Exercise

drivingahead
drivingahead Posts: 47 Member
edited December 3 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a lot to loose 13 stone in total so I'm following fitness pal and eating 2,150 calories a day. I have a very sedentary job in an office. I have been going to the gym and doing 35 minutes of steady walking at an incline of 1.0. How many calories would I burn? The treadmill says 150 but I don't input my weight or height. 27 stone and 5ft 11.
Thank you

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    See what MFP says when you log the same thing, then choose the lower amount of the two.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    surfergirl2017 wrote: »
    I have a lot to loose 13 stone in total so I'm following fitness pal and eating 2,150 calories a day. I have a very sedentary job in an office. I have been going to the gym and doing 35 minutes of steady walking at an incline of 1.0. How many calories would I burn? The treadmill says 150 but I don't input my weight or height. 27 stone and 5ft 11.
    Thank you

    MFP gives you about 300 calories burned for 35 minutes of treadmill walking in general, but when I put in "walking, 3.5 mph, uphill," the burn went to 600 calories.

    It really depends on how fast you're going.

    I'd use the numbers MFP gives me and eat 50-75% of the calories back to allow for a margin of error.
  • drivingahead
    drivingahead Posts: 47 Member
    Thank you I've not been eating them back. Only started Sunday and so far have lost 7lbs so I guess I can eat them back if I feel the need but so far have felt satisfied enough.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    You've lost 7 lbs in 2 days?
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    That's a lot of fluid loss
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    edited September 2016
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    That's a lot of fluid loss

    Yeah, I'd imagine this is the case. OP said she weighs 27 stone; 7 lbs of water lost 2 days after the weekend and after cutting calories doesn't really seem that far-fetched.

    OP I wouldn't get used to that rate of loss, though. Weight loss isn't linear. If you find yourself not losing 7 lbs every 2 days, don't get discouraged. Two lbs per week on average is a good goal at your weight, and be sure to track your trends over time. You may go up a pound one week and down 3 the next. Just be consistent.

    Good luck! :smile:
  • drivingahead
    drivingahead Posts: 47 Member
    Thank you I know from previous experience I loose a lot week one and then average out at 2-3lbs. I started at 27 stone 8lbs on Sunday hoping to loose 3-4 stone by Xmas. Thanks for all the comments and advice
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