3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community - Activity points- to use or not to use?

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Originally Posted by Lorefield (Post 4692496)

According to my fit bit logs I burned an average of 2432 calories a day last week overall and 700+ of those calories while working out.

I'll keep track of my calories on top of points to make sure there is enough of a deficit, there might well be too many calories mucking things up.

I could be off here, but here goes.

Most fitness tracking devices take into account the data you input about your height, weight and age. That given, it takes into account your BMR. Yours would be "around" 1600 calories. That would be the amount of calories your body would need to maintain your current weight, if you did not get out of bed all day.

Most fitness tracking devices, will not start giving you credit until you have reached a baseline, that is based on your BMR, which is based on the data you have provided.

Even my cheap ole WW pedometer figures the baseline in first. I don't start getting credit until I've reached somewhere in between 6000 and 7500 steps. Depends on how many are done in chunks of time.

The truth is, most of us, woefully underestimate our food intake, and way over estimate our calorie burn when working out.

You can have all the workout gadgets in the world, but none are totally accurate.

I faithfully wear my pedometer and my WW Active link and I lift, heavy! 3 times a week, and walk/run the other 3.

I do keep track, but I never eat those back. Weight loss is done in the kitchen, and fitness is done working out!

I look at it as 2 separate things.

What are doing that you burn 700+ in a workout? Just wondering?

I did 2 miles on the treadmill at 3.9 at a 4 incline, and then, lifted a total of 5000 pounds, plus lunges, planks, and my stability ball routine, the other day, and no way did I burn 700 calories!