When your friend puts too many calories burned....

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  • blakeevan04
    blakeevan04 Posts: 40 Member
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    Now that was funny!!
  • F__7
    F__7 Posts: 371 Member
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    anyone can do as they please... we r to support mainly.. so if they think is right is up to them...

    However, if you think there is a mistake just say... hmm those calories seem quite high are you sure is right?.. if they think it is.. well ok.. move on..

    People has to learn to do what is right.. mistakes sometimes are needed to learn...
  • GrammyWhammy
    GrammyWhammy Posts: 484 Member
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    I regularly burn between 800 and 1000 calories each workout. The ticker only shows the last type of cardio recorded, not ALL the activities. So even though in 60 minutes I may work at a moderately high intensity for 15 minutes each on the elliptical, arc trainer (ski machine), treadmill, and recumbent bike, the "ticker" says I burned 800+ calories in 60 minutes on the bike. It certainly can appear impossible to those who don't have the full story.
  • crooks_RN
    crooks_RN Posts: 69
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    I would totally be all like "LISTEN BISH, YOU FENNA LOG DAT *kitten* CORRECT NAMEAN?"


    srs trust me it will work


    ^^This, of course, is by far the best advice offered!!
  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
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    I had a female friend that logged 1750 calories for intimate acts. LOL ya right, you do porn?

    hah like chicks do any work anyway!!
  • CanuckLove
    CanuckLove Posts: 673 Member
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    Instead of calling them out, I would just ask! This person might be busting their *kitten* for weeks and has no idea they might be hurting their progress. Then they will get frustrated, throw up their arms and quit when YOU could have helped Twisty girl. YOU could have helped. TOTALLY kidding.

    I would just ask though, seriously. :)
  • mruntidy
    mruntidy Posts: 1,015 Member
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    I got called out once, i regularly burn 1400 and had to post a pic of my HRM, thing is, if i went off MFP calcs it would've been more, haters gonna hate :wink:
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
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    I would totally be all like "LISTEN BISH, YOU FENNA LOG DAT *kitten* CORRECT NAMEAN?"


    srs trust me it will work

    Ha!
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
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    You should always tell them..otherwise you should feel bad.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
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    I had a female friend that logged 1750 calories for intimate acts. LOL ya right, you do porn?

    hah like chicks do any work anyway!!

    Bwahaha.
  • Jynus
    Jynus Posts: 519 Member
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    How do you know it's not possible? Are you some sort of weight loss expert in calories burned for each individual person?

    Unless they ask, keep your mouth shut.
    because if 30min walks burning 1k calories was possible, humanity would have died out thousands of years ago.

    There are things called metabolic chambers which are able to accurately measure every calorie burned. the TLDR is that people burn FARRR less from exercise than they think they burn. and far underestimate the BMR burn simply from living.

    Quick examples of metabolic chamber study. first is average dude, second is competitive marathon runner.

    sleeping: 0.8cal/min
    awake and sitting: 2cal/min
    standing: 3cal/min
    fast walking: 5cal/min
    slow jog: 7cal/min

    Ok, do the math there. A guy is burning 2cal/min from exercise going for a walk. Take your average female and it's even less burn than that, so prob 1.5cal/min. Meaning going for an hour walk is 90calories burned is what they should be logging. This is pretty universal for most females that are average to just overweight. Yet how many log 90 calories? How many are instead logging 300-900??? The overestimation of calorie burn people have for this site is utterly laughable.

    Now for a top end burn. This is a marathon runner running at a marathon pace. In other words, prob the utter max calorie burn a human can hope to accomplish for extended cardio. 16cal/min. This is also comparable to tour de france riders during stage racing. So when you subtract the 3cal/min BMR you're left with 13cal/min from exercise. So about 800 cal/hour. So the upper limit of cardio calorie burn gives a burn of 800 calories an hour. hmmm... (granted, much larger people than marathon runners also going max intensity can get greater calorie burns. So it's relative)

    edit: there was another metabolic chamber study I just recalled. Average guys, average gym goers, did 45min cardio, 188bpm, 70% VO2MAX. Their calorie burn was 560/hour from exercise. It was an epoc based test though and they had an additional 180cal burned over next 48 hours. Point being, it was average guys, doing hour of exercise and logging far less than most anyone in here would log for exact same exercise. Compare your cardio stats, are you under 188bpm? If yes, and you're not over 200lbs, then guess what, you're doing under 560cal/hour calorie burn. Pretty much no question about it. Yet what are you logging?

    now look through this thread. How man people here are claiming a much higher calorie burn than what the most accomplished athletes on earth are able to burn at an intensity many times higher than the people in here can only dream of.
  • camelothosting
    camelothosting Posts: 60 Member
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    BTDT. Someone was recording something like 800 calories for 30 minute walks...

