People who are burning 1000+ calories a day

I wear a heart rate monitor, it includes a wrist watch and a chest strap. I walk laps on the track behind my house. Each lap burns 200 calories...I also use 2lb dumbells also while listening to the workout radio on pandora. 8 laps are 1000 calories. remember your heartrate is what tells how many calories your burning. MFP is not accurate at all.

also, ive used various brands of hrm and they've all calculated similar calculations. each person is different.

If I were you, I would not tell a soul about this enchanted track, or you're going to have 1/3 of America in your backyard

My half marathon I ran Monday only had me burning 1200 calories. I am a fairly petite girl, but I had to work hard for that calorie burn! I use my heart rate monitor that was calibrated by an exercise physiologist using my measured resting metabolic rate, my measured VO2max and my lactate threshold. I just don't see how someone doing a few miles or an hours worth of working out has that kind of calorie burn unless you are humongous!

The closest I've gotten recently was last night, I burned 620 calories after 80 minutes of exercise, according to my HRM. That included sprints and a lower body circuit with weights.

The only other time I'm sure I got over 1000 was when I biked about 90km over two days on mountain trails.

In your post at the top of the last page, you stated

I walk laps on the track behind my house.

Now you write:

didn't know you knew the length of the laps in my neighborhood.

Thanks

So, which is it? Are you walking laps on a track (that is likely 400 meters around) or around your neighborhood which is of an undetermined length? Never mind, don't answer that. Answer this: how long are you walking?

A 150 pound person would have to walk about 10 miles to achieve a burn of about 1000 calories. At 14 minute miles, that would take 2 hours and 20 minutes.

For walking and running I find a very easy rule of thumb is 90 calories per mile (women) and 110 calories per mile (men). This will vary somewhat depending on weight/height/muscle mass/fat mass, but not terribly much.

If you're doing 2 miles, you're doing 180-200 calories, not 1000.

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One of my MFP friends (not someone I know in real life) has a Endomon tracker or something that posts his burns. It is WAY CRAZY OFF! He posted his time after a Half Marathon so I know he is about as fast (or slow depending on how you look at it) as me. While he is a man and bigger than me, I know there is no way he is burning 1,300 calories in a half hour of running when he is doing a 5 mph or so pace and not 26 mph! Every time I see these insane burns posted on my home page, I always just want to comment and make sure he knows they aren't real, but I am sure he has figured that out by now.

I have had days where MFP and my fitbit adjustment tells me I have burned over 1,000 calories. I know I got in a good workout and figure that it is about half right.

To sbjchristy - I am glad that your workouts are working for you now and you are losing weight and body fat. But like others have been trying to tell you, unless these "laps" are in fact a mile long each and not laps around a track that are about 1/4 mile each, you are doing yourself a disservice by thinking you are burning 1,000 calories. Yes, everyone is different, but no one is that different.

I just got a HRM with a chest strap and I am going to start using it to track my caloires. I also wear a Fitbit which tracks my steps. But I am excited to start seeing what is going on with the HRM. I have not used one before. I weigh 270lbs and I am sure it will be easier for me to hit big number while at this weight, than it will be for me to hit the same numbers in lets say 20lbs.

I see you got your information from a page that uses statistical information based on probably a limited amount of people. Not everyone's body type is the same, there's gender, muscle mass, body fat, height, age etc, etc....

Not everyone's heartbeat beats at the same pace either...if so my calorie burn and someone else's calorie burn based on the same workiout will always be different.

Based on my body's reaction to my workouts, I am losing at a great rate.

But then, I don't recall asking you to question the techinical device I use to assist me in my goals. So far, it's working well for ME. I've lost 17 lbs within 7-8 weeks, my body fat has dropped and so have my inches.

Thanks for your critical advise.

17 lbs of pure body fat in 7 weeks. Amazing. Outstanding.

why do you care to comment to tell him that his calorie burn is way off?

I don't comment to tell him that his burn is way off as, like I said, I am sure he has figured it out. Just like I know that the burn that posts for me is generally off, but nowhere near as off as his is. I just know that there are people out there who may actually believe the wrong burns that they are seeing and that isn't going to help them in the long run. And I also see that no matter how many people on a forum try and tell them that it is wrong, they aren't going to believe it.

My half marathon I ran Monday only had me burning 1200 calories. I am a fairly petite girl, but I had to work hard for that calorie burn! I use my heart rate monitor that was calibrated by an exercise physiologist using my measured resting metabolic rate, my measured VO2max and my lactate threshold. I just don't see how someone doing a few miles or an hours worth of working out has that kind of calorie burn unless you are humongous!

220 lb x running 6.0 mph = 1000 cal/hr

That's a constant effort. Which is why, even if someone is even heavier, it is virtually impossible to burn 1000 calories in an hour of Zumba or any other exercise class.

why do you care to comment to tell him that his calorie burn is way off?

I dunno. Not putting words in anyone's mouth, but it could be because THIS IS A THREAD ABOUT CALORIE BURNS.

That might have something to do with it, but then I'm just speculating.

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Are you wearing a HRM when you're getting these numbers? MFP exercise estimates are not correct, in fact, they measure much higher than a HRM. I realize an HRM is also an estimate, however I trust that number over what MFP says a general burn is.

This isn't true. It may be true for some people for some exercises, but most definitely not true across the board. Running and walking on MFP, for a larger person, are quite a bit underestimated.

why do you care to comment to tell him that his calorie burn is way off?

I dunno. Not putting words in anyone's mouth, but it could be because THIS IS A THREAD ABOUT CALORIE BURNS.

That might have something to do with it, but then I'm just speculating.

+1

I find it's easier and probably closer to my actual burn to use rules of thumb like "90 calories per mile."

It's nice when my HRM and my Fitbit agree with me, to within 100 calories. Every. Time.