Zumba and calories burned
Roll_Tide_Meg
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I have been doing Zumba now for about 3 weeks and I've lost inches but the scale isn't moving. I need a trainer's advice. I am eating my 1200 calories a day then exercising and burning 900 in a 45 min intermediate workout on the wii according to my HRM and then I may eat a couple hundred more but I always have 500-700 calories left at the end of the day. Am I supposed to be eating those too or just not exercising as much or what? I'm so frusterated because I don't know what the right thing to do. BTW I am 5'8 and 173 lbs. My goal weight is abou 145lbs. I lost 20lbs last year just from MFP alone but it isn't working anymore. Please help!
Megan
Megan
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I was wondering the same thing.......this is only day 2 for me and on day 1, I burned a bit over 500 calories but I did not eat them. I read one other message board yesterday where the gal lost 100 pounds in a little over a year and she said she ate her extra points from exercise. And when I followed a different weight loss plan (can't mention the name of it), they encouraged us to eat the extra points earned...it helps the metabolism stay revved up. I would try it for a week, eat the extra points you've earned, and I bet you will lose.....good luck to you. Report back to me
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was wondering the same thing, i'm still losing without eating the calories back, but don't want to stall out if i don't eat them. please someone help us with this topic.
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Good question! People on this site are bumping everywhere! What is it?! About the calorie thing. I was also told to eat the calories back. I haven't started doing that, yet, though. There is a member of MFP (Laddyboy) who's going to explain the whole situation to me sometime next week. He's been on MFP for a while and has lost a lot of weight and is looking really fit. A true success story!0 -
you "bump" if you want the thread to appear in your topics for reading later :-Dwhat is bump?0 -
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It is supposed to be to "bump" a topic to the top of the forum to allow for more discussion, but people also use it to mark a post in order to read them later.....0 -
i also was wondering the same thing i eat some of the calories i burn but i am not allwasy hungry to eat all of them0
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Thanks, I'm new to this....and another dumb question, how do I bump this topic?0
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don't know. Maybe we should just write 'bump' and see what happens.
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Then that brings up another question...if I eat EVERYTHING that I've burned, isn't that like not exercising at all? Haha! BTW ya'll kill me with that bump stuff. lol!0
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No, because you are gaining muscle, which more muscle burns more calories!! And eating little meals throughout the day keeps your metabolism going (balanced meals of course)...Anybody, correct me if I'm wrong. and please add to this post.....0
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Well then I guess I will try it for one week starting today. I will let you know next hump day if it works or not. I'm scared though because I want to lose about 15 lbs by the end of next month because we are going to the beach for Memorial Day...but we shall see...hopefully it will work and if not...maybe it will be easy to get back on track.0
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How do you all log Zumba as an exercise on here? I read that most ppl burn about 700 calories/hr with zumba, so I just clicked create a new exercise and added that info....not sure if i did that right or why i couldnt find anything thing since it seems a lot of you also do zumba? Thanks!0
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you're not eating enough calories probably0
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I log Zumba as high impact aerobics. The calories may be a bit less but that's better than over-inflating them. As for eating my exercise calories. I try to maintain a minimum of 1200 cals a day, so if i exercise and have net to eat I will eat something healthy like greek yoghurt, almonds, peanut butter, etc. to get as close to 1200 as I can. You really shouldn't let your intake be below 1200 if you can help it. Don't forget that MFP has already calculated a calorie deficit into your food plan. If you exercise and don't eat some of those cals to get back to 1200 you're not doing your bod any favors. It needs the cals to replenish the muscles. There are a lot of good threads on here about eating your exercise calories. Type that (eating exercise calories and/or starvation mode) into the Search bar and do some browsing. Quite fascinating really.0
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Also, I want to add to this - do weight training along with your Zumba...whether free weights, weight machines, or resistant training....that helps build muscle fast....0
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I don't really want nor need to build muscle. I just want to lose lbs. I want to be at a healthy BMI.
As for the eating my exercise calories. I am doing that for a week and seeing what happens. I already don't feel starved like I have been feeling after Zumba.
