Hey everyone! I'm 2 months out, about how many calories were y'all burning around this time per workout??

I am 2.5 months out. When working out on the elliptical for 45 minutes, I usually burn 800 calories or so. Weight is currently at 245 lb and down from 335 lb after surgery. i currently am ramping up my workouts to be more intense and to have a solid weight lifting plan.

At 2 months??? I still weighed 300 lbs, so i was burning about.......50 calories. HAHAHA... seriously that was working hard too!! It's been a long road

How would anyone know? I've never seen a piece of fitness equipment that had an accurate readout on this. Most of them are way optimistic on "calories burned".

I think the myfitnesspal readings are over optimistic too... I used to use the Alan borushek food & exercise journal, it always seemed to provide reasonable estimates... I think I heard once wiggling your fingers and toes burns 100 calories an hour... I still do it when watching tv... OCD much?! Lol

Of course his estimates were for a certain weight range. You have to eat more if you're significantly over-weight or train more, and less if you weigh less or are sedentary... Same applies to exercise, you'll burn more if you weigh more or have more muscle...

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Very important point.

My trainer said 100 calories per mile or 20 minutes of workout that's for a 150 pound person. So you would have to just accordingly. My fitness pal just does an average for your height and weight.

Your best investment is a heart rate monitor! Mine was 63.00 on Amazon, polar FT4 it is awesome!! I wear it a lot even when I'm just cleaning and walking the dog, it's nice to know your heart rate.

How would anyone know? I've never seen a piece of fitness equipment that had an accurate readout on this. Most of them are way optimistic on "calories burned".

I agree with this assessment. Also remember, everyone has different rates at which we metabolize and burn calories. Even your gender plays a part on how we metabolize food and how over bodies respond to exercise!

Also want to state that taking a high quality Protein at night before bedtime. It has worked really well to kick start the metabolism over night. Try it out and see if it helps you.