How many calories am I using

beancounter
beancounter Posts: 369
edited September 2013 in Health, fitness & training
On my commute...

20 mile round trip, fairly flat, only 1 serious hill, about 15 or 16 mph average, I'm about 73kg

I'm guessing 600 at best? (30 per mile)

Thanks for any help

bc
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  • 377rider
    377rider Posts: 19
    Hi.

    Prob not far off.

    Measuring myself, (78kg) on the same length journey yesterday (+hill) I used 800 kJ. Steady commute speed.

    Now to be considered for calorie counting!
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  • beancounter
    beancounter Posts: 369
    377rider wrote:
    Hi.

    Prob not far off.

    Measuring myself, (78kg) on the same length journey yesterday (+hill) I used 800 kJ. Steady commute speed.

    Now to be considered for calorie counting!

    Thanks - what did you use to measure?

    bc
    2013 Colnago Master 30th Anniversary
    2010 Colnago C50
    2005 Colnago C40
    2002 Colnago CT1
    2010 Colnago World Cup
    2013 Cinelli Supercorsa
    2009 Merckx LXM
    1995 Lemond Gan Team
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    It can vary though as it is often the calories burnt after the exercise that don't count as your body tries to recover and restore your body to its pre-exercise state.

    As a guess I'd say your not far off BTW.
    Pain hurts much less if its topped off with beating your mates to top of a climb.
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    Calorie measurement via bike computer, phones, GPS, slimmers-r-us websites are all notoriously inaccurate so don't believe anything they say.

    I like to believe the gym bike at work when it's telling me I'm burning calories at the rate of 1200 an hour, but the only measurement I trust is the only one that matters - the sure-fire long term observation of whether or not I'm burning more calories than I eat.
  • 377rider
    377rider Posts: 19
    A late response, a Powertap.
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