1200 cals a day
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Apparently exercise makes you burn calories....0
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Download the Sworkit app. It has loads of different cardio / strength routines that range from 5 mins to 1 hour (the 7 min workout is good). You can do one in the morning and one in the evening and the app marries with myfitnesspal, so you'll gain the extra calories back. Everyone has time for some exercise0
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If you're going over just by 100 cals, have a look to see what exercise you could do to offset these. I do 3mins of squats with 6KGs (although I don't log the 6KGs) which is about 35 cals based on my weight.
Here's some more info I took from http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/fitness_articles.asp?id=1777
50 Ways to Burn 100 Calories
(Values are approximate and are based on a 150-pound person.)
Workouts:
Biking: 23 minutes of casual cycling
Cardio dance class: 15 minutes
Elliptical: 8 minutes
Jumping rope: 9 minutes at a moderate intensity
Lifting weights, vigorously: 15 minutes
Pilates: 24 minutes
Rowing machine: 13 minutes
Running stairs: 6 minutes
Running: 9 minutes of running at a 6 mph pace
Swimming: 15 minutes moderate intensity
Walking stairs: 11 minutes
Walking: 20 minutes of walking at a 3 mph pace
Water aerobics: 23 minutes
Yoga: 20 minutes
Zumba: 11 minutes
Sports and Leisure Activities:
Basketball, shooting hoops: 20 minutes
Bowling: 30 minutes
Dancing around living room: 20 minutes
Darts: 35 minutes
Golfing, carrying clubs: 15 minutes
Ice skating, moderate: 18 minutes
Kickball: 13 minutes
Mini golf or driving range: 30 minutes
Playing catch with a football: 35 minutes
Playing Frisbee: 30 minutes
Playing soccer, casual: 13 minutes
Skiing,downhill: 10 minutes
Softball or baseball: 18 minutes
Tennis (doubles): 21 minutes
Tennis (singles): 15 minutes
Treading water, moderate effort: 23 minutes
Volleyball, recreational: 26 minutes
Water skiing: 15 minutes
Yard Work:
Mowing the lawn: 20 minutes
Painting house: 18 minutes
Raking leaves: 23 minutes
Shoveling snow: 15 minutes
Washing the car: 20 minutes
Weeding the garden: 18 minutes
Everyday Activities:
Carrying an infant: 24 minutes
Cleaning, moderate effort: 26 minutes
Cooking: 34 minutes
Doing dishes: 40 minutes
Mopping the floor: 20 minutes
Playing with children: 23 minutes
Pushing a stroller: 35 minutes
Rearranging furniture: 14 minutes
Shopping: 38 minutes
Sweeping: 23 minutes
Walking the dog, 26 minutes0 -
As for exercise....you don't have to do it, but I strong recommend it for a couple of reasons - it accelerates your weight-loss, it allows you to eat MORE (more calories burned = more you can eat and still have net loss), and of course the health reasons for your body and muscle tone.
NOW with that said - it doesn't have to be anything crazy. Simple walking 30 minutes a day will work. It's how I started my first 3 months and when I dropped 30#, I had more energy and wanted to do more - then, I decided to run and join the gym but plain ole walking does the trick and you can do it almost anywhere.0 -
haha yes i know. i have no objection to exercise - it is simply that i do not do it. i'm being honest. i just bought an exercise bike, and i think to myself every day 'get on that bike' and i do not. i need a breakthrough in my mind to do it - i am mentally pushing myself to get there. i know it is what i need. in the spring/summer/autumn i get 16 hours a week gardening exercise, but in the winter i'm lucky to get an hour a week.0
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