I weigh 174 today. This came as a bit of a surprise to me, so I will see what turns up tomorrow. I have reduced calories burned at least for three or four days in a row. I started out taking 80% of what my watch gave me, and very recently, I have used the figure from that online calories burned calculator. If I continue losing weight, which I doubt, I will need to re-evaluate how I am going about determining my calories burned for the day. For now I will continue to use the lower values provided by that online calculator. I am going to walk two to four miles today.

@UpDownAround

Ballparking calories burned may work for you during the short term, but as you improve your fitness, you will have to figure out how much lower that figure will need to go over a period of time. For that matter, the addition of upper body work further complicates this picture. So how do you under these circumstances determine a reasonably useful figure for this?

IMO the only way to come up with a useful figure is to make the changes in your routine static, and accordingly, the calories consumed. Then find a workable target for the calories that need to be consumed that maintains your weight. This value will need to go up over time as you become more fit. Otherwise, IMO you are just WAGing (wild azz guessing) it. Then if your routine changes, like changing reps, or the type of exersize, and yout weight begins to change, go through the same process again to come up with a new target for that calories that need to be consumed. So I think consistency is the key here. No change in exersuize routine is a start, at least for the periodic calculation of your target for calories that need to be consumed.

FWIW

Thoughts?