Comments on: How Many Calories Do You Burn When Doing Crunches?

By: fitness

fitness — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:50:42 +0000

@Aidan, if the man is 250 pounds, then he needs 2500 calories, but if is a woman 150 pounds, she needs 1500 calories.

@Kelly, it is just an example of person weighing 150 pounds. In your example it will be 2500 calories per day.

By: Aidan

Aidan — Fri, 13 May 2011 18:40:48 +0000

This article is bullsh*t. An average male needs around 2500 calories a day. This article suggests that you starve yourself of nearly half your daily calorific needs. Don’t listen to this guy, people.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:55:28 +0000

This is incorrect, using that calculation tells you how many calories you need to maintain your weight. It is basically your BMR. In order to lose 1 pound per week you need a deficit of 3500 calories either by eating less or doing more exercise, preferably both. So if you are 250 pounds you roughly need 2500 calories per day to maintain this (though it does vary based on how active you are) over a week if a 250 pound person cut down to 2000 calories per day, there would be a deficit of 3500 calories resulting in a one pound weight loss. If they consumed 1500 calories perday after a week there would be a deficit of 7000 calories resulting in a two pound weight loss. More could be achieved through becoming more active, though a sensible weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week is encouraged. You should never eat less than 1200 calories perday.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:42:09 +0000

Okay, I am severely overweight, obese even, and if my caloric intake was 10x my body weight I’d be getting almost 2500 calories a day to lose weight. That formula (or the way it is phrased) is incorrect.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:51:45 +0000

I am also wondering because I use myfitnesspal. Also…. Contests to the mom that had her baby in Nov… Mine was born in Sept… If you re nursing u need 1800 + calories or else your body goes into starvation mode and milk production goes down. I was eating too little and that’s what happened to me.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:08:05 +0000

I agree with you Melanie…I use myfitnesspal.com also and would definitely love to have those calories taken off!

By: melanie

melanie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 23:47:34 +0000

I only eat 1200 calories per day but I just had a baby in November and my stomach is not that pretty now. I am losing weight by cutting back on the calories however even if you do that you still need to do crunches to firm your stomach. I use myfitnesspal.com and personally would like to add calories burned from doing crunches because I deserve the credit for the effort.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:56:34 +0000

I struggle with this advice b/c I have a severely sluggish thyroid and I do not metabolize the way other people do, even when I am extremely active. I am a runner, I cycle, and I play tennis. After two injuries, even watching my diet, I gained 15 lbs. because I was unable to exercise. If I followed this formula, I would be incredibly overweight. What do you suggest we “tweak” in the formula if we have hypothyroidism?