What is wrong with my metabolism?

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Zumba, do something harder!

Honestly... you're not doing anything wrong. You're tracking it accurately. I am guessing others may not be using a HRM. It has nothing to do with a "faulty metabolism."

And if Zumba gets you moving instead of sitting on a couch, it's better than nothin. Work it, sista.

I hear of women who burn 600 calories an hour with Zumba. I can't burn over 300 !!!! I use a HRM so I really do know how many calories I am burning. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? I really do give it all I have, also. I am 5' 4" tall and weigh 145.

There are some smaller variables as to why people burn different amounts of calories. But remember a calories is a measure of energy. Energy is measure by distance, time...and mass. Since distance & time are similar the only difference is mass. yes, this means because you weigh less, you burn fewer calories. Nothing wrong with you. It just is what it is.

Probably nothing. There is a big difference between someone who weighs 145 and say a person who weighs 245. I realize you want to lose weight also but someone who posts 600 cal burn has to be much larger than you. You are doing well. Don't get discouraged.

They're bigger than you

They work harder than you

They are overestimating the burn

One or all of the above, most likely.

That's what I was trying to say But you did it much better!

I agree with the other posts, but have you tried mixing it up with another activity? Sometimes we level off and need to change it up.

I burn the same calories while in spinning class but I don't enjoy spinning as much as Zumba. I just can't see burning 600 calories an hour. Plus, there are people who are claiming to be burning upwards of 1000. :noway:

The 1000 burners: are these from Zumba or other activities? I can burn upwards of 1100 in just one workout because I work extremely hard to push the heart rate up to 182 and keep it up past 170. Yes, I wear a Polar F7 monitor, too. The KEY is to get the heart rate up and keep it up. Can I get that with Zumba? I doubt it. It's not challenging enough for me. I did Insanity and now I do P90x (hour long) AND I hit my cardio-core elliptical for an hour. I've burned as much as 1360 from both of those, back to back.

You really need to look into supplementing your Zumba workouts with something else or find a new program that's going to really push you to get your heart rate up.

Also, you really shouldn't judge yourself based off of what others are doing. You are setting yourself up for failure. As Shaun T. says (Insanity), do what YOU can do and keep pushing yourself further.
Erica