question about HRM

chipper15173

now i have worn mine for a few years. i have always just guessed on my resting HR. this weekend i sat for 2 mins and let it settle on a number 56/57. i had my HRM set on 73. so reset the HRM to 57 and today at the gym i did 30 ellipical, 15 treadmill, weights. says i burned 800 cals. fine with me. but, before i changed the resting HR i would do the same workout and only burn 600.
question is could changeing that really have changed how much i burn by that much?
this could be why the scale never moved the day after gym visists. i normally don't eat all my exercise calories. I know, i know eat them. this could explain why the scale doesn't move. i was burning way more than i thought and am leaving too many uneaten. so today i am eating them and see what happens on weigh in day tomorrow.
thanks guys.......

chipper15173

now i have worn mine for a few years. i have always just guessed on my resting HR. this weekend i sat for 2 mins and let it settle on a number 56/57. i had my HRM set on 73. so reset the HRM to 57 and today at the gym i did 30 ellipical, 15 treadmill, weights. says i burned 800 cals. fine with me. but, before i changed the resting HR i would do the same workout and only burn 600.
question is could changeing that really have changed how much i burn by that much?
this could be why the scale never moved the day after gym visists. i normally don't eat all my exercise calories. I know, i know eat them. this could explain why the scale doesn't move. i was burning way more than i thought and am leaving too many uneaten. so today i am eating them and see what happens on weigh in day tomorrow.
thanks guys.......

may_marie

im not sure if sitting down for 2 min will give you a good idea of your resting hr ...... i have read that you should take your pulse first thing in the morning even before getting out of bed .. do that 3 morning in a row and average out ............. although 56-57 doesnt seem particuliary high..

as for the actual question .. i have no idea.. :blushing: sorry

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Ok that was weird! I went to post a response and an entire advert for someone popped up as a repsonse to your thread!! I dont know how, but it was weird!!


Ok resting HR. Mine was 73 when I started exercising and is around 59 now. Sounds about right.

As for whether the cals are that different...hmmm. maybe post a thread for resting heart rate question or PM songbyrdsweet...she usually has great answers!

cmriverside

I don't think that by eating your exercise calories for the FIRST time today is going have ANY affect on tomorrow's weigh-in. It takes some time for your body to settle into eating and exercise routines. Daily weigh-ins are a prescription for frustration.

On the diff in HR and calorie-expenditure, it makes sense, but I would PM songbyrdsweet if you don't get an answer from someone on this thread who has some anecdotal information. (Like AWTY suggests above).

songbyrdsweet

Hah it's funny seeing my name without even posting. I'm so flattered! :blushing:

I agree that you should take your resting HR first thing in the morning for a full minute. Don't get out of bed, just keep the HRM by the bed with some water so you can put it right on while you're lying down. That will be the most accurate reading possible.

Your watch is probably using METs, so when it sees that your HR is going from 56 to whatever it is during exercise instead of 76 to the exercise level, it translates that to more exertion/intensity. It could make a really big difference.

It is really important to eat your exercise calories. I have lost so much more weight by cutting back on my gym time and increasing my calories. It's really weird, but I lose the best going 3X/week with really short, VERY intense workouts--45 minutes of circuit training with jogging instead of taking breaks between sets. I coupled that with a 100 calorie/day increase and I look and feel much better. It's weird and totally counter-intuitive, but you have to eat enough to prevent the normal stress reactions from totally preventing fat loss. :flowerforyou:

chipper15173

thanks songbyrd....it makes total sense to me now. lower resting HR to a 130/140 exercising HR would drive up the calorie burn.

so, like yesterday i burned 800 and still had 500/600 left when i went to bed. this is the way it is on gym days. instead i don't need to workout as hard if i am not going to eat them all. today i just burned 470. i may or may not eat them all. most likely not. i workout out at home today.

thanks again, and have a great holiday.....