C25K

lynn_miller15
lynn_miller15 Posts: 57 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hey everyone,

I'm hoping someone could help me - I'm thinking of starting up the C25K and was wondering how many calories you would log for each week.
I'm assuming that MFP determines calories burned based on your weight etc?
I find it hard to believe that for someone such as myself who is 222 lbs that by running at 4.5m/h for say 9 minutes that I would only be burning like 150 calories.
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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  • Tony_Brewski
    Tony_Brewski Posts: 1,376 Member
    For most accurate burn get a HR monitor and use a HR calculator. But yes most C25K will have a rough guess to your burn. Figure most are within 10% to 15% of each other and swing high or low.
  • Sarah_LM
    Sarah_LM Posts: 96
    I started c25k today for the first time. For the whole 30 minutes of week 1, day 1, I burnt 274 calories according to my polar heart rate monitor. I'm 5 ft 3 and weight 247lbs.
  • lynn_miller15
    lynn_miller15 Posts: 57 Member
    I started c25k today for the first time. For the whole 30 minutes of week 1, day 1, I burnt 274 calories according to my polar heart rate monitor. I'm 5 ft 3 and weight 247lbs.

    Great!! Thanks so much. Just wanted to see if there was a variance on that. When you track yours do you look up the walking portion and put how many minutes you walk and then the same thing with your running??
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
    I started c25k today for the first time. For the whole 30 minutes of week 1, day 1, I burnt 274 calories according to my polar heart rate monitor. I'm 5 ft 3 and weight 247lbs.

    Great!! Thanks so much. Just wanted to see if there was a variance on that. When you track yours do you look up the walking portion and put how many minutes you walk and then the same thing with your running??
    Yes.
    I've been doing it for a few months and am doing 10k training now. I started by logging total minutes of walking at whatever speed I walked (3.0mph for example) and total minutes of jogging at jogging speed (4.0mph for example). Eventually I got a HRM.

    You all should join the group too! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/30-couch-to-5k-running-program-c25k :smile:
  • lynn_miller15
    lynn_miller15 Posts: 57 Member
    Thanks I've joined the group! I appreciate the feedback.

    Thanks again

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