Confusion with calorie burning!

Catherine_Stride
Catherine_Stride Posts: 4
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello there, I'm pretty new to the whole exercise thing so if this is a stupid question, I apologise.
Every day I've been going on walks and I use a iPod app to count steps/calories burned. So example, this afternoon I burnt exactly 100 in 30 mins, I was then however disheartened to see someone else had walked for the same amount of time, same speed but had burnt double my calories...:( I thought it might be the apps so I did an experiment and tried with a different app only to find the same result. ...
Am I doing something wrong or missing something obvious, thank you and sorry again if this is a silly question.

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  • conidiring
    conidiring Posts: 230 Member
    My advice, never compare your results to anyone else. That will drive you insane! People burn calories at different rates, lose weight at different lengths of time, etc. Do what works for you.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    don't worry about it. it's not a calorie race. a person that's larger than you will burn more than you. just like when you start losing weight you'll notice that your burn rate decreases. just get in quality exercise and pay no attention to the "burn"
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    If someone walks faster, they will burn more calories in the same amount of time.

    If someone is a bigger person, they will burn more calories in the same amount of time.

    If both, they will burn WAY more calories. Don't worry about it. Just do you and you'll be fine.
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    If someone walks faster, they will burn more calories in the same amount of time.

    If someone is a bigger person, they will burn more calories in the same amount of time.

    If both, they will burn WAY more calories. Don't worry about it. Just do you and you'll be fine.

    This
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    maybe they weigh twice as much as you. do you wish you were them?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    don't worry about it. it's not a calorie race. a person that's larger than you will burn more than you. just like when you start losing weight you'll notice that your burn rate decreases. just get in quality exercise and pay no attention to the "burn"

    This.

    For the record, calories burned are based on weight and intensity. That's it.

    Also don't forget that people can edit their entries. They may have come up wih their number somewhere else or just arbitrarily decided they burned more.

    Which brings me back to - ^^^ this
  • Catherine_Stride
    Catherine_Stride Posts: 4
    Thank you all, guess I'm over thinking things :P

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