Earned Calories

Macy0161

Disappointing weigh in this morning (down, but not down as much as I was hoping for). I'm trying hard not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and know that other factors can come into play on any given day etc etc, but I stuck to my diet deficit for the week and didn't really go into my "earned" from exercise calories at all, so should've hit my 2lb loss target.

After that ramble, my question is, is not eating into my earned calories the same as sticking to an extreme diet, and therefore potentially slowing down my weight loss?

For example, yesterday (according to my Garmin, with HRM) I earned 1000 calories (walking at lunch and training last night, bulk from the training), which I didn't go into at all. With 500 deficit from diet, that's giving me a daily deficit of 1500. On days like that, am I better banking the deficit or upping my intake somewhat?

UnknownSpecies

Macy0161 wrote: »

Disappointing weigh in this morning (down, but not down as much as I was hoping for). I'm trying hard not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and know that other factors can come into play on any given day etc etc, but I stuck to my diet deficit for the week and didn't really go into my "earned" from exercise calories at all, so should've hit my 2lb loss target.

After that ramble, my question is, is not eating into my earned calories the same as sticking to an extreme diet, and therefore potentially slowing down my weight loss?

For example, yesterday (according to my Garmin, with HRM) I earned 1000 calories (walking at lunch and training last night, bulk from the training), which I didn't go into at all. With 500 deficit from diet, that's giving me a daily deficit of 1500. On days like that, am I better banking the deficit or upping my intake somewhat?

Could be due to any number of factors that the scale hasn't moved. You're more than likely holding onto some extra water or glycogen this morning. I wouldn't worry about it unless you've stalled for at least 2-3 weeks. Also, I think 1000 cals is very generous for a walk and training. Try to underestimate cals from exercise or you could end up overeating by accident. I never ever factor exercise calories into my daily totals and for the most part, it hasn't effected me.

Macy0161

Yeah, I was probably over reacting. Had a tough week sticking to the diet, but I did, so was a bit peed off this morning.

I don't generally eat earned calories. I guess my question should I, to some degree?

Whilst accepting it could be overstating somewhat, it is with GPS and HRM, so it shouldn't be off the wall should it?

ford2600

Macy0161 wrote: »

Yeah, I was probably over reacting. Had a tough week sticking to the diet, but I did, so was a bit peed off this morning.

I don't generally eat earned calories. I guess my question should I, to some degree?

Whilst accepting it could be overstating somewhat, it is with GPS and HRM, so it shouldn't be off the wall should it?

Garmin are a joke regarding calories. Divide by 2 would be a closer estimation.

My garmin showed up 14000 calories after a very long cycle on Good Friday, two other apps gave 7000 ish calories.

Blacktie.

Don't eat into earned calories. Pretty much all methods way over estimate how much you've used and 1000 calories is up there with the way over estimates. honestly that would be a brutal session with multiple hours of walking.

Macy0161

Blacktie. wrote: »

Don't eat into earned calories. Pretty much all methods way over estimate how much you've used and 1000 calories is up there with the way over estimates. honestly that would be a brutal session with multiple hours of walking.

It was a two hour training session, that was pretty bloody brutal mix of strength and cardio to be honest! That was the bulk of the 1000, rather than the walking.

ford2600 wrote:

Garmin are a joke regarding calories. Divide by 2 would be a closer estimation.

My garmin showed up 14000 calories after a very long cycle on Good Friday, two other apps gave 7000 ish calories.

When I got it, I did comparisons with the phone apps, and the Garmin gave a lesser amount.



Consensus is don't eat into earned calories, so I'll continue as I am, and won't!

Mellor

You didn't earn 1000 extra cals, as if you had of watched tv for those 3 hours the HRM would have shown maybe 300 anyway.

Macy0161

Mellor wrote: »

You didn't earn 1000 extra cals, as if you had of watched tv for those 3 hours the HRM would have shown maybe 300 anyway.

So if I work out my hourly/ minute calorie requirements (from my daily total maintenance amount), and take that away from what the Garmin is telling me I earned, will it be closer to the mark?

I do generally try not to be too anal about it (was just having a bad day on Friday), but now I am interested if it's even possible to get anything close to a calories earned through exercise at home?

If nothing else, even if it's not accurate in terms of calories, it would still be useful as indicative of how intense one training session might be to another I assume?

Mellor

Macy0161 wrote: »

So if I work out my hourly/ minute calorie requirements (from my daily total maintenance amount), and take that away from what the Garmin is telling me I earned, will it be closer to the mark?

I do generally try not to be too anal about it (was just having a bad day on Friday), but now I am interested if it's even possible to get anything close to a calories earned through exercise at home?

If nothing else, even if it's not accurate in terms of calories, it would still be useful as indicative of how intense one training session might be to another I assume?

If you took away your hourly calorie burn when awake, then you'd definitely be closer, but there could still an over estimate from the Garmin.

I don't bother eating back my cals when cutting, I think of it as a bonus, plus a buffer for any calories I mis-counted.