500 calories burned a day?? Really???

I dont think i could ever stay at the gym long enough to burn 500 calories at one time, i get bored and dont have the patience for that. However, i will do my normal cardio for about 20-25 minutes and 25 minutes of weight lifting and burn 250-300 before class, and i walk to school, which i include as exercise and burn another 100-200 depending on the day (i walk pretty fast) then on my short days in class ill walk my dog for an hour in the afternoon (again i average about 4mph so its a higher burn) which is another 150-200 calories. A good day i can burn 650-700, since i walk 2-5 miles per day on top of my normal workout, but my schedule is different almost everyday so it varies. I usually eat breakfast about 800am lunch around 1230 and dinner around 730, snacks are at 1030, 2 and 4 as i need them. I usually eat back at least most of my exercise calories so yes i will eat more on workout days.

If you really want to burn this much per day i would recommend trying to break it up into multiple workouts if u need to, hope this helps

I walk 2 miles at lunch rather briskly and MFP shows it's a 239 calorie burn. When I get home, I do 30 Day shred which MFP gives me another 263 for a total of 502 per day. I usually eat some of it back, but not all.

I burn 500 to 600 calories on some days. I eat 1800 calories a day per my doctor and don't eat my exercise calories back. It balances out on days that I don't exercise.

About 1 hour of spinning, including 40ish minutes in spin class, get me to about 700-800 calories per workout according to my HRM. In addition to that I try to walk 30-60 minutes a day. I take a 20-30 minute walk during work, and try to walk my dog 20-30 minutes a few days a week. Sometimes this is a walk in the morning and in the evening, sometimes just evening. I also never sit still when I'm at home. I'm always cooking, cleaning, doing whatever. I log my running/spin/biking calories and sometimes my walking calories, but not always. And yes I eat more when I burn more.

A typical schedule:
6:30 breakfast
7:30 start work
9-10 maybe have a snack
11:30 lunch
12 walk 20-30 minutes, moderate pace (maybe 100 cal)
2-3ish lunch #2
4:30 walk dog/work out for 45-90 minutes (run/spin/ride/yoga) (500-800 cal)
7:30 eat dinner, try not to eat after 8 pm
9-9:30 get in bed, usually asleep by 10

I am looking for some feedback from people who are burning 500 calories working out everyday (or even used to but don't anymore)....is this realistic? What does your normal day look like (go to work at this time, eat this time, workout at this time etc....)? Do you eat more on days where you burn 500 calories? Help! Thank you!

Totally realistic, but teh second you start comparing your calorie burns with others' is the second you start driving yourself crazy. Do what you can do, do it the best you can, and move along.

Personally, a good cardio workouts burns ~10 cals per minute for me... a hard workout burns a little more, an easier workouts burns a little less. At 10 cals per, a 60minute cardio session burns ~600 cals.

I burn between 600-900 each day at the gym. I go to the gym at 630, work 830 to 7pm. I run, spin, or do the eliptical for 1hr to 1hr 15mins each day.... then on saturday I have a long run of up to 2hrs where I burn about 1500 or so cals. On sunday, I work out with my trainer for 45mins (burning about 500) and then do the eliptical for 45 mins (burning about 600)...... so...... YES! It is possible, and I do eat about half of what I earn on top of my set cals for the day. Good luck!!!

Typical day:

6:30 am 30 minute run (work sponsored)
11:00 am 20-30 min modified CrossFit workout (work sponsored)
5:30 pm 30-60 minute YMCA workout (Body Combat/Spin)

I burn the most calories at the YMCA. Organized, group workouts is the only way I stay motivated to do my best.

and yes, I do a lot of laundry.

i burn 1200 on days i really want to do a long work out including dance, 30ds , walking, cleaning. your always doing something so your body is always burning calories xx

Before I tore my ACL, I would typically burn 300-600 calories at the gym each time I worked out. I would combine weights and cardio 2 days a week; burning around 100 from 30 minutes of weight training and the rest from however long I'd workout on the elliptical or treadmill. The other days I would take a class; either Spinning (around a 450 calorie burn for a 55 minute class) or Turbo Kick (a cardio kickboxing class, where I would burn up to 600 calories or more). It is possible!

Today, 56 minutes of running, 500+ calories. That is about the shortest run I do.

Schedule? Up at 5 (4:30 on days that I need more time to run), running by 5:45. Ready to work by 8.

Depending on your weight zumba can burn up to 500 calories in an hour.

http://caloriesburnedhq.com/zumba-calories-burned/

I take zumba at least once a week, but shoot for twice. I also do a hip hop dance class that burns around that much too.

On days where I do zumba, weight lift and Jillian's 30 Day Shred I easily get in the 800 calorie mark. This isn't every day though! This is just like two or three times a week.

So yea, it's totally doable. High cardio workouts. I do zumba and dance because I get bored running that long.

Try riding a bicycle to work or the store. Easy way to burn 500 calories while doing everyday stuff.

I burn 800-1000 calories a day based on my weight and how hard I work out. It is totally possible. I spend an hour or so at the gym every evening from about 5:15-6:15.

I also do zumba which they say can burn about 1000 calories an hour!

Super easy with an hour of cardio. Just depends on your weight, effort, and the exercise of choice.And you really have to watch the source you count calories by. For instance, check out this chart:

http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist3.htm

For me, those numbers are WAAAAAY off from the reality of calorie burn according to my heart rate monitor and fitness watch. Accroding to that, on my runs I burn around 550 calories in 55 minutes coverging 5 miles. So I average about 90 calories per mile walking 15 minute miles and up to 120 cal per mile running 10 minute miles.

Cardio machines are just as bad at times.

I tend to take the lowest number of them all and try to work harder. If it is estimating really low, all the better for me.

I do turbo fire fitness videos and burning 500 calories is nothing. Typically its upwards of 700-1,000 calories.