2400+ calories burned a day for a 5ft woman?

[Kentlouis]

Hi , 

i am a 5ft1in 34year old woman.  I have been jogging every morning for 40 minutes since 2 years ago, and mostly active throughout the day. The calories burned have been aaroumd 2000 a day for me.

but recently I found when I waved my forearm up and down , it is not only counting it as steps when I’m actually not walking, but it increase my heart rates too, which can bring my daily calories burn to 2400+ if I do this move 2 hours a day. Does it sound possible ?

[WavyDavey]

If you want to burn calories by waving your hand for two hours a day, go for it. Exertion is exertion I suppose. 

[Kentlouis]

But I just want to know if it’s even possible or the measurement is not accurate and I’m not burning as much actually

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[emili]

calorie burn on any device is approximate. over time even with inaccuracy you will know your accuracy because of consistency. with repeated activity you will know your truer numbers because the scale will tell you how you are doing. as far as if its possible to burn calories through arm waving.. I have no idea. I run for 30 minutes and I burn a little over 400 calories. you would have to be doing some intense waving which would probably result in injury over period of time. I think going for another walk or jog would probably do more for your health.

[SunsetRunner]

I always cut any calorie burn number in half. I just did a weight workout today with 5 walking laps between each weight lift exercise. This whole workout takes 1.5 hours. My fit bit says I burned  1,079 calories. I just divide that number in half. As I think that's a more truer number.

My calorie tracking app says I burned 950 calories so both are in the ball park. So as far as I am concerned, I did a 500 calorie burn.

Even cardio machines that give you a calorie count, I just cut it in half.

I don't this on a whim. My weight loss doctor said that's probably a good, safe way to accurately track your burned calories. She's seen a lot more studies than the average laymen about all these trackers from Apple, FitBit, Garmin, etc. They are all "general" in what numbers they produce, and the math that it uses in the background are all different.

However, she informed me that even tho they are inaccurate, at least they are consistently inaccurate and that helps with giving me a good idea of where I am with my output. She's just trying to get me to be smart about it and not take all the numbers as *true* numbers.

Since I have lost 134 lbs over the last year with her guidance, I pretty much hang on her every word. She hasn't steered me wrong yet.

[WavyDavey]

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But I just want to know if it’s even possible or the measurement is not accurate and I’m not burning as much actually

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@Kentlouis, it depends on what the heart rate is during the movement. If it goes up enough, those numbers sound reasonably accurate. I'm often surprised how elevated my heart rate gets doing laundry.

What does Fitbit report as your heart rate during the arm movements?