13699 calories burned last week??????

pros696
pros696 Posts: 80
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
According to my exercise log that is how much I burned last week....I don't log food with everything so it is kinda off balanced. That is because I don't know the brands of the food I eat. Any suggestions on what I should do?

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  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    According to my exercise log that is how much I burned last week....I don't log food with everything so it is kinda off balanced. That is because I don't know the brands of the food I eat. Any suggestions on what I should do?
  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    Daily Total / Goal: 300 / 60 1361 / 524
    Weekly Total / Goal: 2065 / 300 13699 / 2620
  • Benjamin77
    Benjamin77 Posts: 1
    You can break down the food you eat, so if you eat a grilled cheese sandwich you can log the bread and the cheese. I'm the same as you so I just make sure I know what kind of foods I'm eating. Also if you can't find exactly what you ate just guess.
  • dewpearl
    dewpearl Posts: 561 Member
    I'm also looking on the packages of the things I'm eating, and then approximating (choosing some product from the list which matches the calories or the fat or whatever is of interest). For me, logging the food is the only way to keep a sort of control. Ah, and if it's a food I'm likely to eat often, I add it to my database.
  • dewpearl
    dewpearl Posts: 561 Member
    Ah, and congrats on the 13700 cal burned. I managed to burn about 5362, and I'm very proud of it :bigsmile: . Too bad it ain't yet showing in my ticker :huh: , but yeah.
  • hnlymark
    hnlymark Posts: 191
    Are you working out five hours a day?!? Zoinkies! THAT is hard core. I agree with Benjamin, you can usually break down what you are eating into its constituents. Also, try looking for things that are close. For example, I eat out at a local Mexican restaurant pretty regularly, but, since it is a local establishment only, I cannot locate calories for it. But, if I search under the name of the dish (Pollo Loco, Carne Azade, etc) I can usually find a chain restaurant listing and that's what I use. Sometimes there is some guess work involved, but that is better than eating a meal and logging nothing for it. BTW, good luck with the Army. I had seven years regular Army and I don't regret any of them!
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    I dunno :huh: Seems reasonable to me?

    Last week my Exercise numbers were:
    Minutes Calories Burned
    Daily Total / Goal: 117 / 70 1645 / 667
    Weekly Total / Goal: 1124 / 210 16589 / 2000

    So I burned 16,000+ calories from exercise. But then I DO use my HRM to gauge my exercise, and log ASAP.
    As for food, aye yup, you DO wanna log it all! Sometimes it can be a bit of pain, i.e. log a sandwich (specific brand and type of bread, condiments, meat, cheese, lettuce, pickles, etc) But if it's something you eat fairly consistently, you can take all the ingredients and turn into a meal. Last week I grilled some pork ribs, so I listed the meat, and the sauce, as a meal, by weight. That way, when I have the leftovers, I can simply select it, and put in the proper weight.
    Honestly, I'm also starting out here (this is week number 5, so yes, I'm a newbie :happy: ) but the better you log your food, the better you can PLAN both exercise and intake, to achieve your goals. I've also discovered that it's a whole ot easier to log a food ASAP, rather than saying I'll get around to it, cause you won't. Just my .02 bro, keep on rockin!
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Ok, Jamerz and Pro so I have to ask what you are doing to burn that many calories. I've pedaled 65 miles over 5 and 1/2 hours on a bicycle and only burnt up 3000 or so.
  • hnlymark
    hnlymark Posts: 191
    I dunno :huh: Seems reasonable to me?

    Last week my Exercise numbers were:
    Minutes Calories Burned
    Daily Total / Goal: 117 / 70 1645 / 667
    Weekly Total / Goal: 1124 / 210 16589 / 2000

    So I burned 16,000+ calories from exercise. But then I DO use my HRM to gauge my exercise, and log ASAP.
    As for food, aye yup, you DO wanna log it all! Sometimes it can be a bit of pain, i.e. log a sandwich (specific brand and type of bread, condiments, meat, cheese, lettuce, pickles, etc) But if it's something you eat fairly consistently, you can take all the ingredients and turn into a meal. Last week I grilled some pork ribs, so I listed the meat, and the sauce, as a meal, by weight. That way, when I have the leftovers, I can simply select it, and put in the proper weight.
    Honestly, I'm also starting out here (this is week number 5, so yes, I'm a newbie :happy: ) but the better you log your food, the better you can PLAN both exercise and intake, to achieve your goals. I've also discovered that it's a whole ot easier to log a food ASAP, rather than saying I'll get around to it, cause you won't. Just my .02 bro, keep on rockin!

