How many calories, on average, do YOU burn a day from exerci

FearAnLoathing · February 2011

between 300 and 500

Kristie18 · February 2011

I usually try to go no less than 300. This week I haven't had such a great week. On a good week I try to get at least 500/day for at least 3 days

MattAxtell · February 2011

3800 so far m-f so I guess about

750

Celo24 · February 2011

MAJOR variance for me. I've had days as low as 300 and days (like today) when I get close to 1300. It depends what I'm doing. Most days though, it's around 500-700.

miabrown66 · February 2011

4-500 calories 6-7 days per week. Losing around 3-4 pounds per week. You need to be sure you are actually working off what you think you are. MFP drastically overstates what is being burned. Even my exercise bike was overstating what I was burning. If you want to know what you are REALLY burning off, need a heart rate monitor. My bike was off by about 75 calories per workout and MFP was off by hundreds of calories. The HRM is most accurrate. Good luck!

caitylynn62 · February 2011

it depends on my cardio. If its eliptical its 200+, running 300+, walking, 150+ or around there. It depends on if its a day for me to do a hard workout or not. (I alternate)

runningneo122 · February 2011

I run every day and am around 1400 cals burned a day. When I eat the cals burned back I lose 2 pounds a week.

foreverstarstrukk · February 2011

Wow!! I didn't expect to get so many responses in such a short amount of time! Thank you everyone, & goodluck to you all as well! I read all your posts and you are all very inspiring!

One thing I'm a little confused about still is...say you burn 100 calories through exercise.

This allows you to be able to eat 100 calories more in the day than without the exercise aka your 'Net' (correct me if I am wrong).

So are you actually supposed to eat 100 more calories or should you consider the 100 calories burned to count towards your weight loss...?

Basically I don't understand how you are supposed to lose weight if you are replacing all the calories that you burn. Can anyone explain this concept, lol?

Thanks!

s t a r s t r u k k

ian191 · February 2011

Usually around 100-200. With school its hard for me to do much exercising, after a day of school I tend to be mentally drained, and I just don't feel like exercising. When I don't exercise I am extra sure to be at or a little below my calorie goal.

I would exercise much more often if I had an elliptical, but I don't, so yeah.

I did order some cheap weights so I can start some weight training.

My problem is I just don't want to be exercising outside and then be like "I am done." Sure, I still have to walk home, but I just don't want to deal with it.

demone00 · February 2011

250-600 depending on what I do and how long

jrt9999 · February 2011

You don't have to exercise to lose weight, if you set you goals to lose weight and accurately set you daily activity level correctly. And then stick to it with proper food nutrition. Think of exercising as it is intended for. To build muscle and cardiovascular system. And you must replenish the system go keep it strong, so eat to make up for the expenditure during exercise.

foreverstarstrukk · February 2011

You don't have to exercise to lose weight, if you set you goals to lose weight and accurately set you daily activity level correctly. And then stick to it with proper food nutrition. Think of exercising as it is intended for. To build muscle and cardiovascular system. And you must replenish the system go keep it strong, so eat to make up for the expenditure during exercise.

Thank you, that helped! (:

runningneo122 · February 2011

Read these posts to better understand how things work on MFP:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

corsayre8 · February 2011

You don't have to exercise to lose weight, if you set you goals to lose weight and accurately set you daily activity level correctly. And then stick to it with proper food nutrition. Think of exercising as it is intended for. To build muscle and cardiovascular system. And you must replenish the system go keep it strong, so eat to make up for the expenditure during exercise.

Thank you, that helped! (:

This is true, however, as someone ready pointed out the "calories burned" that MFP alots for different exercise may not be accurate for you. Age, sex, height, weight, etc all gave an affect onhow many calories you are going to burn doing different activities. These are not accounted for as this type of site is designed to be generic and accessible to a large range of people. Again, if you want an accurate number of calories you can eat back without going into you deficit calories, you should get a heart rate monitor.