Hi I just bought a piece of a equipment that says how many calories I burned in kilocalories. It will read 3.3 or something like that at the end of my workout. I was wondering if anyone knew how many calories that is? I'm so used to seeing 200 or 350 as the number. Just wondering if it's a good workout.
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I think you need to drop the last zero off of 3300 so its just 330 that could be right. if I had to bet I'd say thats close. Never in my time have I ever herd of kilocalories. maybe its one of those stupid little gimics they have like saying "megafeet" instead of just plain "feet" I herd that stupid one on a paid program.
I bought the lateral thigh trainer. It's a stepper that has resistance and it goes side to side rather up and down. I'm pretty pleased with it, except for that stupid "kilocalories" meter. I looked on the internet for but I got mathmatical equations, and that's not my strongest suit.
I think maybe you guys are right that it's 3300 for 3.3 and I burned 330 calories during a 20 minute workout. If it's that I'm pretty happy about that.
I think maybe you guys are right that it's 3300 for 3.3 and I burned 330 calories during a 20 minute workout. If it's that I'm pretty happy about that.
I found this on the web:
"A kilocalorie is a unit of energy. Actually it refers to 1,000 calories, which by definition is the amount of energy required to raise 1,000 grams of water 1 degree Celsius. When describing the energy content of food the Calories you read on the packaging are kilocalories or ‘big C’ Calories, not to be confused with ‘little c’ calories, which are 1,000 times smaller."
So according to that definition you only burned 3.3 Calories (with a capital 'C'), but that seems way too small for 20 minutes of exercise!
"A kilocalorie is a unit of energy. Actually it refers to 1,000 calories, which by definition is the amount of energy required to raise 1,000 grams of water 1 degree Celsius. When describing the energy content of food the Calories you read on the packaging are kilocalories or ‘big C’ Calories, not to be confused with ‘little c’ calories, which are 1,000 times smaller."
So according to that definition you only burned 3.3 Calories (with a capital 'C'), but that seems way too small for 20 minutes of exercise!
yup just like I said a gimic =} LoL
I found this
Most of us think of calories in relation to things we eat and drink, as in "This can of soda has 200 calories." It turns out that the calories listed on a food package are actually kilocalories (1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie). So that can of soda actually has 200,000 calories (but don't worry, the same applies to exercise -- when an exercise chart say you burn 100 calories jogging a mile, it means 100,000 calories). A food "calorie" is sometimes capitalized to show the difference, but usually not.
so aparently a calorie = 1 kilocalorie...so this lateral thigh trainer thingy...it's gotta be wrong I can feel it working! Or maybe I'm just a dope for buying into it. I like it tho it's fun!
Most of us think of calories in relation to things we eat and drink, as in "This can of soda has 200 calories." It turns out that the calories listed on a food package are actually kilocalories (1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie). So that can of soda actually has 200,000 calories (but don't worry, the same applies to exercise -- when an exercise chart say you burn 100 calories jogging a mile, it means 100,000 calories). A food "calorie" is sometimes capitalized to show the difference, but usually not.
so aparently a calorie = 1 kilocalorie...so this lateral thigh trainer thingy...it's gotta be wrong I can feel it working! Or maybe I'm just a dope for buying into it. I like it tho it's fun!
What is a Kilocalorie?
A kilocalorie is a unit of energy - it's 1 food calorie, or 1,000 energy calories. It's the energy necessary to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1° Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
Kilocalorie = Large Calorie or Food Calorie
A kilocalorie is synonymous with the term "large calorie" or "food calorie."
A kilocalorie is a unit of energy - it's 1 food calorie, or 1,000 energy calories. It's the energy necessary to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1° Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit).
Kilocalorie = Large Calorie or Food Calorie
A kilocalorie is synonymous with the term "large calorie" or "food calorie."
Juztice said:I found this
Most of us think of calories in relation to things we eat and drink, as in "This can of soda has 200 calories." It turns out that the calories listed on a food package are actually kilocalories (1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie). So that can of soda actually has 200,000 calories (but don't worry, the same applies to exercise -- when an exercise chart say you burn 100 calories jogging a mile, it means 100,000 calories). A food "calorie" is sometimes capitalized to show the difference, but usually not.
so aparently a calorie = 1 kilocalorie...so this lateral thigh trainer thingy...it's gotta be wrong I can feel it working! Or maybe I'm just a dope for buying into it. I like it tho it's fun!
thats exactly right - on food packaing the unit is described as 'kcal', so a meal with '400kcal' is 400,000 calories.
Your equipment is telling you that your burned 3.3 kcal, or 'calories'(as we commonly call them). So maybe it i wrong, or broken, or just innacurate. Or maybe you really did only burn 3 claories!
In the US we decided to call everything calories even though in actuality, they are kilocalories.
So that bagel that is 300 calories is really 300,000 calories or 300 kilocalories.
If you burned 3.3 kilocalories, you essentially burned 3.3 calories. My guess is something is wrong with the display? 3.3 kcal = 3300 calories
So that bagel that is 300 calories is really 300,000 calories or 300 kilocalories.
If you burned 3.3 kilocalories, you essentially burned 3.3 calories. My guess is something is wrong with the display? 3.3 kcal = 3300 calories
i wouldn't worry about regular calories too much, as they are only used in chemistry and such. No one in the real world ever uses calories. And if a machine says you are burning 100 Calories, it actually does mean you are burning the 100 Kilocalories. Unless it means 3300 kilos an hour, or a few hours or something, 3300 calories for one workout seems like a bit much.
I just had a far-out idea, it could be showing the cal you burn per pound or kilo, unless you already entered that data (that is if you bought like a spaceship type deal....)
Most machines show an approximation to what an average person would burn, not taking into account the difference in weight.
I think our biggest worry concerning machines is that they actually show the total number you burn per that time, so if you want to see how much extra you burned doing that activity, you would have to substract your resting metabolic rate from the final number. I used to miscalculate all the time, until I changed my fitness software to one that actually extracts RMR from the final number.
Most machines show an approximation to what an average person would burn, not taking into account the difference in weight.
I think our biggest worry concerning machines is that they actually show the total number you burn per that time, so if you want to see how much extra you burned doing that activity, you would have to substract your resting metabolic rate from the final number. I used to miscalculate all the time, until I changed my fitness software to one that actually extracts RMR from the final number.