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7 mins. of walking = 100 calories?


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I heard that walking for 7 minutes makes you lose a 100 calories? is it true or is it just a theory?
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Well based on my calorie counters and various tools.  I only burn about 7 cal a min walking....and thats moving a pretty good pace on a slight incline.  I am not likely to believe that, unless your are  one of those olympic walker people lol
just to note agana that that means you burn 49 calories in 7 minutes...  so lets say 100 calories in 15 minutes accordin to a fast pace and on a slight incline :)
Everything is a theory with calories. No calculator will know just exactly how many cals you burn with any activity - it's all about estimations, although sometimes they can come pretty close.

7 minutes is unlikely to result in significant number of cals burnt, though.
its about 13-18 minutes of power walking should burn 100 calories. sounds more accurate.
Your answers make more sence lol, i found it funny that losing so many calories in such a low amount of time was true 
i do a semi-fast walk on the treadmill for a mile which takes about 16-18 minutes.. and it burns about 90 calories.. so 7 minutes.. no.. it might burn like.. 15 calories?
I wear a heart rate monitor when I walk my dog each morning it takes  us bout 11 minutes and I burn 89 cals on average.  My dog "pushes" me hard and I am almost jogging.

Calorie burns vary from person to person all depends on your age, weight Height sex and fitness level.  A male would probably burn more cals than me if they were my size cuz they are more muscle.  A young person would probably be less. 
Rule of thumb, more or less for pretty much everyone give or take 10 cals or so, is 100 calories per mile.    
HAHA I wish!
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