People who are burning 1000+ calories a day

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  • angieroo2
    angieroo2 Posts: 970 Member
    One example for me:
    6 km run at an average sped of 7:28 min/km burns 621 calories. Added to that my fitbit adjustment of 367 calories burned (17,155) steps for the day got me 988 calories burned.
  • tycho_mx
    tycho_mx Posts: 426 Member
    You could have a 200 pound marathoner walk 3 miles an hour or a 200 pound couch potato walk the same distance and, all other things being equal (body composition), they will burn roughly the same number of calories even if the couch potato's heart rate is 50 bpm faster. There's actually a very real possibility that the marathoner would burn MORE calories simply because they would likely have more muscle mass, but that's another thing altogether, and then you have to account for RMR and determine net burn, etc.

    So why have a HRM in the first place?

    Because the main/original use of a HRM is as a training aid, not as a weight-loss estimator. The more you deviate from the independent metric (in this case, heart rate) by adding factors such as metabolic burn rate, activity type, etc. the less accurate they are.

    If I watch a horror movie or my wife in lingerie my HR goes up by about 50 beats. Doesn't mean I'm suddenly burning 1,000 cal/hour.
  • _mlee_
    _mlee_ Posts: 90
    Bikram (yoga in a 105 degree room) can burn a ton of calories in a 90 min sesh. I weigh 118 lbs and burn aprox. 950 cals per sesh. If you weigh more you burn more. Be warned this is not deep breathing yoga, this is cardio and strength yoga.

    LOVE Bikram (and all types of yoga in general)! It makes me sweat like a *kitten* in church. Your profile pic is amazing! I'm not that good but hopefully one day.
    Bikram does not burn as much as you and many others think (myself included when i first began practicing). excessive sweating does not always correlate to calories burned.

    I've also heard this. I don't practice to burn calories anyways (I do other classes/workouts for calorie burns) I love yoga for the relaxation aspect (Yin Yoga) and to increase my flexibility :)
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Biking and lots of it. Word of note: if you end up with 3000+ calories you will need to manually figure your macros. Figure protein based on your weight multiplied by what's suggested for endurance sports, fat based on your protein, and fill the rest with carbs.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    It will also depend on a persons weight.. I am very over weight so when walk 5 miles I burn around 1200 cals... as my weight has started to come down I have to either walk further or faster for the same results.. also some day I do cardio aerobics for 30 - 45 mins then walk a few miles.

    Walking five miles is not burning 1200 net calories unless you are 500+ pounds and find a route that is entirely up a steep incline.
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    It will also depend on a persons weight.. I am very over weight so when walk 5 miles I burn around 1200 cals... as my weight has started to come down I have to either walk further or faster for the same results.. also some day I do cardio aerobics for 30 - 45 mins then walk a few miles.

    Walking five miles is not burning 1200 net calories unless you are 500+ pounds and find a route that is entirely up a steep incline.

    At 500 pounds, level walking would probably be sufficient. 400lbs? Yeah, you'd need a hill.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    It will also depend on a persons weight.. I am very over weight so when walk 5 miles I burn around 1200 cals... as my weight has started to come down I have to either walk further or faster for the same results.. also some day I do cardio aerobics for 30 - 45 mins then walk a few miles.

    Walking five miles is not burning 1200 net calories unless you are 500+ pounds and find a route that is entirely up a steep incline.


    At 500 pounds, level walking would probably be sufficient. 400lbs? Yeah, you'd need a hill.

    For net calories burned ... 500 doesn't get it done. It's amazing how many people on MFP are immune to mathematical principles, laws of thermodynamics, and other basics of physics.
  • Zekela
    Zekela Posts: 634 Member
    Hahaha! 1000 cals are for the weak. I want to hear from the people who burn 3000+ cals on a daily basis!
  • Beautifulbridgittlee7
    Beautifulbridgittlee7 Posts: 352 Member
    You can do it if you can give yourself an hour and a half to 2 hrs, sometimes if you add yard work or something else the burn goes up more. I think I could get there with swimming or kickboxing for an hour and then some running or cycling or rollerblading for another 30-60 minutes.
  • emtjmac
    emtjmac Posts: 1,320 Member
    Check me out. Road cycling man, it's where it's at. I am losing huge weight and eating near 3000 calories per day because of how much I'm burning between cycling and Stronglifts 5x5.

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