    Dude, you AVERAGE about 160 minutes a day. That is awesome. I couldn't hang, I would be flat out dead. I've been doing 60 minutes every other day and just changed today to 30 minutes every day. You rock!
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    Ummm, errrrr,,, I go into my health club (hopefully) 5 times a week. When there, I spend 2ea 35 minute sets on the elliptical, plus a lap around the circuit, for another 20 minutes. That usually yields (according to my HRM) between 1100-1600 calories burned.
    Then when I go home, I try to find ways to burn another 1000 calories. Yard work, or even house cleaning, or whatever. Again, I use my HRM to tell me the calories I burn. My wonderful wiff and I usually take a daily walk, and walk up and down the bluffs of Lake Michigan (where we live) and that usually gets my heart pumping, and the calories burning.
    So yeah... I log *everything* either intake, or burned, throughout the day! That way, I can PLAN on what to do next! I have just changed my Food Diary as well. I used to just list the three squares and snax. Now I have the the three squares, PLUS a midmorning, and mid afternoon, and Evening snax. I'm trying to spread my alloted calories thru the whole day. That *should* help my metabolism switch better between moderate anabolic, and moderate catabolic cycles as well.
    So yeah, wish me luck! Ih, and shore, Ezzie and I did a bike ride a couple of weks ago, 18 miles, and 2000+ calories for me. Ya really wanna know why? Cause I'm REALLY obese, and it takes a LOT of calories for me to do *anything* Ezzie usually only expends about half the calories that I do for the same, exact activity! Therefore, her body is much more efficient, and thus doesn't NEED to burn the same calories as I do at the same activity.
  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    I run 2-8 miles a day than I go to the gym and do the eliptical for about 30 minutes to an hour and the stationary bicycle at 20mph or more non stop for about 20-30 minutes. Than I do my weight lifting but after I finish one type of weight I run the track a couple times than hit another type of weights and so on and so forth. 13700 calories was my total for the week.
  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    I also weigh 238lbs so I lose a bit more than people lighter than me. I was 270lbs at the beginning of july
  • dewpearl
    dewpearl Posts: 561 Member
    2000+ calories for me. Ya really wanna know why? Cause I'm REALLY obese, and it takes a LOT of calories for me to do *anything* Ezzie usually only expends about half the calories that I do for the same, exact activity!

    :noway: It's just cos you're a guy! Men usually burn more and they are usually heavier :wink: . How else would a guy lift a ballerina? :laugh:

    But, yeah, keep going to get yourself out of the obese zone. Fingers crossed ;). (Gimme a tip how to convince my hubby that food's also the key, not just working out. And that sweets are :devil: )
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    2000+ calories for me. Ya really wanna know why? Cause I'm REALLY obese, and it takes a LOT of calories for me to do *anything* Ezzie usually only expends about half the calories that I do for the same, exact activity!

    :noway: It's just cos you're a guy! Men usually burn more and they are usually heavier :wink: . How else would a guy lift a ballerina? :laugh:

    Yeah, that "male" factor adds a bit--I keep forgetting that. The unfairness of it all!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Wow, that's a lot of calories a day! I wish I had that much free time. Good for you dude! With your body working that hard, make sure you give yourself a break every now and then.

    couple of FYI's (you may or may not already know)

    first, doing that much cardio will seriously inhibit your ability to gain muscle mass. Not to say you won't get any, just that most of it will be density and not size.

