That can't be right?!

Dying2Live84

So I just added 90mins of exercise to my profile and my calorie intake has gone up to nearly 3000!!

Surely that's wrong, not that I could eat that anyway but it's not giving me the right number of calories to stick to.

Help!

xx

zachatta

what kinda of exercise did you add?/what did you do?

Dying2Live84

It was boxercise but I had to add boxing sparring..... similar right? Still doesn't seem right though to me.

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joehempel

Depends....if you eat 1500 calories normally, and you burned 1500 in those 90 minutes, then yeah it would be up to 3000.

But to get a good calorie count, get a good HRM

C00lCountry

You would need to know closer to amount burned correctly to know amount needed to be eaten.

MonolithTMA

It was boxercise but I had to add boxing sparring..... similar right? Still doesn't seem right though to me.

xx

I was going to recommend a heart rate monitor too. That's the best way to figure out your burn.

Dying2Live84

My allowance is 1670 and it says I burnt 1886 during those 90 mins which I could quite believe cuz it was tough lol. Ok, so that's cool I get it now. Thanks guys.

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sijomial

If you just select the default MFP calories for an exercise then you get an average or what someone else burns (or thinks they burn). Some are close but some are way out for me.
Heart rate monitor will give you your personal calorie burn. Not sure about sparring wearing a chest strap though, my current one is quite lumpy! I use a Polar FT7.
1886 sounds a lot for 90 minutes! I really have to work hard to get to 850 - 900 in an hour. (But then again I'm an old fart!!)

zachatta

^^

Burning that many cals is a very fast paced cardio workout.

If that is what you did then, fine.

I would just rather (in cases like trying to drop weight) underestimate, than overestimate.

Zylahe

i usually allow a 300 calorie burn / hour of excersize,
so that would be 450 cals.

were u actually sweating and moving for the whole 90 mins? or was ther warm up/ cool down/ small breaks in there?

I'd be very impressed if you were boxing full on for the whole 90 mins.

Dying2Live84

If you just select the default MFP calories for an exercise then you get an average or what someone else burns (or thinks they burn). Some are close but some are way out for me.
Heart rate monitor will give you your personal calorie burn. Not sure about sparring wearing a chest strap though, my current one is quite lumpy! I use a Polar FT7.
1886 sounds a lot for 90 minutes! I really have to work hard to get to 850 - 900 in an hour. (But then again I'm an old fart!!)

Yes I thought that was a lot too. Even though it was very fast paced and hard, I will still stick to my daily allowance. I don't want to fool myself!

Thanks for your help

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Dying2Live84

i usually allow a 300 calorie burn / hour of excersize,
so that would be 450 cals.

were u actually sweating and moving for the whole 90 mins? or was ther warm up/ cool down/ small breaks in there?

I'd be very impressed if you were boxing full on for the whole 90 mins.

It was the full 90 mins, I kid you not. My shirt was soaking and I couldn't breathe for most of it hahaha xx

jamface11

I would recommend eating at least some of this back, whenever I have to use an estimation for my exercise I just add half the calories in and eat them back.

Edit: I normally try to be stingy with my exercise calories so I'm not overestimating, but get the full enjoyment of eating more

BerryH

As a rule of thumb, 10 calories per minute for tough exercise is a good estimate. It doesn't work for everything, but if you're getting a much higher figure like you did for your workout and suspect MFP's estimate may be out, it's not a bad idea to round round down to this to allow for a margin of error.

Other than being strapped to a load of sensors in a lab, every method of calorie burn is an estimate based around standard formulae - even the best HRM can only boast around 75% accuracy.

bulbadoof

As a rule of thumb, 10 calories per minute for tough exercise is a good estimate. It doesn't work for everything, but if you're getting a much higher figure like you did for your workout and suspect MFP's estimate may be out, it's not a bad idea to round round down to this to allow for a margin of error.

Other than being strapped to a load of sensors in a lab, every method of calorie burn is an estimate based around standard formulae - even the best HRM can only boast around 75% accuracy.

I read somewhere (didn't save the source) that 10 calories per minute is typical of unsustainable high-intensity exercise that the average person could likely not keep up for longer than 20 minutes, if they're not heavily overweight or a trained athlete. I usually estimate between 3.5 and 7 depending on how hard I feel I worked.

BerryH

I read somewhere (didn't save the source) that 10 calories per minute is typical of unsustainable high-intensity exercise that the average person could likely not keep up for longer than 20 minutes, if they're not heavily overweight or a trained athlete. I usually estimate between 3.5 and 7 depending on how hard I feel I worked.

Really? When I'm running I burn more like 12 per minute by my HRM which is remarkably consistent with MFP's figures. I am overweight, but reasonably fit. I must be if I can keep up that "unsustainable" running for an hour

angieleighbyrd

I don't trust MFP's calorie burned number. Getting a HRM was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It was severely over estimating the calories for me.

Gramps251

I would recommend eating at least some of this back, whenever I have to use an estimation for my exercise I just add half the calories in and eat them back.

Edit: I normally try to be stingy with my exercise calories so I'm not overestimating, but get the full enjoyment of eating more

^Good advise. Pretty much what I do.