Exercise calorie calculator – How many calories did I burn?
Ever wonder whether that extra walk has burnt enough calories for a slice of cake? This exercise calorie calculator should help you see how many calories different exercises burn and help you decide which exercise is best for you.
Choosing the best exercise
Of course, there is a lot more to exercise than just the calories burned. If you enjoy exercise it becomes fun and a hobby — so how many calories you burn becomes less important.
Some exercises are more likely to build muscle than others, so this is something else to consider. If you want to lose weight and tone up, you might choose different exercises than someone wanting to build bulk muscle.
Whatever exercises you choose to get your heart rate up, this exercise calorie calculator should help you decide how hard to work, how long to exercise, and whether you’ve earned that treat at the end!
What this exercise calorie calculator shows
This calculator includes hundreds of different exercises and shows you how many calories you can burn with each, based on your height and weight.
It also shows your BMI — a common measurement, though not always the best. Make up your own mind — read my thoughts on why the BMI scale is rubbish.
This is the minimum number of calories your body needs each day, but in reality, most people don’t just sit still all day!
Even cooking, cleaning, or housework burns more calories than doing nothing.
When not to use this calculator
If you have any medical conditions, always check with your doctor before using this calculator.
This calculator should not be used by pregnant women, those breastfeeding, or those who have recently given birth — your weight and calories burned will be very different at these times.
Children should not calorie count or aim for weight loss, but should focus on healthy eating instead. I have lots of healthy eating tips for children to help them maintain a healthy weight.
Of course, you can still estimate calories burned for kids, but their metabolism is different — so results won’t be as accurate as for adults.
How to use this exercise calorie calculator
Make sure you input the correct gender, age, height and weight
We might not like to admit our real weight — but if you’re not honest, the calculator results won’t be accurate.
You can easily switch between imperial and metric — remember, there are 14 lb in a stone. Or use a converter if you need one.
Select your choice of exercise or exercises
If you want to see your total calories burned for a walk, a run, and a swim — you can select each. You can add up to 10 exercises.
Specify the time you did this exercise in hours or minutes
Be careful not to put 20 in the hour box if you only did 20 minutes!
Calculate
Click calculate to find out how many calories you’ve burned based on your height, weight and exercise.
Exercise Calorie Calculator
What to eat to make the most of your calories
If you’ve used the calculator and realised a 30-minute run doesn’t burn as many calories as you’d hoped — there are ways to make the most of these calories in your diet.
Check out all my healthy recipes and see what you can make this week.
Vegetables are low in calories but high in volume. Eating 100g of vegetables fills you up as much as 100g of chocolate — but with far fewer calories!
Of course, no one runs 5 miles so they can eat carrot sticks — but swapping some foods for lower-calorie options really helps.
Instead of seeing exercise as something to earn calories for treats, try to eat healthier foods and see exercise as an extra buffer.
Did you find this exercise calorie calculator helpful? Let me know in the comments below!
Apologies for my first comment box? didn’t make much sense to me either ?basically I’m trying to loose weight, previously I’ve tried Ww blue plan, however I found it too restrictive and was constantly hungry on it. I’ve tried cico approach but got fed up always counting calories. I’d love to try sw and was wondering if you could let me know your thoughts about it. I really admire how much you mad to loose and would love to be able to achieve that too. I’m a vet by the way.
Hi there, I’m so glad I came across your post. Please help as I’d love to give as a try but worry I might not loose as I have tried once before and didn’t loose more than 4 lbs and mostly would stay many weeks or gain and loose the same pounds. I feel calorie counting too restrictive if I don’t make the right food choices. I’ve heard a lot of people not doing avoiding any kind of workout because the scales will show them having a gain.