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Walking?

katherineloveswesleyxx
katherineloveswesleyxx Posts: 23
edited January 19 in Fitness and Exercise
How many calories would i burn do you think i would burn if i walked 3miles a day?:smile:

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  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    Go to "Exercise" on your tabs, then click "Database," enter "Walk" and enter your weight in pounds and duration to calculate how much you've lost in pounds.
  • jaygreen55
    jaygreen55 Posts: 315 Member
    http://caloriesburnedhq.com/calories-burned-walking/
  • bobbijodmb
    bobbijodmb Posts: 463 Member
    Typically you burn 100 calories for every mile you walk/run/jog.
  • BigDog
    BigDog Posts: 272 Member
    It depends on your weight primarily, but body fat %, speed, hill, no hill, etc... will also factor in. For instance I currently am 265 pounds and when I do a 3 mile walk at 3.5+ MPH with a couple small hills I burn in the neighborhood of 500 - 600 calories. (The lower my weight goes the lower that calorie number will go)

    I use Endomondo on my phone to do the math for me, and it automatically posts it to MFP. Works great!
  • katherineloveswesleyxx
    katherineloveswesleyxx Posts: 23
    Thanks everyone x
  • MiamiKid305
    MiamiKid305 Posts: 357
    walking is great to burn fat, you burn less muscle and its better on the joints.. you burn according to your age, weight and sex.. 3 miles might be too much... get on the treadmill and walk at a 2.8-3.5 pace and an incline of 6-10 percent. do that for about 1.5-2 miles and you should be good.
  • ibbray04
    ibbray04 Posts: 227 Member
    I walked 4 miles on my lunch break today, at 4.25 - 4.5 mph, and burned 474 calories. I'm using HRM, and the number always comes up higher than MFP.
  • katherineloveswesleyxx
    katherineloveswesleyxx Posts: 23
    Thanks everyone xx
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