I began my real diet Jan 29 and have lost a total of 27 lbs (have put 3 on this week due to some really stressful things and PMS salt cravings)...with 70 to go to get to my "dream" weight of 128....or 48 to get where the Doc says would be perfectly acceptable weight for my age/height/build. We shall see just where I decide to call it good based on how I feel as I continue losing. Not in a rush to lose it...taking time and changing eating habits so it sticks. Weight comes off funny any way...get stuck bouncing around the same point a few days then a big drop then bounce around there then another drop...I am a daily weight checker and know some is water weight and that it doesnt come off how you expect it to immediatly based on Cal in/Cal out. And the whole toning thing seems to take longer to show the results than the loss.
Been mostly just doing a combo or what works LOL Got a fitbit in Jan which started me on the real track. Up till then I had lost about 13 pounds from my all time high just cutting out all fast food and daily soda's and latte's and sorta watching what I eat....but nothing serious.
I will be doing my works "On the Move" challenge in June (walk 12K steps per day for 8 weeks, or exercise 30 min a day...or combo of both) and am not particularly worried about that. Right now I am easily making a 12K step quota between work and adding treadmill time or eliptical in the evening if short steps.
But I'm curious about calories burned on a treadmill.
Is there anything behind the idea that you actually burn fewer calories on the treadmill than if you walk the same amount of time and same pace in your neighborhood?
Someone argued with me that because the belt is moving it does part of the work for you, where when you are walking on a sidewalk or track etc you do all the work.
Just for giggles I took a 50 min walk yesterday during lunch. Fitbit recorded 3.25 miles, 6682 steps and 321 calories. When I spend 55 minutes on the treadmill doing the "weight loss" program at level 3 I get right around the 300 calorie mark also on fitbit...however I dont think it takes into account the changing inclines and possibly the speed changes (changes between 3 MPH and 4 MPH, and incline changes between 4.0 and 0) And the 55 min on the treadmill clocks in 3 .84 miles.
So it looks like less Cal burned on the treadmill possibly? Walking slightly longer, going faster and further but right about the same calories?
Thoughts? Has anyone done a true comparison?