Oh and for the one that wanted to know how I log the calories....I went and bought a heart rate monitor at Target for about $50. It monitors my heart rate as well as calories burned during exercise. I burn about 900 in 45 min on medium difficulty on intermediate level. It can be different for everyone though.0 -
How do you all log Zumba as an exercise on here? I read that most ppl burn about 700 calories/hr with zumba, so I just clicked create a new exercise and added that info....not sure if i did that right or why i couldnt find anything thing since it seems a lot of you also do zumba? Thanks!
I bought a heart rate monitor which tells me calories burned after each session. After 40 min. of Zumba Cardio Party I burn from 560-590 cal. dependng on how hard I pushed. I'm not exactly sure how accurate it is but it's probably more accurate than just generically choosing an exercise.0 -
Okay so eating my exercise calories didn't work but I have a new plan and I lost two lbs last night doing it. No more fast food unless it's like McAlister's, Newk's or Taziki's (places where I can get healthy things)on lunch, Lean Cuisine's and cooking healthy for dinner. Exercise for 3 nights and take a night off to rest my body. Drinking lots of water instead of diet drinks. (Still drinking one diet a day but I'm trying. I was drinking 6/day.
Yesterday I woke up and weighed 175.8....TERRIBLE 2lb gain
Ate my bagel for breakfast, ate a sandwhich on wheat, fruit, past salad (1/2 cup) and an oatmeal raisin cookie (1/8...gotta have my sweetness) for lunch
For dinner I had a lean cuisine and ate a smart ones dessert. Didn't exercise because it was my day off.
This morning weigh in was 173.4....loss of 2.4 lbs plus I usually don't weigh in on Saturdays until about 11:00 (that's when I always wake up) So maybe if I keep this up I can lose a couple more by weigh in Saturday and not feel discouraged anymore. I got my bday present yesterday (My birthday is April 19th.) and it's swimsuits from Victoria Secret but I want to look good in them for Memorial Day! I pray I can keep this up. Fast food is my weakness because it's quick, easy, and filling.0 -
I don't really want nor need to build muscle. I just want to lose lbs. I want to be at a healthy BMI.
My Husband says absolutely everyone (including women looking to lose weight) should be doing some sort of weight lifting. You'll lose more fat than you gain in muscle. I'm not an expert, and I'm way overweight, but he's very fit and has done a lot of research. May be something you want to check into?
By the way, I LOVE Zumba. I work my butt off in the gym but don't sweat nearly as much as when I'm doing Zumba.0 -
Update!
Lost another .6 lbs today. So yeah found out what works. All water, 1 diet drink a day, no greasy fast food (cooking and lean cuisines), exercise 3X a week not 6X. I think I was overexercising. Tomorrow is the official weigh in day...I'm kind of excited. My hubby and I have date night tonight though so pray for me that I can pick something to eat that isn't terrible for me. So eating my exercise calories wasn't my problem. I just needed to find what was right for me. So glad that scale is moving again!
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@mwel8819 Is Zumba for the Wii your only workout? I have the game as well on kinect, along with two other dance games and use all three of them and have had good results thus far. Waiting on my HRM to come in the mail so I can see how much i'm burning.0
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Lifted from another thread. Explains weight gain related to execise.
http://www.dailyspark.com/blog.asp?post=why_the_scale_goes_up_when_you_start_a_new_workout_plan0 -
Yes I have lots of dancing workouts and just dance 2. Zumba burns WAYYYY more calories though. I'm good now though. Lost another lb today. Got it all figured out. No fast food, lots of water, and exercise only 3x a weeks. I'm great now and motivated again.0
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you said you adjusted your diet by not eating as much not so healthy to go dinners those always have tons of sodium in them and that always killed my weight, good luck!0
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Well I bought a few dinners but mostly we are cooking now. Eating steamed veggies and whatnot...anything is better than all the grease I was ingesting before now.0
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the most accurate way is to use a HRM, however for a quick easy to use tool based on metabolic averages using your weight and workout intensity level try http://sites.google.com/site/zumbacaloriesburnt0
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