Apple calorie burn estimates are horrifying

[Anonymous]

According to the iPhone Health app, walking 3 miles only burned 100 calories. That’s not even a can of soda! It says 8 miles burned 600 calories, which is still depressing. That’s not even a restaurant-size dessert.

If these estimates are in the ballpark of accuracy, no wonder it’s so hard to loose weight. How DEPRESSING!

[Anonymous]

You can’t outrun the fork!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the iPhone Health app, walking 3 miles only burned 100 calories. That’s not even a can of soda! It says 8 miles burned 600 calories, which is still depressing. That’s not even a restaurant-size dessert.

If these estimates are in the ballpark of accuracy, no wonder it’s so hard to loose weight. How DEPRESSING!

Funny, I think my apple watch is way to generous. Doing a couple of walks a day nets me 750 activity calories according to my watch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the iPhone Health app, walking 3 miles only burned 100 calories. That’s not even a can of soda! It says 8 miles burned 600 calories, which is still depressing. That’s not even a restaurant-size dessert.

If these estimates are in the ballpark of accuracy, no wonder it’s so hard to loose weight. How DEPRESSING!

Exercise for health, diet for fat loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

Exactly. Take your walks and exercise, but don't factor that activity into your calorie allowance. Unless you're working out or doing a sport for 3+ hours a day everyday, you do not need to eat like an athlete does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

Exactly. Take your walks and exercise, but don't factor that activity into your calorie allowance. Unless you're working out or doing a sport for 3+ hours a day everyday, you do not need to eat like an athlete does.

No. You're reality claiming that someone who runs an hour or more a day doesn't need to adjust their intake. Please cite a source for this claim. Otherwise, you're promoting an eating disorder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

Exactly. Take your walks and exercise, but don't factor that activity into your calorie allowance. Unless you're working out or doing a sport for 3+ hours a day everyday, you do not need to eat like an athlete does.

No. You're reality claiming that someone who runs an hour or more a day doesn't need to adjust their intake. Please cite a source for this claim. Otherwise, you're promoting an eating disorder.

Fair, but you find out pretty easily if you’re low on calories if you have decent training volume. You 1) perform like dog shit, 2) recover poorly, and 3) start dropping weight.

All that said, none of that applies to somebody using Apple Watch calorie estimates. In that case, it should be ignored and the focus should be on not drinking soda or eating desert and instead eating real nutrient dense food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

Exactly. Take your walks and exercise, but don't factor that activity into your calorie allowance. Unless you're working out or doing a sport for 3+ hours a day everyday, you do not need to eat like an athlete does.

No. You're reality claiming that someone who runs an hour or more a day doesn't need to adjust their intake. Please cite a source for this claim. Otherwise, you're promoting an eating disorder.

How much do you think running one hour per day burns? It's probably not as much as you think. But running one hour per day absolutely ramps up hunger which is why you hear not to use cardio as a weight loss tool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

Exactly. Take your walks and exercise, but don't factor that activity into your calorie allowance. Unless you're working out or doing a sport for 3+ hours a day everyday, you do not need to eat like an athlete does.

No. You're reality claiming that someone who runs an hour or more a day doesn't need to adjust their intake. Please cite a source for this claim. Otherwise, you're promoting an eating disorder.

New poster who used to run a lot. If you are running a lot and not trying to lose weight, yes you need to adjust calories a little but, as OP showed in apple watch values, not nearly as much as people want to think. The reality is that over time your body adjusts if you do the same amount of exercise all the time.

The fact that people don't burn as many calories through exercise as they want to believe is also the reason why everyone who come on her complaining they can't lose weight despite doing X, Y and Z exercise and asking what exercise they should add and saying " I eat 'healthy'" without ever mentioning their actual diet are missing then entire point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

Exactly. Take your walks and exercise, but don't factor that activity into your calorie allowance. Unless you're working out or doing a sport for 3+ hours a day everyday, you do not need to eat like an athlete does.

No. You're reality claiming that someone who runs an hour or more a day doesn't need to adjust their intake. Please cite a source for this claim. Otherwise, you're promoting an eating disorder.

How much do you think running one hour per day burns? It's probably not as much as you think. But running one hour per day absolutely ramps up hunger which is why you hear not to use cardio as a weight loss tool.

I agree. Not much. For me as a 5’2” 120 lb female less than 100 calories/mile so for an hour maybe 600 tops. That’s not a lot. Walking a mile is closer to 60-70.

If you’re trying to lose weight it’s mainly diet.

[Anonymous]

I have to do 12,000 steps per day to get to my "goal" of 400 calories per the Apple Watch. That's about 5 miles for me.
If I do a run or more aerobic activity, it counts more calories in shorter time (of course).

[Anonymous]

Abs are made in the kitchen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can’t outrun the fork!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the iPhone Health app, walking 3 miles only burned 100 calories. That’s not even a can of soda! It says 8 miles burned 600 calories, which is still depressing. That’s not even a restaurant-size dessert.

If these estimates are in the ballpark of accuracy, no wonder it’s so hard to loose weight. How DEPRESSING!

How slow are you walking? I'm consistently burning more than 400 active calories over 3 miles/45min. You gotta get that heart rate up if you want to burn more calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the iPhone Health app, walking 3 miles only burned 100 calories. That’s not even a can of soda! It says 8 miles burned 600 calories, which is still depressing. That’s not even a restaurant-size dessert.

If these estimates are in the ballpark of accuracy, no wonder it’s so hard to loose weight. How DEPRESSING!

How slow are you walking? I'm consistently burning more than 400 active calories over 3 miles/45min. You gotta get that heart rate up if you want to burn more calories.

Walking? Your watch may tell you that but you’re really not. Unless you’re 200 lbs.