was thinking you might be doing. it's pretty easy I got 1.5 so I started subtracting out the rest calories today which was a good day to start since my HRM finally arrived!! First work out was 779 on HRM for 50 mins of Zumba and then subtracting 75. I still had 704 for the workout which is good b/c I thought I was going to fall out for a while there :smile:

    Thanks again!!
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