Maintaining on 1400 calories.....

I lost 51 pounds with MyFitnessPal and now I am succeeding on very steady maintenance. I eat back my exercise calories and I do alternating days of yoga, or light calisthenics (for 30 - 60 min.), or treadmill (for 15 min.) I also practice piano (for 30-60 min.) each day, and that does burn calories. (About 170 calories and hour).
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  • ginalove1960
    ginalove1960 Posts: 60 Member
    I usually only play piano for one half hour a day, and that only amounts to 85 calories. But often I'm amazed at how that 85 calorie burn comes in handy.
  • Gamliela
    Gamliela Posts: 2,469 Member
    I play accordion, calories burned and weight lift at the same time!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,345 Member
    edited February 2016
    Playing piano burns cals...who knew :smiley:
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I love it that you're a musician and playing every every day.
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    We ( hubby and i ) dont log our singing. I do tent to dance when i sing so i get some steps back for it hehehe ;)

    But his drumming i calculate ( i do his logging) for sure. He is more hungry after some hours of ( very energetic) drumming.

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  • simlovgin960831
    simlovgin960831 Posts: 32 Member
    Playing drums burns calories too.
  • rdrettig1
    rdrettig1 Posts: 62 Member
    I'm going to have to have my husband wear the heart monitor next time he plays his drums, he leaves behind a sweat puddle so I'm sure it is a good burn!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I lost 51 pounds with MyFitnessPal and now I am succeeding on very steady maintenance. I eat back my exercise calories and I do alternating days of yoga, or light calisthenics (for 30 - 60 min.), or treadmill (for 15 min.) I also practice piano (for 30-60 min.) each day, and that does burn calories. (About 170 calories and hour).

    ummm.... nope - that's about the burn you'd get from a 60 minute yoga class -
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    rdrettig1 wrote: »
    I'm going to have to have my husband wear the heart monitor next time he plays his drums, he leaves behind a sweat puddle so I'm sure it is a good burn!

    also nope - an HRM is not giving a calorie burn for drum playing - LOLs
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    rdrettig1 wrote: »
    I'm going to have to have my husband wear the heart monitor next time he plays his drums, he leaves behind a sweat puddle so I'm sure it is a good burn!

    also nope - an HRM is not giving a calorie burn for drum playing - LOLs
    if he is sweating a lot his heart rate is up. An hrm would pick that up.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    rdrettig1 wrote: »
    I'm going to have to have my husband wear the heart monitor next time he plays his drums, he leaves behind a sweat puddle so I'm sure it is a good burn!

    also nope - an HRM is not giving a calorie burn for drum playing - LOLs
    if he is sweating a lot his heart rate is up. An hrm would pick that up.

    yes an HRM is designed to pick up raised heart rate

    but the formula that underpins heart rate to calorie conversion on HRMs is only relevant to steady-state cardio it is based on lab conditions mapping VO2 uptake to HR under steady-state cardio (and I believe from 40% to lactate threshold)

    drumming is not steady state cardio - it is interval training if anything - an hrm does not provide a calorie burn for interval training - within any reliable estimation anyway .. it does spew out a number but I wouldn't be eating it
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    rdrettig1 wrote: »
    I'm going to have to have my husband wear the heart monitor next time he plays his drums, he leaves behind a sweat puddle so I'm sure it is a good burn!

    also nope - an HRM is not giving a calorie burn for drum playing - LOLs
    if he is sweating a lot his heart rate is up. An hrm would pick that up.

    yes an HRM is designed to pick up raised heart rate

    but the formula that underpins heart rate to calorie conversion on HRMs is only relevant to steady-state cardio it is based on lab conditions mapping VO2 uptake to HR under steady-state cardio (and I believe from 40% to lactate threshold)

    drumming is not steady state cardio - it is interval training if anything - an hrm does not provide a calorie burn for interval training - within any reliable estimation anyway .. it does spew out a number but I wouldn't be eating it

