Comments on: a treadmill tells how many calories have been burned. Are they calories of food eaten or about to eat?

By: rowlfe

rowlfe — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:49:50 +0000

You can think of this like a bank account. Your body has a certain energy balance onboard, which is spread out among fat, protein and carbohydrates. The calorie count on your treadmill represents that amount that you have withdrawn from your existing total balance, which comes from food you have eaten in the past. What you eat in the future will add to your energy balance.

By: rustoria617

rustoria617 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:02:53 +0000

Yep, they’re all right. But, most of those machines read too high, so to be more accurate, knock off about 10%.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:45:07 +0000

A calorie is a unit of energy. When you look at the calorie count of a food it is telling you the amount of energy you will need to produce to burn it. The calorie counter on the treadmill is telling you the amount of energy you’ve burned. It doesn’t matter if it’s today’s food or yesterdays food. It’s all good and it all counts.

By: maggiemoose346

maggiemoose346 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:24:56 +0000

That’s the amount burned at your workout machine for however long. It’s yesterday’s food calories stored and calories from fat stored. Logically, you can’t burn calories that weren’t there in the first place.

By: Jaye B

Jaye B — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:50:32 +0000

it is what you have burned while on the treadmill but beware that it is just an estimate and not a true total of burned calories.

By: godschild

godschild — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:27:39 +0000

it is the amount of calories you have burned while working out

By: alialoggi

alialoggi — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:37:44 +0000

Defining calorie is tricky, because the definition leaves us with the statement, so what does that mean (Calorie- amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius)? Think of it as how much your body is burning off. Like if you have gas in your gas tank, how much is burned off. You eat to give you energy, you work out and use that energy. If you lie on the couch, you burn off fewer calories than if you run 5 miles. Hope this helps.

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:10:23 +0000

It’s the amount of calories that are burnt off from yesterday’s food. You can’t burn off the calories you haven’t eaten yet.

By: Scott M

Scott M — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:30:02 +0000

that’s the amount of calories you’ve burned during the workout…