Need advice

[SadieKate]

Anyone else test out the calculations in the link I supplied in this thread?

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...=calories+hour

[Nanci]

I remember when you posted that- I think I read up till step four, and then thought, too many steps, forget it!! Ok, so I did it now, and it says I should replace 151-252 cal/hour at 15 mph pace. That's about what I do!

Nanci

[mimitabby]

Whaaa? 250-300 calories per hour? Does this apply to everyone? My calorie counter shows I burn ~1100 calories per hour. Is 250-300 enough to keep me energized throughout a ride??

Thanks,
Sherry.

wow, 1100 sounds a bit high. I'd heard 250-300 before.

[kelownagirl]

I use the calorie counter on Sparkpeople.com (a great diet/fitness site, btw) and it calculates my calories burned at 14-16 mph at 600 per hour. I'm pretty sure it's based on my age (46) and weight (134). Not terribly off the mark from your software (720?). The link Popoki-nui have shows it as 800 calories burned in one hour. My polar-type watch says something entirely different again. In fact, every website I visit has a different number of calories burned for similar cycling. I guess there really is no good way to calculate caloric burn.

On a related note, I was out riding for 3 hours today. Did mostly hills, some road, some off-road. All very challenging for me, heart rate up around 170 going up most hills, and stayed in range of 135-150 most of the time. I *KNOW* I burned a ton of calories today but I only averaged 14 kmh so the most of the charts will only show I burned about 600 calories over the 3 hours. Bull. I figure I burned at least 1200-1500 today. (Didn't eat anything along the way though

Barb

[Popoki_Nui]

I give up....every resource says something different. I double checked my bike computer: 2.5 hour ride at avg speed 23km/h (14mph) burned 2710 calories for my input weight = 1084 cal/hr. That matches the chart at:
http://www.primusweb.com/cgi-bin/fpc/actcalc.pl
Right or wrong? Who knows.....

PS- I used the formula SadieKatie at the link above, and got a total of 757calories burned. Another site http://www.caloriesperhour.com/index_burn.html
said 816 cal/hour.
I assume there are several different calculations or formulae used?

[bcipam]

It's my understanding that people who had the weight loss surgery are suppose to limit their intake of carbs and take in more protein. I'm assuming this is something you have (or should) discussed with your doctor and weight loss counselor. Not certain if someone whose had the surgery would do well with something like GU since the body can't absord the sugar naturally.

What would work better maybe something like beef jerky (for protein and salt) or peanut butter (for protein and fats). Your situation is very unique to you cause you have to know what foods your body can and cannot tolerate. Plus I know of a woman who had the surgery and has been hospitalized several times during and after rides because she 1) did not eat properly and 2) did not hydrate properly on rides. Again she wasn't taking in enough proteins and liquids to sustain her riding. She has since modified her diet and is doing better.

Please check with your doctor!

[Nanci]

You know on your rides when you have a slow mph because of severe hills or horrible wind? I go by how the software describes the riding- leisurely, light effort (never use those two) moderate effort, vigorous effort, or very fast.

Some days, (this is bad) when I am getting close to the limit of calories and still need to eat dinner- I look up what it says for yard work or house work, and do some!!

[kelownagirl]

Yeah, that's more or less what I do. My program doesn't give options as to intensity so if I've been working really hard doing hills, then I input the avg mph higher than it actually was.


Btw, your "avatar" (that's the little pic by your name right?) reminds me so much of a picture of me right after riding up my first "hill" in March 2005. (It was hardly a hill in fact, but I was so out of shape and still yet undiagnosed EI asthma so I thought I was gonna die. ) Anyway, it was a similar shot of me, except I have one finger extended at dh who was taking the picture against my will..