500 calories burned a day?? Really???

I could easily do 500 calories with a combo of my stationary bike in the afternoon and then a walk in the evening...I eat back some of my calories burned but not always....

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!

For me, running burns about 100 calories per mile. I try not to eat more on the days where I burn a lot but I also make sure I'm consuming enough calories to fuel the workout and recover from it.

i dont pay that much attention to how many calories i burn. i just make sure i get my but to the gym 5 times a week and keep my heart rate between 175-190. im just starting out so im trying to pace myself, as long as i get to they gym and stay 30 to 45 mins i am proud of myself! do what works for you and the more you work out the longer you can stay and the harder the workout you can do to burn more calories!

I do it all the time, usually by walking/running and weight lifting. A 30 minute run/jog with a 30 minute walk always gets me close or over 500 cals. Add lifting 3 times a week and I easily top 600-700. I only eat exercise calories if I'm hungry.
Ill also add that I weigh less than 150, I'm 5ft 3 and I use a Polar FT4 HRM.

I try to burn between 400-500 on the 4-5 days I work out per week. I either do 1 cardio and 1 strength workout OR 2 cardio workouts on these days. I do one cardio at my own at the gym, and then either a cardio or strength workout class. I have to split it up, or I'd go crazy. Here's the typical amounts I burn for each and a typical schedule I follow:

- 6:00 am- 30 min Treadmill walk/run (burns 250-300 cal) OR 40 min swim ( burns 300-400 cal)
- 8:00 am- Get to work
- 8:30 am- Breakfast
- 11:30 am- 45 min Workout class- Total Body Tone/Strength Training class (burns 150-200 cal) OR Circuit Training class (burns 300-400 cal) OR Step Cardio class (burns 300-400 cal)... I'll sometimes do an evening class instead of an afternoon one, but I like to get it over with. I am fortunate enough to have a gym with workout classes at my work
-12:30 pm- Lunch
-5:00 pm- Leave work
-6:00 pm- Dinner

When I run I tend to burn about 500 calories (5 miles).

Weight training burns less - about 300

I workout three days a week right now with weights and try to add that 4th day of running only...but do not always get there due to being so sore.

i eat based on TDEE so I only eat back caloreis if my net drops below my BMR

DITTO!

It's definitely possible. Personally I wear a FitBit One and burn 35-250 calories throughout the day (per FitBit) just doing my every day activity, errands, etc. Because it syncs with MFP I can determine whether I want to eat back the calories or not, based on my hunger level. In addition, if I do 30 minutes on the elliptical I can burn another 250 calories. I'm a pretty sedentary person. But on a good day I can burn around 500 calories. As I continue to lose weight and the weather improves, I'll be able to workout longer, and be more active more frequently.

You do realize your body is always burning calories, even when not working out. probably like atleast 50cals a hour at least!

Yes, I was wondering if others deduct the calories that your body burns regardless.


I do 40 minutes on the stairmaster, HRM shows usually 450 - 470 calories. I deduct 100 calories just to be safe. I log 350. Also, I walk briskly for about 1:22 and burn about 550 and deduct 100. But thats me. :flowerforyou:

However, like many have stated. It all depends on your Hear Rate. You can do it too. :flowerforyou:

It depends on what you're doing. When I do Insanity I can burn between 500 - 600+ calories in one work out.

When I go to the gym and incorporate a very brisk walk in the afternoon my total calorie burn can be around 500 as well. It all depends on how hard you're working.

I burned almost 1500 half way through the day and plan on a couple more. Its Cardio day baby!

I teach Zumba, sometimes twice a day, and burn from 500-680cals per class depending on the type of class (beginner or youth classes are the lower end) 5 days a week. Yesterday I threw in a 30 Day Shred on top, and burned a whopping 1380 cals. I have a Polar ft60 which gives an accurate count. I generally try to eat back at least half of my exercise calories, but on days like yesterday I'd never be able to eat them all. Some days I don't work out at all, usually 2 days a week. Last week I averaged 600 cals/day.

How do you enter 30 Day Shred to get such a high colorie burn? Entering it into MFP as circuit training for 25 min (I do a wee bit extra from the 20 min workout) gives me 170 cal burned. Unless it's calulating based on a person's weight I suppose?

I think it depends on your weight and how hard you are working. I am currently doing just dance for cardio, about an hour I burn between 500-600 cals and I am doing the 30 day shred, which I burn alittle under 200 doing that for 27 minutes.

I still have quite a bit of weight to lose, so could be why my burns are higher.

I also have a BMF which calculates my cals for the day, so it is pretty accurate compared to just using MFP's numbers.

M-F 6:15 awake, read, brush teeth & wash face, change into sweats,
6:45 morning chores, write or practice cello
7:30 walk dog 3.0 mph 10-20 mintues = 45-90 kcal
7:45ish yoga-pilates ~20minutes = 70kcal
NEW ADDITION NEXT WK (because I had to find something convenient but w better burn)
REBOUNDING w free-wts = 90kcal/min at my current wt +freewt.for 20-30min = 180-270 kcal!!
8:15 shower & dress & switch laundry from washer to dryer
by 9am I am at my desk working w a latte by my side
between 11-1pm another dog walk & first food 10min walk = 45kcal
back to work til 3pm, then carpool duties
~4pm another short dog walk = 45 kcal Often I am hungry again, so I prep another plate of food
back to work til 6ish then cook dinner for meal at ~7pm) clean up & fold laundry + other miscellaneous house chores
finally another dog walk = 45kcal

You can see without REBOUNDING I would never make my 3500 kcal weekly burn goal--What had been saving me was SHOVELLING SNOW that I was averaging doing 3-4x weekly at a burn of 600-700kcal. The time it takes to go to a gym just doesn't fit my schedule or my preference to use early early morning hours for creative & intellectual pursuits as well as home management, rather than gym.

When I was at my most fit I would regularly burn 500 or more every day. Between walks and stair climbing at lunch time and breaks during work hours plus my evening workout I'd do when I got home I'm sure I was burning much more than that.