Walking a mile..

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mfastdriver123
mfastdriver123 Posts: 143
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Does anyone know how to calculate calories burned while walking a mile? i can log that i walked for a certain time at a slow, moderate, brisk, etc. pace. Is there a way to log by distance?

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  • alohabrie
    alohabrie Posts: 204
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    I think the calorie burn depends upon the amount of effort expended.....therefore the measurements of "slow, brisk, etc". Share if you find anything else. Good luck.
  • daveytrouble
    daveytrouble Posts: 24
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    if you know how far you went, and how long it took, you can figure the mph. then you can log the amount of time at the speed you found.
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    i use the google pedometer. you can find it by googling...um.. pedometer. when you get back from walking use it to map your route. i think it bases everything off of 3 or 3.5mph which is pretty average walking speed. i like it because it has a calorie counter attached that factors for weight and i'm pretty sure it measures the elevation of your route.

    good luck dood
  • mfastdriver123
    mfastdriver123 Posts: 143
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    I just looked at this site http://walking.about.com/library/cal/uccalc1.htm and it let me calculate by the distance and time it took for me to walk. Thanks everyone :D. Will be picking up a pedometer to keep on me when i go, thanks Daveytrouble..
  • BrotherBob
    BrotherBob Posts: 1
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    there is aerobics and calories. No matter what speed you walk, you burn the same number of calories (the old physics calculation of mass times distance x resistance = energy. It takes as much energy to walk a mile as to run it. But what is the gain of spending an hour to walk a mile? The advantage is speed you move. The proble m is that MyFitnessPal doesn't make it easy to plug in the numbers. And you have to know the distance in order to enter it. No blocks, no steps, just miles.

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