2000 calorie deficit, is that a bad thing?

Ate a little less yesterday and still did a killer workout, and that's what it added up to. Don't plan to make it a habit, but I do think that the burn meter is probably an overestimate, anyone else feel the same?

I've not found the burn meter to be too far out, personally.  However, I think it's more accurate when you set your activity level to 'light', 'moderate' or 'very active'... rather than 'sedentary' and add the exercises separately.

Swimmer Michael Phelps is now notorious for having to get 12,000 cals a day during his training.   So if you're being told you need 4000 or 5000 and your 'killer workout' is for several hours, maybe it's not so far-fetched?

Thanks Jane, I think that answers it.

I'm just curious, what was this killer workout? i get bored at the gym so maybe I can utilize part of your workout into my own to change it up...

Original Post by alyssa2012:

I'm just curious, what was this killer workout? i get bored at the gym so maybe I can utilize part of your workout into my own to change it up...

 Yesterday's workout wasn't really all that exciting. I started to do a light cardio session on the bike. Cause I'd had a good run the day before. Approaching the 30 minute mark I remembered I hadn't done any of my intervals for the week yet. So at 30 I started into the 2 min. at 65 to 85% effort with 3 min. moderate rests for 6 cycles for a total of an hour. That does make the time go a little quicker than the steady state.

I found out about these interval workouts in a Skiing magazine article of all places. It lists three types of endurance, cardio base, lactate threshold, and lactate power,and three types of exercise to build each. Cardio base is your long steady workouts, then there's the 2 min sustained effort/3 min. rest for 6-8 cycles to build the lactate threshold, and the third is 10 sec. max effort w/1 min. rest cycles. Again 6-8 reps and they recommend 10 min. warm up and cool down. You can do walking, running, swimming, or on any apparatus you prefer. I try to work in two interval sessions per week.

Then I did a half hour of weightlifting. The gym here is usually pretty busy, so I can't really plan to work a particular muscle group or aparatus. Now I just try to keep going for a certain amount of time. I started that to keep track of the calories burned, turns out it seems to work better for me than any method I've tried previously also.

If you like I can get you the issue information on that skiing magazine. 

Original Post by jeffmidguard:

Original Post by alyssa2012:

I'm just curious, what was this killer workout? i get bored at the gym so maybe I can utilize part of your workout into my own to change it up...

 Yesterday's workout wasn't really all that exciting. I started to do a light cardio session on the bike. Cause I'd had a good run the day before. Approaching the 30 minute mark I remembered I hadn't done any of my intervals for the week yet. So at 30 I started into the 2 min. at 65 to 85% effort with 3 min. moderate rests for 6 cycles for a total of an hour. That does make the time go a little quicker than the steady state.

I found out about these interval workouts in a Skiing magazine article of all places. It lists three types of endurance, cardio base, lactate threshold, and lactate power,and three types of exercise to build each. Cardio base is your long steady workouts, then there's the 2 min sustained effort/3 min. rest for 6-8 cycles to build the lactate threshold, and the third is 10 sec. max effort w/1 min. rest cycles. Again 6-8 reps and they recommend 10 min. warm up and cool down. You can do walking, running, swimming, or on any apparatus you prefer. I try to work in two interval sessions per week.

Then I did a half hour of weightlifting. The gym here is usually pretty busy, so I can't really plan to work a particular muscle group or aparatus. Now I just try to keep going for a certain amount of time. I started that to keep track of the calories burned, turns out it seems to work better for me than any method I've tried previously also.

If you like I can get you the issue information on that skiing magazine. 

  

 

 

 http://www.skinet.com/general/2008-11/ski-mag azine-november-2008

Found it already.

yeah id be really surprised if you burned 4000 cals with that.

no offense.

but marathoners may burn 4000 in total on competition day.

when i did competition triathlon 1.6km swim AND 42km cycle AND 10km run i only needed about 3500-4000. so i dont think - intervals n all- n a half hour of weights really totted up to 4000-5000

2000 defict?! I wish I can have a 2000 defict! Unfortunantly I would be non-existent if I did :O  I only spend an hour at the gym, 1/2 cardio, 1/2 weights. What's your normal days like? Deficts?

12,000? I think I'd be sick!

Original Post by fidget84:

yeah id be really surprised if you burned 4000 cals with that.

no offense.

but marathoners may burn 4000 in total on competition day.

when i did competition triathlon 1.6km swim AND 42km cycle AND 10km run i only needed about 3500-4000. so i dont think - intervals n all- n a half hour of weights really totted up to 4000-5000

 Looks like I was overestimating the burn. On the sedentary rate with the workout added in it'll give me about 3100 for the day. And I consumed about 1700.  

I think that answers Amber's too. That's about 100 cal more than my normal workout, unless I run outside. I'm usually eating a bit more, avg. about 2400.