30 minutes running at 12-13 Km: 400 cal or 400 Kcal burned?

400 calories sounds about right.

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After running 30 minutes on the threadmill, at about 12-13 Km per hour, so a distance of 6 KM, the
calories burned display on the threadmill show about 400 cal. This seems very little, since
various books indicate that the diet of an avarage person is about 3000 Kcal per day.

So is my threadmill incorrect, and should it show 400 Kcal iso 400 cal? 400 Kcal would be about
8-10 % of the daily intake, and this seems a bit more reasonable than 400 cal.

Any reference to a web page with a distance to calory table or something like that would be
appreciated.

Thanks, Chris van Engelen

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Any reference to a web page with a distance to calory table or

something

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like that would be appreciated.

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Subject: 30 minutes running at 12-13 Km: 400 cal or 400 Kcal burned? From: "Chris van Engelen"
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After running 30 minutes on the threadmill, at about 12-13 Km per hour, so a distance of 6 KM, the
calories burned display on the threadmill show about 400 cal. This seems very little, since various
books indicate that the diet of an avarage person is about 3000 Kcal per day.

So is my threadmill incorrect, and should it show 400 Kcal iso 400 cal? 400 Kcal would be about
8-10 % of the daily intake, and this seems a bit more reasonable than 400 cal.

Any reference to a web page with a distance to calory table or something like that would be
appreciated.

Thanks, Chris van Engelen

Your treadmill is actually displaying energy in Kcals. Units of "Cals" (note the capital
"C"😉 are an abbreviation for Kcal. 1 Cal = 1000 cal, or 1 Cal = 1 Kcal.

Robert Walter, CA

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Any reference to a web page with a distance to calory table or

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Thanks very much: the calculator immediately gives:

"330 kcals of energy used"

so this would indicate that the unit is indeed kcal instead of cals.

Chris van Engelen

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Your treadmill is actually displaying energy in Kcals. Units of "Cals"

(note

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the capital "C"😉 are an abbreviation for Kcal. 1 Cal = 1000 cal, or 1

Cal = 1

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Kcal.

Yep. I was about to say the OP got bitten by the Cal=Kcal monster. 1 Cal (capitalized) = 1000 cal =
1 Kcal. In other words, someone inexplicably imagined that Cal would be good shorthand for
Kcal--that someone being the Cal=Kcal monster.

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so this would indicate that the unit is indeed kcal instead of cals.

Forgive my ignorance, what is the difference?

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like that would be appreciated.

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Thanks very much: the calculator immediately gives:

"330 kcals of energy used"

so this would indicate that the unit is indeed kcal instead of cals.

Chris van Engelen

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so this would indicate that the unit is indeed kcal instead of cals.

Forgive my ignorance, what is the difference?

1 Kcal = 1 Cal (capitalized) = 1000 cals. Most places that list Calories (food packaging, exercise
computations, etc.) actually list Kcals. Intuitive, ain't it?

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1 kcal = 1000 calories? What an idiot I am. I have always just assumed that 170 kcal meant 170
calories. You mean I burn off 2 big macs (1700 calories) instead of 1 soda (170 calories). Somebody
hand me the spare ribs! ;-) jojo

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so this would indicate that the unit is indeed kcal instead of cals.

Forgive my ignorance, what is the difference?

1 Kcal = 1 Cal (capitalized) = 1000 cals. Most places that list Calories (food packaging, exercise
computations, etc.) actually list Kcals. Intuitive, ain't it?

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That would be about four miles or 400 kcal. Peole drop the prefix "kilo-" in common usage.

I have tested my self out on that calculator. Six miles and I weigh in at
224lb. Equals 980 calories (seems a lot?). Bloody felt like it too, up steep hills and that. 900
calories x three times a week. Cut out some [censored] in my diet. I reckon I can lose three
pounds a week of flab even though I want to carry on muscle building as well. I want to get
down to my six-pack weight of about 190lb. And I am cutting smoking out. Nothing like
setting yourself some targets eh? Steve United Kingdom

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1 kcal = 1000 calories? What an idiot I am. I have always just assumed that 170 kcal meant 170
calories. You mean I burn off 2 big macs (1700 calories) instead of 1 soda (170 calories).
Somebody hand me the spare ribs!

Nope. 1 kcal = 1000 *C*alories. So 170 kcal means .170 calories and 170 *C*alories. So no 2 big macs
for you, or else run 12-17 miles right after dinner.

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1 kcal = 1000 calories? What an idiot I am. I have always just assumed that 170 kcal meant 170
calories. You mean I burn off 2 big macs (1700 calories) instead of 1 soda (170 calories).
Somebody hand me the spare ribs!

Nope. 1 kcal = 1000 *C*alories. So 170 kcal means .170 calories and 170 *C*alories. So no 2 big
macs for you, or else run 12-17 miles right after dinner.

oh. back to carrot sticks.

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In other words, someone inexplicably imagined that Cal would be good shorthand for Kcal--that
someone being the Cal=Kcal monster.

Probably a computer scientist. I mean just look at the mess they made of Megas.

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3000 Kcal == 3000000 cal for a daily intake. 400Kacl = 400000 cal for a 30 minute run.

Hugh? I don't think so.

400 calories is right. Maybe even optimistic on a treadmill.

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Subject: 30 minutes running at 12-13 Km: 400 cal or 400 Kcal burned? From: "Chris van Engelen"
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After running 30 minutes on the threadmill, at about 12-13 Km per hour, so a distance of 6 KM,
the calories burned display on the threadmill show about 400 cal. This seems very little, since
various books indicate that the diet of an avarage person is about 3000 Kcal per day.

So is my threadmill incorrect, and should it show 400 Kcal iso 400 cal? 400 Kcal would be about
8-10 % of the daily intake, and this seems a bit more reasonable than 400 cal.

Any reference to a web page with a distance to calory table or something like that would be
appreciated.

Thanks, Chris van Engelen

Your treadmill is actually displaying energy in Kcals. Units of "Cals"

(note

Quoted message said:

the capital "C"😉 are an abbreviation for Kcal. 1 Cal = 1000 cal, or 1

Cal = 1

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Kcal.

Robert Walter, CA

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3000 Kcal == 3000000 cal for a daily intake. 400Kacl = 400000 cal for a 30 minute run.

Hugh? I don't think so.

400 calories is right. Maybe even optimistic on a treadmill.

The "calories" on nutrition labels, and measured on the treadmill are actually kcal.

So for example, suppose the exercise bike says that your power output is 240 watts (1 watt = 1
joule/second, and 1 calorie = 4.19 joules). Your efficiency on a bicycle ergometer is about 25%. So
your *kilo*calories per hour is:

240 watts * 3600 sec/hr * (1/4.19) cal/joule /1000cal/kcal*(1/0.25)=824kcal/hr

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