Walking the dog for 30 minutes really burns 130 calories?

BlessedMom70
BlessedMom70 Posts: 124 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
5'6, 155 lbs. 47 year old female. 130 cals burned from walking the dog at a moderate pace for 30 minutes? That seems like a lot. ??

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited June 2018
    Use this formula for net calories burned walking...

    .31 x Body weight x distance in miles

    Things like "moderate pace" are somewhat subjective.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I just went and looked at my Fitbit app just for kicks and I took my dog for a walk yesterday, 28 minutes (just normal walking pace, wasn’t power walking or anything) and it says I burned 171 calories. I also weigh 155lbs.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    Honestly if you did between 1.5-2 miles, that sounds pretty close to right. Depends on the size of the dog and how briskly you walked vs how many times you stopped for business.
  • CarlydogsMom
    CarlydogsMom Posts: 645 Member
    I think it sounds high myself, but don't forget that the calorie burn you're seeing includes the calories you'd burn if you were just sitting on a sofa (basal metabolic rate calories). So it's the total of both exercise and general body functioning calories.

    For me, my BMR (calculator is on this site), it happens to equate to about a calorie a minute (BMR of about 1450, 1440 minutes in a 24-hour period, so about a calorie a minute). So if a 30 minute walk reported on your Fitbit as 130 calories, I would subtract about 30, leaving me a net "exercise" burn of about 100...which still seems high for me, but not unreasonable.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    BlessedMom70 wrote: »
    5'6, 155 lbs. 47 year old female. 130 cals burned from walking the dog at a moderate pace for 30 minutes? That seems like a lot. ??

    50 calories per mile, you could conceivably cover just over two miles in the time, although that's pretty brisk.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    nope sounds about right depending on a few factors, like your weight, continuous motion, previous activity level
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I walk my dog for 1 mile, 2x per day and it takes me about 20 minutes. Garmin says I burn about 60 calories. I'm 5'6" and 155.
  • BlessedMom70
    BlessedMom70 Posts: 124 Member
    Thank you!! :smile:
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    edited June 2018
    It does seem a bit high to me. About how far do you walk in the 30 min? The calculator I use gives a net calorie use of 122 for 155 lb at 3mph on level ground. That’s 20min/mile
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Sounds about right. Next step, check how many calories in your favourite cookie.
  • blobby10
    blobby10 Posts: 357 Member
    I did two miles this morning at 4mph pace (without dog sadly as she was put to sleep 2 weeks ago :-( ) and burned 150 calories according to both HRM and Vivofit. I'm 5ft 9 and 13 stones but pretty fit (apart from 2 weeks lay off from gym post lipoma removal hence the walking). Usually daily gym sessions plus 50 mile cycles at the weekends at 15mph average so expect to burn around 70 cals a mile walking and 100 running.
  • BlessedMom70
    BlessedMom70 Posts: 124 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    Sounds about right. Next step, check how many calories in your favourite cookie.

    LOL
  • BlessedMom70
    BlessedMom70 Posts: 124 Member
    blobby10 wrote: »
    I did two miles this morning at 4mph pace (without dog sadly as she was put to sleep 2 weeks ago :-( ) and burned 150 calories according to both HRM and Vivofit. I'm 5ft 9 and 13 stones but pretty fit (apart from 2 weeks lay off from gym post lipoma removal hence the walking). Usually daily gym sessions plus 50 mile cycles at the weekends at 15mph average so expect to burn around 70 cals a mile walking and 100 running.

    I'm so sorry for your loss. :(
  • BlessedMom70
    BlessedMom70 Posts: 124 Member
    Thank you everyone...this helps!

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