How Many Calories DO YOU BURN?

So you've exercised for the day, you've eaten for the day, now what? How do you know if how you've exercised will properly counteract how you've eaten? Well, since you are keeping track of your caloric intake in the foods that you are eating all day, and you know how many calories you need to eat to maintain your weight, you also know how many calories you need to burn a day through your activity to lose weight. Yes, decreasing the amount of calories that you eat will work, too, but remember, we are here to have healthy bodies, and healthy bodies require activity. :)

With so many places on the internet telling us how many calories are in what, and doing so much of this activity will burn this amount of calories, there really needs to be a standard for us. So, I have purchased the Biggest Loser Calorie Counting book, which lists millions of foods prepared different ways, and even those great places that we love to eat out at, too. So if you are stuck for finding out how many calories are in a serving of something that you just ate, email us at HealthyFitandFabulous@cox.net and let us know what the food was and how it was prepared and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Emails are now being checked regularly throughout each and every day to help better serve its members.

So that just leaves the question of how many calories did I burn? Well, here's what our standard will be.....

For Low Intensity Workouts like:

Gardening (raking leaves, pulling weeds, light shoveling, etc.)

Housework (vacuuming, sweeping/mopping, cleaning windows, etc.)

Walking (like while running errands, parking car a little further out in the parking lot, etc.)

Painting

Washing the car

If you weigh ____ lbs. then you burn ____ calories per minute....

100-125...1

126-150...1

151-200...2

201-250...2

251-300...3

301-400...4

Over 400...5

For Medium Intensity Workouts like:

Brisk walking

Bicycling

Sports (tennis, basketball, swimming, etc.)

Dancing (square dancing, salsa, swing, etc.)

Hiking

100-125...3

126-150...5

151-200...7

201-250...8

251-300...9

301-400...10

Over 400...11

For High Intensity Workouts like:

Running

Briskly climbing stairs

High-level aerobics class

Spinning

Jumping rope

Strength/Weight Training

100-125...7

126-150...9

151-200...12

201-250...14

251-300...16

301-400...20

Over 400...22

So if you were to go swimming for an hour, and you weighed 215 pounds, you would burn 480 calories for those 60 minutes of exercise. That's pretty good, right? I can tell you right now that an hour of swimming for me at my weight burns off all of the calories of my lunch and dinner. Pretty amazing, right? So obviously, the more intense your workout, the more calories you are going to burn.

What are you waiting for? Armed with this information, you are set to make the best of your exercise and healthy way of eating!

GOOD LUCK in our third week!