fooling myself

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aksm4

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good morning everyone ...........

well for the longest time i have been killing myself onm the treadmill thinking im burnig all the calories it has been telling me just to find out that alyphoe toldme that it is totally false:banghead::banghead:,see i have been doing 45 minutes 15 uphill at a speed average 3.5 and working up to 4.2 basically most of my work out atleast 40 minutes is at the higher speed and the machine tells me i burned 600 cals so i get quite pleased and proud of myself,so now maybe that is why im not loosing weight i thought i was burning enough geuss not ...i do not have time to do one hour of exercise now what?????

anna
 
If you are doing 45 min on the treadmill you most certainly are burning calories!!! lot's of em. To lose 2 lbs a week you need to create a 500 calorie deficit per day. So if you cut 200 calories out of your food each day (as simple as not drinking soda, for instance) & burn 300 calories on the treadmill, you will lose weight.
I'm not a fitness expert, but from everything I've read, doing 30 min. on a treadmill at a speed & incline that is challenging but not to the point where you can't hold a conversation is plenty!
 
Morning,

For the most part, treadmills, ellipticals, bikes, etc give you an estimated number of calories burned. Could be more, could be less. If you really want to know how many calories you burned in a treadmill session, invest in a heart rate monitor. Don't get discouraged. 45 minutes busting your bum on a treadmill (on an incline) is a great workout. Maybe the number of the scale hasn't changed, but how does your clothes fit?

Also... the idea to lose 2lbs/ wk you have to burn 500 calories per day is also estimated. Each person's body is different. If only life were that easy. ;) Good luck.

-Sheryl
 
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