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I only use my Apple Watch that is connected to my Polar chest strap when working out. I used the Fitbit yesterday to see if it lined up with what my Apple Watch was saying or if my Apple Watch was way off. My Apple Watch said I burned 225 calories where the Fitbit said 295.

Actually losing a little to quickly. That's why I was going to start eating some of my calories back and had the question about the deficit lol. But then everyone focused on what I burn. I know no device is 100% accurate. But every person is different as well.

Yes I'm cleared by my doctor. But just because I'm cleared doesn't mean a cardiac event won't happen. I have a at home ecg machine that I'm suppose to wear when exercising or when my heart is acting funny. So far everything's been good. If it continues to go well then he will clear me for more things.

Little to quick that's why I was asking about eating the calories back. I don't always net 900 that was just a day I wasn't hungry as my stomach was upset (I have Crohns as well). I typically try to shoot for netting 1200 and not eating my exercise calories back but have still been losing very quickly. But then all the…

Thanks for all the advice.

Yeah i never planned on eating back all my calories just maybe 50%. That way it does give room for error. I know their not 100%. I wore a Fitbit today as well and my Apple Watch that was connected to my polar chest strap said I burned 225 calories during my 38 min workout and the Fitbit said I burned 295. lol.

I know but I need to get this weight off for my health. But if I'm taking a risk to only in the end burn what people are saying then there's no point. I just think it's crazy I can hop on my elliptical and keep my heart rate exactly how it is when I walk on the treadmill around 70 to 75% with an incline and I burn the same…

Well if that's the case then I'm not going to bother even working out anymore and taking the chance of having a cardiac event for 200 calories.

Quick add was because every time I tried to select what I needed yesterday to log for lunch the app would close out. So I just used the quick add to input it since the app wouldn't let me choose what I needed lol. I haven't been eating the calories burned back. I was going to starting today. But now I don't want to because…

Right now just walking until my heart doctor clears me for more. This is what my numbers looked like yesterday (hopefully the image attaches). Lol

Yes I use a food scale when needed. So when I use a TDEE calculator it asks about my activity level. I'm mainly sedentary but I workout 7 days a week for at least an hour. Typically around 75 min with warm up and cool down. So do I still put sedentary no exercise/desk job or do i put in exercise 7 days a week?

This was yesterday, and no I'm not terribly hungry. I have Crohns so I dont have much of a appetite in the first place.

Thank you. My Apple Watch separates my active calories from my total calories during each workout. Still not 100% sure why lol. It also doesn't monitor my heart rate at all times either. It takes it I think every 10 min. I did a test of my own today during my workout. I wore my Apple Watch with the HRM connected to it AND…

That's not what I was saying. I was simply saying walking at 3mph is like a brisk walk for me. Not that I'm burning more calories than someone else

I understand what you're saying. What got me was people saying it wasn't possible because they only burned such amount of calories doing something else and it wasn't possible because I'm "just walking". 3mph is a brisk walk for me since I'm only 5'3 and I incline it to 6. Sometimes I walk at 3.5. I technically do a total…

Yeah I do 3mph at a 6 degree incline. Sometimes I even do 3.5 mph. I usually end up doing around 74 min total with warm up and cool down. So I just say 60 minutes. I get everything is an estimate, but when people tell me you can't burn that much in a hour by "walking" because they only burn such amount doing something…

Wow I guess working out for a hour total with my heart rate around 70 to 75% of my maximum heart rate isn't "sufficient" enough to burn. Since it's only walking at 3mph at a incline 6. I haven't been eating back any of my exercise calories since I started. So guess I'll just continue not to.

So walking at 3mph on a incline with a heart rate of 135 to 140 for a total of an hour isn't sufficient enough to burn 400 calories? I'm using a polar chest strap that's Blue toothed to my Apple Watch. I'm not going by what the treadmill says or what MyFitnessPal estimates.

I use a HRM during my workout that syncs to my Apple Watch. I do 30 min twice a day at 3mph on a incline. My heart rate easily gets up to 135 to 140 doing so. So I doubt it's overestimating my burns. I'm also 185 pounds. I typically burn little over 200 each 30 min session. I had it set at 1.5 pounds a week at sedentary…

I use my chest strap that is connected to my Apple Watch so it's going by heart rate. I'm 185 pounds and I walk at 3mph on a incline. My heart rate easily gets up to 135 to 140. I never go by what the treadmill or MyFitnessPal estimates as it's way off. So yes I roughly burn around 400 calories or more in a hour on the…

I talked to my heart doctor and he said 1200 is typically to low for most women. He advised to me I shouldn't go any lower than 1350 and adjust it according to how I feel. If I constantly feel hungry then up it a little. If I'm not losing weight then stop eating some of the exercise calories back.

I'm 5'3 and right now weigh 185. My goal is to lose 45 more pounds. But it's so hard because I have to be careful working out because of my heart. So I can't go all out during cardio. I was advised by my heart doctor, walking only and I can't raise my heart rate above 130. Diet wise I do good with always staying within the…

I put a call into my doctor so I'll see what he says. Thanks for all the info though

I just walked on the treadmill for 30 min and I burned 202 calories and that's from my chest strap and Apple Watch. I'll do another 30 min session tonight. I've only been on my diet for just over 2 weeks. I lost 10 pounds as of January 14th. I know it's mostly water weight. I weighed myself this morning and I was up a…

So if my calories are 1200 a day and I burn 400 calories through exercise I should at least eat 50% of those calories back correct?

I need to lose around 45 pounds. I don't trust what the treadmill says I burned, even with a chest strap. When I looked up the definition of lightly active it says daily living and household chores. It says your considered lightly active if you perform 30 min of intentional exercise daily on top of tasks of daily living.…

I think what I'm going to do is just set it at sedentary at losing 1.5 pounds a week. I use a heart rate monitor that Bluetooths to my Apple Watch for my workouts and then it automatically logs any exercise I do to MyFitnessPal. So I know mine is more accurate than using MyFitnessPal's estimate of calories burned during…

The 8-9k steps does include my treadmill steps.

I have a Apple Watch. All the steps I do a day aren't from just the treadmill it's from doing house work etc plus the treadmill. I figured I was at least lightly active as that's what I set it to.