how many calories do you burn?

Philippines
June 14, 2008 10:16pm CST
how many calories do you burn when you walk almost 2 kilometers in an hour?
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@Elixiress (3878)
20 Jun 08
This website might help you: http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc As the amount of calories you loose doing an exercise depends on your weight, a thinner person will loose less calories for the same exercise as a fat person will.
• Philippines
21 Jun 08
thanks for giving me the link! i hope it can help me with my health.. im really fat, so i hope i always slash off some pounds from my current weight.. i want to bring back the weight i had before because now i think i can consider myself as an obese.. dieting is a must!
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
thanks! and i should thank you for the site you have given me.. it's big help! not just with the calories you burned when you are walking, also when doing other works.. very informative!
@Elixiress (3878)
22 Jun 08
Good luck with loosing the weight.
• United States
16 Jun 08
I think that the question of how many calories you burn also involves not only the distance and time factor but also your height and weight... a smaller person will burn fewer calories going the same distance and speed as a larger person. Sparkpeople dot com is a free online calorie counting website that can also help you figure out how many calories you burn when you use their fitness tracking section. :)
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
really? a smaller person will burn fewer calories than a bigger person? why is that so? now im more worried knowing that fact.. im not so blessed with height, maybe that's one of th reason why i only lose weight slowly and not so effectively..
• Philippines
16 Jun 08
thanks! from now on il try my best to do more walking than i do usually.. i just hope i can lose even just a bit out of my very heavy weight.. haha! lol.. but however, great things starts with small things so maybe il utilize walking walking and walking.. from that, i can lose some pounds, hopefully!
• United States
16 Jun 08
That was one of those things that came as a surprise to me, too. My wife and I were comparing notes on the calories that we were burning on the treadmill... for the same amount of time... and while the treadmill doesn't really make a difference between people or their size, the calcution that Sparkpeople gave took into account not only how fast we went for how long (or how far at what speed), it also considered how much body weight each of us was carrying along for the trip! Which makes sense - if you're carrying extra weight, you're going to burn more calories! (I think that could be why people can even buy weighted vests or hand and leg weights to use...) Something else that came as a surprise to me was that, as I started losing weight, my body needed fewer calories! Not everyone needs the same amount of calories to maintain a healthy body weight! ... But, if you're burning more calories, you also get to eat more calories. ;)
@biggerb (2024)
• India
15 Jun 08
I walk on my tread mill for 30 minutes and I cover a distance of 2 kms and the calories burnt are 100.
• Philippines
15 Jun 08
really? i think i also burn that amount of calories too.. i just hope i would lose some more pounds! lol.. i really want to slash off my weight because i am fat and i want to live a healthier life now..
• India
15 Jun 08
time doesn't factor into it....depends on how hilly the terain is(walking uphill is obviously harder than down) and the distance gone....assuming the course is the same you burn the same amount of calories having run a mile as you do walking the same mile.....one is better for your cardiovascular health mind you....not sure what 2 Km would equal out to but 5 is a lil over 400 calories..
• Philippines
15 Jun 08
thanks for your reply.. im just wondering how much did i burn when i walk from the mall going to my school.. lol.. i had fun walking plus the fact that really burn some calories.. i was obviously amazed how did i do it! what's nice about it too is that i never got tired the whole time i was walking.. lol