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With Insanity you should burn around 1,000 calories per workout

This is somewhat misleading and I would recommend getting a heart rate monitor if you really want an answer to your question. A male of average weight, in pretty good shape, burns around (around, you could easily be 200 calories in either direction) 1000 calories doing a month two DVD with intensity. That said, there are lots of variables. Smaller women often come onto these boards to complain that they burn as few as 350-400 calories doing the month one work outs. Here's a few of the more important variables:

1) Sex. Men tend to burn more calories than women in the same activity. It's not universal, of course. A woman with a lot of muscle mass may burn more calories than a man of similar weight with a higher body fat percentage, but mostly men burn a few more calories than women.

2) Body weight. This is a big one. A tall man can easily weigh 250 pounds and still be "healthy". A 250 pound person is going to burn a lot more calories than a 100 pound person doing the same things. It takes more energy to move more weight.

3) Body fat percentage. Having more muscle means you burn more calories doing things. Anything. Having more muscle burns more calories sleeping, walking, working out, whatever. It's one of the reasons that strength training is good for working out, even when it doesn't burn as many calories directly.

4) Intensity. Obviously the harder you go, the more you burn.

5) Length of exercise. Month one DVDs average 30-35 minutes. Month two DVD are 45-60 minutes. Obviously you burn a lot more doing month two DVDs.

From your picture I can see that you are female and not terribly heavy (though if you're tall it could make you heavier than you look in a picture). Based on what my wife burns in a workout, and what I've seen other women post here, I'd not be surprised if you were closer to 500 calories for a month one workout and maybe 750 for a month two. I could be totally wrong though, better to get a heart rate monitor.

I agreed with Tantczak on my worst day doing insanity I burn 240 calories, to lose a pound a week you need a 3500 deficit so below is my break down. Please this still a work in process for me, so if anyone can add with great advice. I feel it will help us all in this process of health and fitness.

Daily Caloric Expenditure just getting up and thought the day
1600 (female 62in and 155 lbs)
Add insanity 240
=1840
Caloric intake on my best day 1235, never really anymore than 1350
So 1840-1235= 605x7=4235 a week(I started insanity on 5/21 down 6 lbs
I recalculate every month.)

Again this just me on my journey to insanity!

The most I've burned from an Insanity workout is 621 calories from Max Interval Circuit, and I give it my all and my heartrate is always at 90% or more of my maximum. I'm 5'4" and weigh around 165 and have a FT7 Polar heartrate monitor. So I'm willing to bet that most people are not really burning anywhere near 1,000 calories per workout.

I started at 250lbs now im on week 2 and im at 240. Just got my oregon scientific heart rate monitor and it shows 960 calories in 38 minutes. Half an hour after just resting its at 1108 calories. Im just wondering if this could be right or the hear rate monitor is faulty?

agree I am burning about 230 calories. I burn more calories on the days I run 45 minutes. Will my calorie expenditure increase?
I am only on my second day of the program.

Thank you,
CC

oh and i just joined this today, so looking for all the tips we can get Thanks! We have been doing insanity since Feb. 8.

[quote=tantczak][quote=BUB4] I'd not be surprised if you were closer to 500 calories for a month one workout and maybe 750 for a month two. I could be totally wrong though, better to get a heart rate monitor.[/quote] this sounds about right!

It is impossible for someone to calculate calories burned without a GOOD HRM. IF you do some research you will see which ones are good and which ones are very basic. What I mean by good is find a HRM that uses your actual heart rate in the calculation of calories burned. I thought they all did, and I was wrong. IF they are not using heart rate in the calculation, it is using sex and body weight and making assumptions of perceived exertion. This is no different than going by the calories burned on a piece of exercise equipment which are usually way overstated. This is critical if you are eating the calories that you burned durig a workout, to have them overstated can really kill any weight loss efforts.

I burned over 200 cals just with the fit test..

I usually burn between 400-500 with Zumba so I am expecting to burn more with this.. Day is tomorrow for me..