A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is,
please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
Well, I'm not sure - do I understand that in both cases, the speed is
4mph? I do recall reading years ago that walking supposedly burned more calories than jogging. Walking was considered "less" efficient. Or in other words, I have no idea! On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:11:15 -0600, Joyce wrote: Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
Sorry Joyce, but I can't be of ANY help to you, since I don't even
understand the QUESTION. This reads like the kind word problem in math that would make my eyes glaze over--if a train heading East from Chicago travels at a speed of 200 mph and a train heading South from Minneapolis travels at a speed of 100 mph, which one will arrive in Seattle last? Sure hope someone can give you the answer. Linda P On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:11:15 -0600, Joyce wrote: Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
Joyce wrote So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? Hi Joyce, I think it is because the treadmill is a constant speed. Since with a brisk walk you speed may vary over the distance covered, you might not know your speed on a walk is increasing or decreasing. What program are you using? Kristine |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
ooo ooo ooo gotta go look at diet power and see....
I think there is a mistake in the program there. Gonna send em mail about it from here.... that is too strange "Joyce" wrote in message ... Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
I went into the help screens and read the FAQ and lo and behold they have a
note that it is Wrong, and to log it as regular walking until they get it fixed.... "Lesanne" wrote in message ... ooo ooo ooo gotta go look at diet power and see.... I think there is a mistake in the program there. Gonna send em mail about it from here.... that is too strange "Joyce" wrote in message ... Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
hehehe - at least I know I wasn't seeing things wrong!
Joyce On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 01:30:52 GMT, "Lesanne" wrote: ooo ooo ooo gotta go look at diet power and see.... I think there is a mistake in the program there. Gonna send em mail about it from here.... that is too strange "Joyce" wrote in message .. . Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
Ahhhh, so this is a real problem then? I looked in the help section, then got
sidetracked ... never got as far as the FAQ's. Thanks for checking for me! What is really odd, is that when I enter the exercise as treadmill, it does compute the calories burned to within just a few of what the treadmill says I have burned - so I just made the assumption that it was correct. AND wierder ... in the dietpower program I can enter walking on an incline (hill) for 3.5MPH but it doesn't give me that option for 4MPH ... which probably would compute to the same caloric expenditure as what I am logging as treadmill walking. And I can't get a good reading on the polar monitor to verify anything. The damn thing seems to get interference from the monitors on the treadmill, which can't be turned off. sigh Oh well, I guess even if things are logged wrong, it still will balance out eventually because the weight and food are correct (although I did have to somewhat guess at tonites dinner buffet). I went back and changed all those exercise logs, will have to now have to decide how I want to log things ... as a flat 4MPH walk, or as a mild hill at 3.5 (even though I walk that constant incline at 4MPH). Like I said, it should balance out. Maybe I should email them and ask that when they fix it to also factor in the incline for treadmills? Or hill walking at a faster pace? G I bet anal people like me drive then nuts! Joyce On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 01:37:50 GMT, "Lesanne" wrote: I went into the help screens and read the FAQ and lo and behold they have a note that it is Wrong, and to log it as regular walking until they get it fixed.... "Lesanne" wrote in message ... ooo ooo ooo gotta go look at diet power and see.... I think there is a mistake in the program there. Gonna send em mail about it from here.... that is too strange "Joyce" wrote in message ... Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 01:13:10 GMT, "Kristine Quilici"
wrote: Joyce wrote So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? Hi Joyce, I think it is because the treadmill is a constant speed. Since with a brisk walk you speed may vary over the distance covered, you might not know your speed on a walk is increasing or decreasing. What program are you using? That's all I could think of too, but Lesanne discovered that the program developers have found this to be a mistake and are working on fixing it. sigh Now I wonder if since I walk on a steady incline if that is higher. LOL I'm using the dietpower program, www.dietpower.com absolutely love it! Joyce Kristine |
A really idiotic caloric burn rate question
LOL - the train from Rhode Island would arrive in Seattle last. G yup, one of
those questions that probably doesn't have a logical explanation ... other than Lesanne did discover that it was a program error. Oh well, so I over exagerated my exercise. G I FEEL like I worked that hard, my legs tell me that I have - darn incline walking is not easy. Joyce On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:07:32 -0600, Prairie Roots wrote: Sorry Joyce, but I can't be of ANY help to you, since I don't even understand the QUESTION. This reads like the kind word problem in math that would make my eyes glaze over--if a train heading East from Chicago travels at a speed of 200 mph and a train heading South from Minneapolis travels at a speed of 100 mph, which one will arrive in Seattle last? Sure hope someone can give you the answer. Linda P On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:11:15 -0600, Joyce wrote: Ok, one for you gurus ... if there even is an explanation. And if there is, please give it to me in terms I can understand. g I'm using the diet program Lesanne has spoken about and noticed what I think is a *quirk* ... maybe it is, maybe it isn't, I don't have a clue. But since this is automatically calculated based on my weight and height along with the info I add (miles/time), I'm making an assumption that there must be some kind of a difference in these activities. So here goes ... I work out on the treadmill, which is a speed factored activity (so this program tells me). This program says that someone my weight and height will burn 0.0874 calories/minute if walking at roughly 4MPH. BUT ... if going for a non speed factored brisk walk at 4MPH (15 miles per minute) it says I will burn at a rate of 0.03174/minute. Can anyone explain to me why the difference rate of caloric expenditure between the two activities? Or is it solely because on a treadmill it is a constant, automated speed? I am sooooooooooo confused! g Joyce |
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