First of all, I apologize if this is in the wrong spot, this is my first time posting here. When I was lurking around here a couple months back (still am) there were these really neat tools where I could input my weight, activity, intensity, and duration and it would tell me how many calories I could potentially burn. Of course there were many other cool resources too but I don't know if they were on this site or another since I can't seem to find them anymore, if anybody could tell me for sure where to find these that would be awesome as I plan to start my weight loss journey very soon. Thanks!
Weight Loss Tools
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princess_lolli
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is this it
Layri
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Calories burned calculators like that usually tend to drastically overestimate the amount that you burned off. Even the ones on gym machines and such are likely to give you a much more extreme number than what you actually burned. The only real, accurate way to go, if you have your heart set on calculating calories burned, is a heart rate monitor.
Just thought I'd put that out there; if all you want is a rough(and it's just that, rough) estimate then using stuff like that is fine, but.. If you're going to incorporate such a number in your plan, then get a heart rate monitor.
Just thought I'd put that out there; if all you want is a rough(and it's just that, rough) estimate then using stuff like that is fine, but.. If you're going to incorporate such a number in your plan, then get a heart rate monitor.
Peggy1
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What do you suggest is the variance? 10-20%? If so, one could adjust the #s they get for that amount and still get a fairly accurate reading. I always use the # on the machines since I don't calculate the amount that my daily activity eats in ie I don't include walks I make with my children or jumping on the trampoline(which I do for 30 minutes at the time with my ipod just to 'think') so I figure it's ok to go with the # on the machines as the calculation considering that fact.
If that is strictly the only activity one gets, then I see your point. I have a feeling though the more active one gets, the more they don't include the active things they do on a daily basis in their counts, even stuff that could be considered 'exercise' like bike riding or walking, anyway so they really are getting more movement then they realize.
Just a thought on the calories burned thing.