    This for sure

    When hubby goes for some hours of straight drumming i just feed him a bit more lol

    Not hundreds. But for sure when he practice weeks in a row he loses weight pretty fast. ( While he doesn't or didn't have to lose.) Its just like being or having a more active job
  • ginalove1960
    ginalove1960 Posts: 60 Member
    I'm a pianist. I have no trouble keeping my weight within normal BMI. It is now at 22. And all I do for exercise is:
    Practice piano for 30 -60 min. a day, at a slow pace.
    Practice Hatha yoga for 2- 3 times a week, for 30 min. each time.
    Practice "Chair"-Range of Motion exercises, for one hour, once or twice a month.
    Habitually take a couple of flights of stairs, where I live, at a running pace, both up and down. And make a point never to take the elevator.
    When I feel like it, I walk on a treadmill for 15 min. at 2.5 mph and 5% incline.
    One thing, I'm never real hard on myself. I just don't believe in it. My blood pressure, pulse, cholesterol, lipids, everything are real good. The Dr. took me off all those meds when I lost all that weight.
  • ginalove1960
    ginalove1960 Posts: 60 Member
    I'm a 5'8" female. And I usually eat anywhere from between 1450 - 1850 calories. Although today I ate 2000.
  • minizebu
    minizebu Posts: 2,716 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I lost 51 pounds with MyFitnessPal and now I am succeeding on very steady maintenance. I eat back my exercise calories and I do alternating days of yoga, or light calisthenics (for 30 - 60 min.), or treadmill (for 15 min.) I also practice piano (for 30-60 min.) each day, and that does burn calories. (About 170 calories and hour).

    ummm.... nope - that's about the burn you'd get from a 60 minute yoga class -

    Actually, the burn rates for the two activities (playing piano and yoga) are probably not as different as you might expect.

    Per the Compendium of Physical Activities ( https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/Activity-Categories ), piano playing has a MET value of 2.3 and hatha yoga has a MET value of 2.5. The piano playing does have a lower MET value, but it isn't radically different from the yoga.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,345 Member
    I suppose if we burn almost 100 cals an hour by just general moving about the house for example an extra 70 cals for piano playing isn't out of the way....
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,372 Member
    minizebu wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    I lost 51 pounds with MyFitnessPal and now I am succeeding on very steady maintenance. I eat back my exercise calories and I do alternating days of yoga, or light calisthenics (for 30 - 60 min.), or treadmill (for 15 min.) I also practice piano (for 30-60 min.) each day, and that does burn calories. (About 170 calories and hour).

    ummm.... nope - that's about the burn you'd get from a 60 minute yoga class -

    Actually, the burn rates for the two activities (playing piano and yoga) are probably not as different as you might expect.

    Per the Compendium of Physical Activities ( https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/Activity-Categories ), piano playing has a MET value of 2.3 and hatha yoga has a MET value of 2.5. The piano playing does have a lower MET value, but it isn't radically different from the yoga.

    I'm always amazed at people who think that Yoga counts as exercise. I mean yeah, it's good for you, but 300 calorie burns in one hour? LOL no.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
    Hmmm...I play the big double bass. When I gig I lug it around NYC, up and down subway stairs, walking sometimes miles/pushing it on it's wheel. Then I gig standing up with it for 3 hours, usually dancing at the same time and singing. I don't even log that. I just figure...that's my life. I did it when I was fat too. I can't imagine logging piano calories, I'm sorry.
  • saragd012
    saragd012 Posts: 693 Member
    1400 calories doesnt seem to be enough for me to maintain, I lost more weight than I meant to by averaging 1400-1500 calories a day. Though, I am very active and have been lifting quite heavy weights lately, so maybe my metabolism has increased more than I anticipated. I think 1700-1800 may be more appropriate for me.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,647 Member
    Why maintain on 1400 calories? Ugh, I wouldn't last.