Burning 1000+ calories with exercise several days in a row?

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  • kayscholl93
    kayscholl93 Posts: 10 Member
    I'm convinced that people that burn 1000+ calories in a day by exercising either don't work or don't sleep.

    I work part time at the moment. In 3 months, I'll be switching to full time though, so it looks like my exercising is going to slow down a bit.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Just realized... I think you're absolutely right, and you said it all.
    I am obsessed. There isn't a day where I don't think about weight loss and exercising and how much I want to reach my goal. I'm pushing extremely hard every single day. I need to slow down a bit!

    Thank you for that.

    2+ pound per week loss with the amount you have left to lose is probably overly aggressive (it was to start as well). It's time to take a step back and assess your caloric needs ... do the math based on current weight and a sensible weekly loss goal ... and progress from there. Or you could continue on your current path which is a bit obsessive and might not be the most healthy way to approach the issue.
  • SapiensPisces
    SapiensPisces Posts: 992 Member
    Just realized... I think you're absolutely right, and you said it all.
    I am obsessed. There isn't a day where I don't think about weight loss and exercising and how much I want to reach my goal. I'm pushing extremely hard every single day. I need to slow down a bit!

    Thank you for that.

    It's very important to maintain a mentally healthy relationship with fitness and nutrition or acquire it with regards to weight management if you're going to maintain for life. It's easy to get burnt out or seriously injure yourself doing what you're doing. Overtraining can be rather serious.

    If all you think about is calories and working out to burn more, then I'd say that you need to think about whether this is how you want to live or not. If not, then there's no reason you can't continue to lose weight and later maintain that loss with a moderate level of exercise and a healthy consistent diet. It's not a race. You didn't gain overnight, and you're not going to lose it overnight.

    I'd suggest adding in some non-weight related fitness goals that will at least direct the energy you have into something tangible and away from the scale for a while.
  • JessieSky
    JessieSky Posts: 79
    I'm convinced that people that burn 1000+ calories in a day by exercising either don't work or don't sleep.

    :laugh: It does feel that way on days like that. {The sleep thing, anyway.}
  • sarainiowa
    sarainiowa Posts: 287 Member
    I burn 1000+ a day (with a full time job and a household). I do not "always" eat back my workout calories. If I eat back some it's usually minimal (under 500). I've found success and I'm sticking with it. Do what works for your body ....
  • obum88
    obum88 Posts: 262 Member
    To OP have you being readjusting your weight on your HRM?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    However, I've tried this and ended up either gaining or maintaining, and I have NO idea why. How is that even possible?

    I just want to comment on this part of your OP. When you've increased calories, how long have you waited before deciding it's not working?

    It's not unusual to see a water weight/glycogen increase on the scale if you increase your calories suddenly, and that can take a few weeks to taper off. You need to give any changes to your routine 3-4 weeks before deciding whether or not they're working.
  • AbsolutelyAnnie
    AbsolutelyAnnie Posts: 2,695 Member
    Just realized... I think you're absolutely right, and you said it all.
    I am obsessed. There isn't a day where I don't think about weight loss and exercising and how much I want to reach my goal. I'm pushing extremely hard every single day. I need to slow down a bit!

    Thank you for that.

    Well done. Congratulations on getting to the bottom of your question. Seriously, well done.
  • antnya
    antnya Posts: 2
    I'm convinced that people that burn 1000+ calories in a day by exercising either don't work or don't sleep.

    I burn right around 900 calories every other day with one hour of HIIT. Then again, I AM 274 pounds. 5'11" with a large frame and 37% body fat.

    The start of this has been easy to burn, but as I drop weight, I will find it even harder. Not sure what OP is doing, but good luck to you.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I'm convinced that people that burn 1000+ calories in a day by exercising either don't work or don't sleep.

    I burn right around 900 calories every other day with one hour of HIIT. Then again, I AM 274 pounds. 5'11" with a large frame and 37% body fat.

    The start of this has been easy to burn, but as I drop weight, I will find it even harder. Not sure what OP is doing, but good luck to you.

    not for nothing- if you are doing HIIT for one hour- you're doing it wrong.
  • itodd4019
    itodd4019 Posts: 340 Member
    I ran 6 miles this morning, then rode my road bike 10 miles each way to the office. Walked a dog, pulling like hell, for an hour at lunch, 1,000 cals meh!!!

    BUT- I won't run tomorrow, I will recover. But I will ride, and walk the dog, and lift.
    Revoery is extremely important when you are training for performance. If you are training to lose weight, like to see your abs and such, then that's done in the kitchen.

    It is VERY easy to out eat your exercise. get a food scale. Things will get really real then. :)

    don't hate me for that. It took me years to get over hating the guy that challenged me to use a food scale.
  • robmckim2
    robmckim2 Posts: 23 Member
    After reading this, I feel like I do nothing at all. I am lazy...that it all.

    LOL, on sincere note though, it does make me think I should work a lot harder...or at least a little harder and eat better!:wink:
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    I burn right around 900 calories every other day with one hour of HIIT. Then again, I AM 274 pounds. 5'11" with a large frame and 37% body fat.

    For a high intensity session I'll do a 15 minute warm up, 15-20 minutes of intervals and then 15 minutes of cool down. That's about as much high intensity as I can cope with, so forgive me being somewhat sceptical of an hour.

    At most I'll do 2 high intensity sessions a week, far too debilitating for more than that and sustain he rest of my training. About the same amount of time but tempo training will burn a little more.

    An hour of 5:30 per km, steady pace, burns about 800 cals for me.
  • srmchan
    srmchan Posts: 206 Member
    I highly doubt those burns are accurate. I'm not in the greatest shape (the larger you are, the more you burn) and I can only get a 600 calorie burn per hour when I bust my butt on my bike. I'm using an HRM with VO2 MAX input. I trust it to be fairly accurate.

    Which HRM and/or app are you using? I've been looking for something that uses VO2 max as part of the calculations.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    hi

    do you cycle a lot or run a lot. same as you, i can burn off 1200 calories cycling for an hour or so and then its incredibly hard to eat back all those burnt off calories in one day so its no wonder your losing quite a bit in a month. that said, its also very addictive, seeing the scales go down so i wonder if secretly your very pleased how its working out and have no intention of doing anything else anyway? just a thought

    I highly doubt those burns are accurate. I'm not in the greatest shape (the larger you are, the more you burn) and I can only get a 600 calorie burn per hour when I bust my butt on my bike. I'm using an HRM with VO2 MAX input. I trust it to be fairly accurate.

    This isn't necessarily the case. Tour riders typically burn 1000+ per hour and they are pretty damn fit.

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