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Burning too many calories in a week.

Muscles_Curves
Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have a MFP goal to burn 2,150 calories per week. I wear a heart rate monitor that also calculates my calories and so far I have burned 3,948 calories and I have two more days to go to complete a week. I have calculated up to 729 calories burned on one workout and that is not including the afterburn calories.

So here's the question: Is it dangerous to burn more calories in a week than is suggested? I also eat back some of the calories I burn (200-300) to prevent hunger. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

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  • mmstgr
    mmstgr Posts: 578 Member
    You should open up your diary so we all can better help you :)
  • nickyrobinson
    nickyrobinson Posts: 161 Member
    Nope, it's not "dangerous". But depending on what your calorie level is, you might want to eat back a few more calories . It looks like you are eating back less than half (200-300) of what you are burning. Hunger is not always a reliable guide, unfortunately. (As many of us who eat too much, know to our peril.)
  • prism6
    prism6 Posts: 484 Member
    just my experience. I started out gang busters,worker out like a fiend..then it Dawned on me,where will I go from here,can I keep up this pace and will my body and weight get used to it.... I have cut back and am having the same results..so, that's all I got
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    I have a MFP goal to burn 2,150 calories per week. I wear a heart rate monitor that also calculates my calories and so far I have burned 3,948 calories and I have two more days to go to complete a week. I have calculated up to 729 calories burned on one workout and that is not including the afterburn calories.

    So here's the question: Is it dangerous to burn more calories in a week than is suggested? I also eat back some of the calories I burn (200-300) to prevent hunger. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

    Are you wearing your HRM only when you work out, or all the time? MFP doesn't give you credit for burning calories until you enter them in. I think there's some confusion here.
  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    I have a MFP goal to burn 2,150 calories per week. I wear a heart rate monitor that also calculates my calories and so far I have burned 3,948 calories and I have two more days to go to complete a week. I have calculated up to 729 calories burned on one workout and that is not including the afterburn calories.

    So here's the question: Is it dangerous to burn more calories in a week than is suggested? I also eat back some of the calories I burn (200-300) to prevent hunger. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

    Are you wearing your HRM only when you work out, or all the time? MFP doesn't give you credit for burning calories until you enter them in. I think there's some confusion here.

    I wear my HRM all the time because it's also a watch, but I only start the calorie counter/timer when I start working out. When I finish my workout I log them in.
  • lifeskittles
    lifeskittles Posts: 438 Member
    just my experience. I started out gang busters,worker out like a fiend..then it Dawned on me,where will I go from here,can I keep up this pace and will my body and weight get used to it.... I have cut back and am having the same results..so, that's all I got

    Same here! I workout way less than I used too...And now I actually find my appetite easier to control.. lol...Dont get me wrong, I love to work out but I think I was doing too much with little benefit
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