How do I increase calorie burn?

I don't know who burns that many calories - very few on my friends list burn over 1000 on a regular basis, and they tend to be distance runners or cyclists.

As you said, spending that much time in order to get that big a burn isn't really practical for a busy wife, mom, career gal who has a life to live beyond exercise!

Why do you feel you need to burn more? Burning more means more time in the gym, and that you will need to eat more to fuel your body and those workouts - a lot more. You don't want negative net calories for the day, do you really want to have to eat 3000 calories just to break even? Not to mention the problems you can end up with from over training and under eating.

Can't see your diary, so no idea what your daily goal is or what sort of foods you're eating. You have lost 42lbs so far - congrats! But the weight/fat will come off with proper diet and lower calorie burn, and without you having to spend so much time exercising...

On certain days I can burn up to 1,000 calories but to get to that I do 35-40 minutes swimming in the morning, a 20-25 minute walk at lunchtime (nice leisure walk - about 2.5km) and a run in the evening of about 3.75km.

No way could I do any more than that!!!

I don't see any reason why you would have to burn more than 500 a day. That's actually a GREAT number especially if you work out at least 3 times a week. Work outs are most efficient if you complement them with good balance in Carbs, Protein and Fat intake though....so as you know, an imbalance on the food side can slow weight loss even if you were burning more. Here are the exercises that I do that burn a bit more than that:

1. Step Class - Step Arobics is an oldy but a goody IMO. It will burn at least 600 an hour as long as you keep moving and you do the moves and steps with precision. Stepping all the way up (no hanging heals) and all the way down, and standing up tall. The faster the pace, the better the burn - as long as you never sacrifice form.

2. Elliptical Traininer - Internal Level, I watch the screen which let me know about my stride, pace and calories per minutes. I try to keep my pace above 98, incline >2, and resistance >5. This burns about 700 calories an hour - but it's hard. You'll have to work up to that, and can probably exceed that even. Some people use the elliptical trainer like a walking machine, that lowers the calories per hour - you want to push yourself to get the most out of 30 minutes. 30 minutes at mid- to max- heart rate - will burn what you want.

3. Circuit Training - Circuit Training is a great way to keep the heart rate up, move through various muscles in the body, and if done regularly enough - prevent plateaus for me. The key here again is really PUSH yourself for 30 minutes at a time. Good trainers will educate you on how to set your movement goals - resting at what is equal to a level 3 (for yourself) then pushing to where you can't talk for long (level 7 +). Really try hard to follow direction, pushing past what you think you can do.

30 minute sessions are doable for most busy moms - however you have to maximize the 30 minutes - and they need to be every day so you end up with 3 1/2 - 4 hours per week. And eating right matters so much more when your exercise time is limited.

Ability to burn calories can also be impacted by not getting enough carbs in your diet. Low carb diets can leave you too tired to do the burn - so balance the carbs better if you have eliminated or lowered them significantly. Carbs will help you to have the energy you need to work out - but should be avoided late at night - and several hours before bed.

Hope this helps you, but as I said - YOU'RE DOING GREAT!!

Audrie

I can burn as high as 675 in the 80 minute advanced extreme shed and shred and another 325 doing 45 minutes of zumba. I have only combined both in one day once and am not that interested in doing both in same day as regular workouts. My plan for now is the 80 minute workout 6 days a week and the zumba once a week on the off day.

500 calories a day seems reasonable but I get wanting to burn more. Am looking into getting a heart rate monitor to help make sure I'm hitting and maintaining my fat burning heart rate. I use the elliptical, treadmill, rowing machine, swim and walk for cardio. I started using weight machines and free weights about two weeks ago, as well.

I can burn 1500 calories but I'm a master swimmer who swims 120 min sessions & I weight more than others. This only happens once a week otherwise I burn 1000 on 3 days in the water and about 400 with 45 land activities.

I routinely burn over 1000 calories a day. I wake up super early to hit the gym before work and use the elliptical for 40 minutes. After work I usually take a class (step, Kettlebell, bootcamp, HIIT) or take my son swimming or both. MFP tends to estimate high on the calorie burns they assign so I take the number with a grain of salt.
Health is a priority so I make time for it. I still keep my house spotless, cook dinner every night, spend plenty of time with my family and participate is a lot of social/charitable endeavors. I can only continue to do those things if I'm healthy so I make time for me. When I felt guilty about gym time I gained over 100 pounds because I felt obligated to spend every free second with my infant. I was depressed and isolated. Now my very independant little boy does not need me as much(or a much as I beleived he did which I'm sure I way overestimated) and I am free to workout at least an hour each evening while he plays with his friends in the gym childcare room. His love of swimming also motivates me to swim at least 3 or 4 times a week.

Also, I replaced my easy chair with an exercise bike. So I ride it while watching TV! Best decision I ever made. I watch less TV and when I do watch at least I'm being productive.

I need to work out for 2 hours to get 1000+ calories burnt, and frankly... it neither feels good to do that on a regular basis, nor do I get the results I want from it.

I once burned 701 calories in a 60 min kickboxing class, but I had a friend with me for motivation. I also wanted to die for about 20 minutes afterwards.

I find my body responds very well to workouts that last about an hour, 4-5 times a week. Anything more seems a bit counterproductive.

Find whatever works for you

To increase burn on the treadmill increase the incline. I do mine at 9 to 15 you can burn 600-800 in an hour.

The most I've seen burned in a day is close to 2k and that is by a male marathon runner. 1k burns are often seen with males and they usually have a considerable amount to lose still or they are runner or bodybuilders and spend about 1-2hrs working out.

My female friends can often burn 600-800 on a really good day, but the average is around 300-500. Females do not burn as much in teh same workout duration and burns have a lot to do with duration, intensity AND amount of fat you have to lose! The closer you are to goal weight the harder it is to get a big burn!

I'm in the same situation. I gym it an hour each day, excluding weekends and burn fat at least an hour a day but am at point 5 pounds a week. I want more!

I don't do it every day, but my normal bike ride I often burn over 1500 calories, I try to swim twice a week generally swim between an hour to an hour and a half. Often burn 2000 or more. Wish I could do that everyday, but I can't.