Calories burned w/ Weight Lifting - How to count?

Jenn_Hann · March 2014

I have been reading that I shouldn't count my calories burned for weight lifting. I am doing Jillian Michaels Body Revolution, which is 3 circuits of various weight lifting things, with 1 minute of cardio between each set.

While I am wearing my HRM it shows that I am burning about 350 calories. So since there is some cardio in there, how would I count my calories I've burned?

I have my Jawbone synced up with MFP, so I don't want to add calories that I haven't really "earned" and eat them. I suspect that is why my weight loss has been very slow and I've been battling with the same 5 lbs for a couple of months.

firelight4321 · March 2014

See this:

http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/11170-why-don-t-you-calculate-calories-burned-for-strength-training-

Jenn_Hann · March 2014

Thanks! That is very helpful. I will not log weight lifting any longer.

SLLRunner · March 2014

I have been tracking my weight lifting using my heart rate monitor for awhile now. At first I counted all the calories burned and I maintained when I still had a few pounds to lose, and then I didn't count them and started losing weigh again, and then I continued not counting and lost weight while trying to maintain.

New thing: count only half the calorie from my heart rate monitor. This seems to be working.

Calories burned w/ Weight Lifting - How to count?

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