900 calories!!

The most I've burned is 700 something from running. With my pace (about 5mph) I burn just over 100 calories per mile. I DO eat most of them back, save about 100-200 at the end of the day.

Why would you assume that people aren't eating those calories back? Many of us here on MFP eat our exercise calories! In fact, with a 900 calorie burn, I would hope they were eating back at least some of those calories.

I try to get that burn every day, and no, I don't eat them back. I run or do some other cardio for at least an hour, and I ride my horse for an hour. I can usually hit 800-1000 in a day.

If I do 30-45 minutes of circuit training and 1 hr of Zumba, I can burn that easily. For me Zumba is the secret weapon. When I started I had read that average calories burn is 550-1100 per hour, so I would log it on the low end (550). Since I got my heart rate monitor I've been averaging between 650 and 750 per hour class.

Edit: I eat some of them back but not all. I try to leave a cushion of about 400 cals in case I counted something wrong

A couple of times a week I may work out twice in one day. I work out with a trainer 2x/week. With the trainer I do 15-20 min of cardio (stair climber or treadmill at 3.5mph & 7% incline), then do upper body & abds or lower body & abds. On those days I might go to the gym or just walk (fast) for 45-50 min later in the afternoon. When I go to the gym, I either do 30 min on the elliptical machine or 30-40 min on the treadmill alternating between 3.8-3.0mph at a 5% incline & then walk 3 miles on the track at 4.0mph. I definitely work out for at least 45-60 min every day. I just feel out of sorts if I don't. I do work a full-time job & 2 on call jobs & I have one teenager at home. It is possible, but I have to schedule it in my day, every day. I have FINALLY made myself a prority.

I've been doing 2 hours of wii fit or an hour of elliptical and then 30 minutes or strength. That usually gets me 800-900. I dont eat them all back because I'm done so late, but I do eat some of em.

my biggest calorie burn so far was 972..... I ate some back because I work out after dinner, when I was done I was starving!

50min elliptical 15 min run!

Easiest way to knock off 1000+ calories in one day. Go out for a 25+ mile bike ride at an avg pace > 18mpg and hit some killer hills. And it just dawned on me that I forget to log the gu gels and other things I eat while riding. But I typically average 1100 to 1800 kcals burnt off on these days.

I think a lot of people overestimate their calorie burn. I did one hour on the elliptical a few days ago. The elliptical said 580 calories. I barely broke a sweat and my heart rate barely stayed over 130. My heart rate monitor said 600 or more. I still don't believe it. It was as easy as walking. Mind you, I own the elliptical, use it every day and it is no long that challenging unless I go above 175 rpm. I did not log it as the calories that were burned. My body is used to it, so it's pretty efficient at doing it, if I had jogged that long or climbed stairs, I would log every calorie. My hrm said I burned 1400 calories at the gym the other day..I did not log that as high as it said either. Also, I always subtract my bmr for the hour from my calories burned, no need to count them twice. Sure I may have burned 300 calories in an hour, but fifty of those calories was just spent staying alive. From what I have read, if you can make the gym equipment read past the triple digits, in less than three hours you are in really good shape (I'm just working on it) and your body is more efficient than you think it is. Especially if your doing a workout that you have done time and time again.. I have friends who are overweight who lose weight at five times the rate I do, even though I exercise harder and they eat more. Not only is their bmr higher, but their body burns more calories because they are not used to it. That's why I believe in eating back some of your exercise calories, enough to keep you active. But I would never eat back 1400 calories because my hrm said I could.

I've burnt 1100ish in one day by doing 14 miles total walking/elliptical machine. Takes me about 2 hours to burn that much. I only manage that on the weekends, during the week I average around 6-700 burned a day and I do not eat all of them back.

I go for a long run almost every saturday - cals burnt are anywhere from 600 - 1100 depending on how far I run.
I eat most of those back - why wouldn't you want to put more energy into your body when it's been working so hard?

Don't feel that you aren't doing enough if you aren't burning huge numbers - if I hadn't gone mad and decided to train for a half marathon, I wouldn't be either - my usual weekday exercise is more like 200 - 400 cals (yup, I eat those too!).
It isn't necessary to burn 1000 cals a day to lose weight, a lot of weight loss is from food anyway though the exercise does help with your fitness, mood, general health and metabolism.

A better way to think of this is FUELING your body for the demands you make upon it, not eating "back" the calories. In fact, it most effective for an endurance event to eat the calories you expect to burn in advance. You need the fuel to perform. You can't run a marathon (very well, anyway) if you eat 1200 cals the day before and then skip breakfast. Better to fuel up the day before with at least 2500-2900 and eat the balance remaining from the run on recovery day.

Hi,

I am new to this site, but I had the same question about eating those exercise calories. I am going to cardio kick tonight for the first time. Basically it is kick boxing. It is 893 calories per hour!. I have no clue how I can eat that many calories, when I am full now. Does anyone have any guidance on this. I have so much weight to lose (60+) and I am drinking 6-8 glasses of water a day. That is hard enough for me. If any one has any comments, please give them. I am here to lose and learn. Thanks

Erinn