    Second, muscle memory inhibits calorie burn. This means that as your muscles become more used to a particular exercise, and as your Blood Oxygen levels rise, your muscles become more efficient at taking oxygen out of your blood, and using a higher percentage of it. This is usually a good thing, but it will burn less calories per minute. That's why it's so good to change up your cardio routine, if you keep your muscles guessing, not only do you tone more/different muscle groups, but each routine burns more calories for an equivalent heart rate.

    Just some tidbits I have picked up over the years.

    Gratz!
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Second, muscle memory inhibits calorie burn. This means that as your muscles become more used to a particular exercise, and as your Blood Oxygen levels rise, your muscles become more efficient at taking oxygen out of your blood, and using a higher percentage of it. This is usually a good thing, but it will burn less calories per minute. That's why it's so good to change up your cardio routine, if you keep your muscles guessing, not only do you tone more/different muscle groups, but each routine burns more calories for an equivalent heart rate.

    Just some tidbits I have picked up over the years.

    Gratz!

    Oh yeah--muscle memory! That is the first phrase I learned when I started cycling. Cyclist put in major "saddle" time to get muscle memory. Believe me, it exists! And, when you're trying to lose weight, it's not always a good thing. :ohwell:
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    Well, right now, at 255 lbs, and 5'9", my BMI is sumpn like 37... zowie!!:mad: I just hope to get down to 200 lbs, and buy some pants that fit! :grumble: :wink:
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    Well, right now, at 255 lbs, and 5'9", my BMI is sumpn like 37... zowie!!:mad: I just hope to get down to 200 lbs, and buy some pants that fit! :grumble: :wink:

    Oh Jamerz--you poor poor thing---NOT. I see your 37 and raise you 8/10! :tongue:

    After losing 59 pounds, my BMI is just now 37.8. when I started, it didn't even show up on the chart on MFP. :frown:
  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    The BMI on this site says I am obese but there is no way on gods green earth that I can get to 200lbs or less. I was in the army and after basic training I was 18% body fat and weighed 230lbs. Lowest I have been in about 8 years is 220lbs and that was mid basic training. My body fat % now is about 28% and I want to be around 22% (because thats what the army wants me to be to get back in)
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    That depends, If you are extremely muscular, then BMI isn't a good measurement tool.

    But as to body fat, men can get down to about 12% and still be healthy.

    12% is pretty tough for us 30 somethins to reach, but I'm tryin. I'm down to 14% now, (well, I was last I checked about 1 month ago, hopefully less now, but I doubt it). 12% will let you see the abs, and that's what I want! About 12% to 25% is considered normal for adult men but under 20% is usually considered better for the male athlete.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage
  • hnlymark
    hnlymark Posts: 191
    That depends, If you are extremely muscular, then BMI isn't a good measurement tool.

    But as to body fat, men can get down to about 12% and still be healthy.

    12% is pretty tough for us 30 somethins to reach, but I'm tryin. I'm down to 14% now, (well, I was last I checked about 1 month ago, hopefully less now, but I doubt it). 12% will let you see the abs, and that's what I want! About 12% to 25% is considered normal for adult men but under 20% is usually considered better for the male athlete.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage

    12%?!? Crap, looks like I have a way to go. I'm after the same thing. I just hit 18.5% (24.8 BMI). Of course, there are different ways of measuring body fat. I recall in the Army, if you were a guy with a big neck, getting "taped" wasn't bad. But, if you naturally had a small neck, you were screwed.
  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    I am very muscular, since I started my workouts my arms are 17 without flexing. They are not ripped but you can see the definition. My legs are huge and have been all my life. They look like I am flexing 24/7 even when I sleep I am told lol. My gut is the only part that has alot of fat but there is a six pack if I flex. its still 44 inches and needs to be 39.5 to get back in the army. I wish they would let me join based on the fact that I blow the PT test out of the water for a guy my size and even alot of the smaller guys. Wish there was a differant BF% test I could take to give more accurate results as opposed to the army tape test (tape the neck and waist only) Usually off by 5-7%
  • pros696
    pros696 Posts: 80
    Your estimated BMR is: 2,076 calories/day*
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    Mine is: Your estimated BMR is: 2,007 calories/day*
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