2700 Calories a week!?

Joniroq
Joniroq Posts: 1
edited November 10 in Introduce Yourself
Hey I'm new, have no idea how this calorie thing works. It says I need to burn 2700 Calories a week which seems impossible.

My main excercise is Bouldering which I try to do for 2 hours 3 times a week (been shortened to 2 times a week due to work conflicts) I've looked around and it seems you only lose about 100 calories per hour Bouldering. So how I burn a max of 600 a week? How do I burn the other 1900?

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    What are you talking about? The calories needed to lose are already taken out when MFP gives you your deficit. Whatever else you burn is extra.
  • aaliceinw
    aaliceinw Posts: 747 Member
    Walking or running.
    Swimming burns a lot with what seems like less effort.
    Cardio.

    Try a combination of all three. Get active every day for at least 30 minutes.
  • jadumz
    jadumz Posts: 80 Member
    edited January 2015
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort. MVP has already worked out what you need to eat to meet your goals. Any exercise you do is just a bonus and the more the merrier, eh? ;)

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort

    That is an extremely high estimation.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Do you want a calorie deficit of 2700 for the week? MFP gives you calories to eat before exercise.

    You can eat your maintenance calories and exercise for 2700
    or you can combine eating less with exercise.

    If you eat 200 calories less (than maintenance) everyday, you're already at a 1400 calorie deficit. Then you would just add exercise to make up the difference.
  • ransaka
    ransaka Posts: 135 Member
    Joniroq wrote: »
    Hey I'm new, have no idea how this calorie thing works.
    Hi, welcome to MFP!
    I'd suggest reading these threads as they'll get you set in the right direction :)
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort. MVP has already worked out what you need to eat to meet your goals. Any exercise you do is just a bonus and the more the merrier, eh? ;)

    *MFP

    betcha that's wrong.
    like way way way wrong.
    MFP notoriously overestimates calorie burns
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    603reader wrote: »
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort. MVP has already worked out what you need to eat to meet your goals. Any exercise you do is just a bonus and the more the merrier, eh? ;)

    *MFP

    betcha that's wrong.
    like way way way wrong.
    MFP notoriously overestimates calorie burns

    I know. And that's one of the highest I've seen it estimate.
  • jadumz
    jadumz Posts: 80 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort

    That is an extremely high estimation.

    Haha that's why I wrote according to MVP ;) 90 mins vigorous swimming comes up with that. I think it's a tad generous too lol
  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    I'm a swimmer as well and that does seem high. Here's a site I found for estimating swimming calories that takes into consideration pace, distance and stroke, not just minutes, and also your weight. It'll be less than MFP estimates but I still think it might be a little high.

    http://www.swimmingcalculator.com/swim_calories_calculator.php
  • jadumz
    jadumz Posts: 80 Member
    Haha thanks but that website says more :/ I'm a strong swimmer, prefer swimming over walking haha
  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    Oh well, then maybe you're burning that many calories.
  • jadumz
    jadumz Posts: 80 Member
    We'll never know haha
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    jadumz wrote: »
    We'll never know haha

    If you eat all of the calories back and continue to lose, we will! But...I don't suggest it haha
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    edited January 2015
    By bouldering, do you mean laying in bed watching tv???

    When I'm riding my bicycle, I burn upwards of 600 calories per hour, easy. When I used to mountain bike, an 800 calorie hour is not unheard of.

    ETA: Those burns are based off of an upper-level HRM.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    The OP is talking about the calories burned goal in their exercise diary (where it gives a daily and weekly goal).

    OP, it's based on what you put in for how often you're planning to exercise per week. No idea what exercise it bases it on though. I wouldn't worry too much about it.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha thanks but that website says more :/ I'm a strong swimmer, prefer swimming over walking haha


    Get a HRM then or only log about half of what MFP gives you.
  • pithole
    pithole Posts: 75 Member
    Cardio, do more cardio.

    Also, what is "bouldering"?
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort

    That is an extremely high estimation.

    Yes, quite high.

    Measuring against my weight loss and calorie consumption, I burn about 700 cals an hour when I'm working hard. And I'm not exactly a casual swimmer, nor am I slender. Most people overestimate their effort swimming. They're out of breath because they don't have their breathing down, not because they're working especially hard.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    NoelFigart1 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    jadumz wrote: »
    Haha swimming burns a hell of a lot I burn around 1400 in 90 minutes according to MVP but definitely not less effort

    That is an extremely high estimation.

    Yes, quite high.

    Measuring against my weight loss and calorie consumption, I burn about 700 cals an hour when I'm working hard. And I'm not exactly a casual swimmer, nor am I slender. Most people overestimate their effort swimming. They're out of breath because they don't have their breathing down, not because they're working especially hard.

    Yeah, from your posts it seems like you would have a really good idea about how much you burn for your swims. That's a good burn for swimming. I don't think I could do it ha.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    The OP is talking about the calories burned goal in their exercise diary (where it gives a daily and weekly goal).

    OP, it's based on what you put in for how often you're planning to exercise per week. No idea what exercise it bases it on though. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

    ^This. If we're talking about the calories burned under your Fitness Goals section, I would ignore those. They're a goal to shoot for, but the site doesn't use them to calculate your calorie goals or your weight lost per week. It's just an arbitrary number thrown up on your profile page.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    pithole wrote: »
    Cardio, do more cardio.

    Also, what is "bouldering"?


    Boldering is rock climbing without the harness.
    At least inside. You aren't as high up, the wall angles are completely different.
    The gym I went to, I think the top of the bouldering wall was 12ft whereas the regular climbing walls were like 50ft

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bouldering
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