Calculating calories burned from walking
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Remember that with a calculation for an hour walking, if for example it comes up as 300kcal expenditure, (regardless of whether on tracker or MFP estimates or HRM), if you had sat at home watching TV you still would have burnt TDEE/24 kcal anyway (80, for example) so the ADDITIONAL benefit you got from walking was e.g. 300-80 = 220 kcal.
Which fits the 50-75% thing.0 -
Remember that with a calculation for an hour walking, if for example it comes up as 300kcal expenditure, (regardless of whether on tracker or MFP estimates or HRM), if you had sat at home watching TV you still would have burnt TDEE/24 kcal anyway (80, for example) so the ADDITIONAL benefit you got from walking was e.g. 300-80 = 220 kcal.
Which fits the 50-75% thing.
I do a similar calculation as well but its never as easy as it seems.
TDEE includes exercise so you wouldn't even add in the calories from walking
If the walking is part of your normal daily activity its part of your NEAT so again don't count it
If walking is in addition to your daily activity (a deliberate exercise) then deduct NEAT/24 calories0 -
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Remember that with a calculation for an hour walking, if for example it comes up as 300kcal expenditure, (regardless of whether on tracker or MFP estimates or HRM), if you had sat at home watching TV you still would have burnt TDEE/24 kcal anyway (80, for example) so the ADDITIONAL benefit you got from walking was e.g. 300-80 = 220 kcal.
Which fits the 50-75% thing.
I use an unorthodox trick to avoid the calculation. I burn about 95 resting, and my walking speed is fairly consistent for now. I found that if I set my heart rate monitor weight 50 pounds lighter it shows 95 calories less per hour than the usual number. It's not pinpoint accurate but it does the trick for me.0 -
Personally... I burn more calories walking than MFP tells me, according to my HRM. Everything else is inflated for me, though!0
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Remember that with a calculation for an hour walking, if for example it comes up as 300kcal expenditure, (regardless of whether on tracker or MFP estimates or HRM), if you had sat at home watching TV you still would have burnt TDEE/24 kcal anyway (80, for example) so the ADDITIONAL benefit you got from walking was e.g. 300-80 = 220 kcal.
Which fits the 50-75% thing.
Thanks, I did not know this! I will take that into consideration from now on.0 -
Remember that with a calculation for an hour walking, if for example it comes up as 300kcal expenditure, (regardless of whether on tracker or MFP estimates or HRM), if you had sat at home watching TV you still would have burnt TDEE/24 kcal anyway (80, for example) so the ADDITIONAL benefit you got from walking was e.g. 300-80 = 220 kcal.
Which fits the 50-75% thing.
I do a similar calculation as well but its never as easy as it seems.
TDEE includes exercise so you wouldn't even add in the calories from walking
If the walking is part of your normal daily activity its part of your NEAT so again don't count it
If walking is in addition to your daily activity (a deliberate exercise) then deduct NEAT/24 calories
Thanks, that make sense. The walking is in addition to my daily activity so I will take this into account when working out my calories burnt.0
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