How many calories do you aim to burn? (WEIGHT LOSS)

pepsicolaho
pepsicolaho Posts: 38 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
When you go to the gym, how many calories do you aim to burn each day?
I am aiming to lose another 60lbs and wanting to see f what I am doing is comparable to others.

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  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    100-200 at most
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    pepsicolaho wrote: »
    When you go to the gym, how many calories do you aim to burn each day?
    I am aiming to lose another 60lbs and wanting to see f what I am doing is comparable to others.

    Calorie burn will depend on workout type. Workout type will depend upon fitness goals. Instead of a calorie burn goal, why not a fitness goal?

    Most of your deficit is going to be from eating less.

    My exercise goals aren't related to weight loss. I hope to continue exercise long after the weight is gone (this time). Exercise should be a lifestyle change too.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I don't have a goal calorie burn for exercise. I just do my workout.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    edited October 2015
    250 calories 75 min of weights- My cardio session (Riding stationary bike) is 50 min I break the 20 mile mark and my average heart rate is in the 135 range I count it as 500 calories.
  • rachaelerdlen932
    rachaelerdlen932 Posts: 35 Member
    I have 75 pounds to lose and I try to burn at least 600 on a great day 800-900 and that a hour and half workout for me and I eat 1200-1400 calories a day
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    I don't exercise for calories burned. I exercise either because I enjoy it (walking, etc.) or for training (strength or HIIT). For me, diet drives weight loss, exercise drives other aspects of fitness. It's exercise that's the reason I can climb stairs and not gasp for breath like a dying tilapia when I reach the top.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I don't aim to burn any calories.
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    I don't have a goal calorie burn for exercise. I just do my workout.

    This^

    I just aim to get through the workout my trainer has laid out without dying from exhaustion or dropping something heavy on myself. Sometimes I drop stuff on myself... thank Hastur for spotters.
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,399 Member
    It all depends on what you are trying to do. Lifting doesn't burn a lot of calories during workout, but the muscle helps you burn calories day to day. If you are more worried about weight loss, cardio helps burn calories fairly quick, but you really don't even have to hit the gym for that either.

    When I head out on my bike I usually want to burn 500+, often near 1000, occasionally up around 2000.
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    I think I only burn 1/5 of a lb a week's worth of calories through intentional exercise :) I don't do things that burn a lot of calories long enough for my routine to make much of a dent that way. I do concentrate on muscle, so that does help with calories in the long run.

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