    Yep! I've seen people say they burn 1000 or 1500 calories doing things like walking or cleaning.

    Well I posted 2300 Calories for 103 Minute walk,
    this is based on Distance, elevation and heartrate, ( using my heart rate monitor ) so saying its not possible is just not true,

    http://www.trainingpeaks.com/av/CBZNDT77Q24UJEQFR6ON2FTEWY
  • blakeevan04
    blakeevan04 Posts: 40 Member
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    I would totally be all like "LISTEN BISH, YOU FENNA LOG DAT *kitten* CORRECT NAMEAN?"


    srs trust me it will work


    Now that was funny!!
  • kellygirl324
    kellygirl324 Posts: 74 Member
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    Hard call there! Tread lightly! If the friend is actually doing that, the only person she is hurting is herself.
    I always deduct calories from the amount that is registered on the site. I do lots of cardio, but I always think it looks unreasonable when I see a big #, so I always deduct calories (sometimes hundreds) to make sure I stay within my limits.
  • Welshie_girl
    Welshie_girl Posts: 107 Member
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    Ah.... People are so sensitive here.... Someone was whining that the scale wasn't moving.... I looked through his diary and gave a polite advise.... Seriously all I said was you could cut down on sugar snacks and maybe that will do the trick... Holy shrimp ... Well we are not friends anymore.... People live in the fantasy world ... Why join if you don't want to try new things that may work? I guess to whine and make other people feel bad for you as you stuff your face with candy
  • gaylynn35
    gaylynn35 Posts: 854 Member
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    It could be the way it comes up on the home page too, it will add up all the exercise you do in a day and then say you burned 800 calories doing cardio including walking 30 minutes blah blah blah..so it might not be that it's that ONE thing burning 800 calories, but a combo of everything through out the day. Maybe just mention it, you could say something like "wow, what a great job, how did you do that? I'd like to try it" or something like that.

    I agree with this, you need to look at their exercise diary not just what shows up for that day. I can ride my bike for 40 minutes during the day and do maybe 20 minutes of cleaning and it will show 60 minutes including cleaning.
  • TallCurvyMuscles
    TallCurvyMuscles Posts: 50
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    I had a female friend that logged 1750 calories for intimate acts. LOL ya right, you do porn?

    hah like chicks do any work anyway!!

    That was my point to her. Yes some women will burn some calories but we arent soaked like most men after sex.
  • nwhitley
    nwhitley Posts: 619
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    How do you know it's not possible? Are you some sort of weight loss expert in calories burned for each individual person?

    Unless they ask, keep your mouth shut.
    because if 30min walks burning 1k calories was possible, humanity would have died out thousands of years ago.

    There are things called metabolic chambers which are able to accurately measure every calorie burned. the TLDR is that people burn FARRR less from exercise than they think they burn. and far underestimate the BMR burn simply from living.

    Quick examples of metabolic chamber study. first is average dude, second is competitive marathon runner.

    sleeping: 0.8cal/min
    awake and sitting: 2cal/min
    standing: 3cal/min
    fast walking: 5cal/min
    slow jog: 7cal/min

    Ok, do the math there. A guy is burning 2cal/min from exercise going for a walk. Take your average female and it's even less burn than that, so prob 1.5cal/min. Meaning going for an hour walk is 90calories burned is what they should be logging. This is pretty universal for most females that are average to just overweight. Yet how many log 90 calories? How many are instead logging 300-900??? The overestimation of calorie burn people have for this site is utterly laughable.

    Now for a top end burn. This is a marathon runner running at a marathon pace. In other words, prob the utter max calorie burn a human can hope to accomplish for extended cardio. 16cal/min. This is also comparable to tour de france riders during stage racing. So when you subtract the 3cal/min BMR you're left with 13cal/min from exercise. So about 800 cal/hour. So the upper limit of cardio calorie burn gives a burn of 800 calories an hour. hmmm...

    now look through this thread. How man people here are claiming a much higher calorie burn than what the most accomplished athletes on earth are able to burn at an intensity many times higher than the people in here can only dream of.

    Yes. I use a chart on Runner' World and burn about 68 cal/mile running and walking would be 32 cal/mile walking for my weight. This is about what my HRM calculates too. MFP definitely overestimates calories.
    http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304-311-8402-0,00.html
  • Jamee_J
    Jamee_J Posts: 63
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    It also depends on your weight. The more you have to move the higher the burn. When mfp tells me huge cal. Burn I always go to other websites and type in my weight, what excersize I did, at what intensity, and for how long. Then I estimate low and calculate it in. But I dont eat back my excersize cals.
  • beaches222
    beaches222 Posts: 437 Member
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    I wouldnt say anything ..Who cares? I just worry about my numbers!

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