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Exercise & Calories?

DittoDan
DittoDan Posts: 1,850 Member
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Since I do engineering, I was wondering about calories and exercise, particularly walking. I weigh about 292, which is about 122 lbs overweight. If calories are an expenditure of energy and if its based on a normal weight person, and if I am carrying an extra 122 lbs, would that take more energy/calories to move?

IOW, If a normal person had their 122 lbs son piggy back on them, wouldn't that take more energy to walk?

Just wondering...

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  • Betta2
    Betta2 Posts: 11 Member
    yes
  • camtosh
    camtosh Posts: 898 Member
    Yes, and this is also why you are recommended to recalculate your macros every few months if you are losing quickly--as the weight and fat shifts, so do your needs.
    http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
  • JerryHowell88
    JerryHowell88 Posts: 26
    I am in the same boat! I only weigh once a month (5 weeks LCHF so far) to get my marcos recalculated.
    And as far as exercise, I just lift weights 3 times a week and do a evening walk around the lake on my off days. Not trying to force too munch.
  • sljohnson1207
    sljohnson1207 Posts: 818 Member
    yes, that is why my 220 lb hubby burns more calories on the elliptical than I do at 160 lbs even if we do the same program and all the same settings and put our pace the same. He burns about 800 an hour, while I can barely get 600, and that is only if I'm working my heart too hard (read: heart rate too high) which isn't going to burn fat, or so I've read.

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