Excercise calories

Leighhayes12345
Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 22 in Introduce Yourself
hi I'm trying to lose weight and today have 4082 excercise calories. I know I did a class and spent an hour in the gym but this seems very high.

My daily calories are 1620. I'm confused.

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  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
    Should add I'm using a Fitbit and the highest excercise calories I've had before was about 700
  • erimethia_fekre
    erimethia_fekre Posts: 317 Member
    Don't eat them back. Eat only your goal and you will see a weight difference pretty quickly with that amount burned daily
  • erimethia_fekre
    erimethia_fekre Posts: 317 Member
    I don't even log mine to be honest
  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
    Ok thanks I don't log them Fitbit does. I can't have burned that amount of calories today. I'm not going to eat them.
  • Faithful_Chosen
    Faithful_Chosen Posts: 401 Member
    Leighhayes12345 wrote: »
    hi I'm trying to lose weight and today have 4082 excercise calories. I know I did a class and spent an hour in the gym but this seems very high.

    My daily calories are 1620. I'm confused.

    Unless you are very tall and very heavy, that is a bit much. What's that number based on? Whatever the case, I wouldn't eat much of it back. For two hours of work, that sounds bloated for sure. *maybe* eat 500 calories back...? I'd love to see some stats on you and a break-down of how you got that count.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You are vastly...like majorly overestimating your calorie burns.
  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
    Hi I do weigh loads. 125kg but I've been going to the gym for 3 weeks. I did a 1 hour class's plus 20 mins on treadmill plus 35 mins on a bike. And I did a bit of shopping afterwards. It's the Fitbit steps adjustment that has added these calories. I have lost 13 pounds though. Up until this point the most calories I've earned was 700.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Leighhayes12345 wrote: »
    Hi I do weigh loads. 125kg but I've been going to the gym for 3 weeks. I did a 1 hour class's plus 20 mins on treadmill plus 35 mins on a bike. And I did a bit of shopping afterwards. It's the Fitbit steps adjustment that has added these calories. I have lost 13 pounds though. Up until this point the most calories I've earned was 700.

    your FitBit is giving you your total "burn"...to include the calories you "burn" merely existing and doing nominal tasks. you don't burn 4K plus calories with the exercise you just described.
  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    You are vastly...like majorly overestimating your calorie burns.

    I'm not its the Fitbit that's added them.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Leighhayes12345 wrote: »
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    You are vastly...like majorly overestimating your calorie burns.

    I'm not its the Fitbit that's added them.

    then your FitBit is jacked...you don't burn 4K calories doing what you described for exercise...for example, I might..maybe burn around 1,500 calories riding 50 miles at about a 15 MPH pace...
  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
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    I'm not entering any excersie even when I go to the gym.
  • disasterman
    disasterman Posts: 746 Member
    Fitbit is giving you TDEE - and that's probably inflated. I don't use one so you'll need someone who does to help you figure out how to exclude the calories burned from just normal living (those are already accounted for by MFP so you're double -counting with Fitbit).
  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
    It's been ok I've been using it for a month. It's only today I've had an issue.
  • Leighhayes12345
    Leighhayes12345 Posts: 8 Member
    Ok thanks for all the advice everyone.
  • KeysGirl23
    KeysGirl23 Posts: 117 Member
    There is a fitbit group you can join. They are really helpful.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Leighhayes12345 wrote: »
    Should add I'm using a Fitbit and the highest excercise calories I've had before was about 700

    Your Fitbit burn is TDEE (total daily energy expenditure), the calories necessary to maintain your current weight. If you eat less than that, you will lose weight.

    Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit

    Set your goal to .5 lb. for every 25 lbs. you're overweight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

    Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    Ignore your Fitbit calorie goal and follow MFP's, eating back your adjustments. No need to log any step-based activity—your Fitbit is tracking it for you. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit or in MFP—never both. Exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time.

    You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
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