flab2fab0406
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Hello Everyone,
Hopefully someone can give me some advice.
I have been counting calories in and calories out for a while. I write it all down in a fitness journal, where they ask for cal in/cal out/BMR etc to work out your deficit. They even show you a formula to work out your BMR and explain that this is the amount of calories your body burns just to keep functioning - even if you stayed in bed all day. So, I add the number to calories burned in a workout according to my heart rate monitor to then work out my deficit. That's all well and good, so my question is: If I had a very active day and kept my heart rate monitor on the entire time - would I still add my BMR number to the number burned on the monitor - or would they lead to me over estimating total calories burned?
Any ideas/advice appreciated.
Hopefully someone can give me some advice.
I have been counting calories in and calories out for a while. I write it all down in a fitness journal, where they ask for cal in/cal out/BMR etc to work out your deficit. They even show you a formula to work out your BMR and explain that this is the amount of calories your body burns just to keep functioning - even if you stayed in bed all day. So, I add the number to calories burned in a workout according to my heart rate monitor to then work out my deficit. That's all well and good, so my question is: If I had a very active day and kept my heart rate monitor on the entire time - would I still add my BMR number to the number burned on the monitor - or would they lead to me over estimating total calories burned?
Any ideas/advice appreciated.