Im alittle confused about this calorie deal?

I know how you lose weight.... more calories expended than in, and excersise and yada yada so please dont tell me what i need to do to lose weight i know how that works i just have one question. It has more to do with excersise and calories. I just need something cleared up, ive been told that you dont start "losing weight" until your heart rate is up high for at least 15 minutes. But then i also hear that its good to be more active to "burn calories", so we burn calories all day everyday without getting our heart rates up. So how does that work? If i take a 1 mile WALK, my heart rate is not going to go up but i will burn calories no matter what. If you burn extra calories during your day it can help reduce your calorie intake, but what if my heart rate isnt going up? Will those calories burned be useless or do they still count as weight loss calories? Its just confusing to me cuz i thought a calorie is a calorie so it ultimately leads to weight loss. I hope im making myself clear with this question i dont want to confuse anyone.Please i dont need ideas for weight loss i have it figured out. Im not asking on how to lose weight or what foods to eat i thought i made it clear, i just need to know whats the difference. People say you ONLY start to lose fat if your heart rate is high for at least 15 minutes. Then OTHERS say "oh walking such and such time burns such and such calories" but your heart rate doesnt go up what im asking is if it even counts! Cuz you are still burning calories but your heart rate isnt going up does it count?

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Calories are used as energy for the body. The more your heart beats the more energy it requires. If you WALK for 1 hour you will not have used as much energy as you would if you RAN constantly for 1 hour. If you eat (for example, these numbers are not relevent to you) 2000 calories a day and sit on the couch you get 2000 calories at the end of the day, if you eat 2000 calories a day and run for 1 hour every day your body uses the calories you consumed as energy for your body and after you have ran for 1 hour you may have used up 600 calories for energy, now you may have consumed 2000 calories but after your body has burned them for energy you now have 1400 calories at the end of the day. Any other calories burned at rest are due to metabolism burning calories your body needs to survive. So yes heart rate is a factor but that "15 minute" idea is non sense.

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• I think what it meant by getting your heart rate up to lose weight means like doing really hard exercises so you burn more calories and you lose weight a lot easier. Of course everything burns calories, I mean people on just diets losing weight are an example of that. You burn calories doing anything, texting, sitting, standing, breathing even and it does count towards weight loss + your exercise.
• You're right; the whole calorie thing is just too confusing. counting calories is way too time consuming.Exercise hels some, but losing weight is about the kinds and portions of food you eat.Here's a good low-carb food/exercise plan:Breakfast: Cook 9-grain cereal (from health food store) in water with rolled oats and wheat bran. Make a pot of it on weekends and nuke 1/2 cup each morning. Add low fat milk or yogurt, banana, walnuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine. Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day to raise blood sugar level which falls during the night.Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey ½ sandwich on multi-grain (not just whole wheat) bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts, yogurt, fresh fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich on whole grain bread (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham, or beef stew.Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit. Nothing ever from a vending machine. Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, green or red peppers, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it. Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.Or grilled fish with steamed veggies.Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes and green or red peppers. Avoid junk food, fast foods, pastries, desserts, anything with sugar (cancer cells feed on sugar), gluten, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fat/grease (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza, chips, fries), pasta, potatoes, ramen, popcorn, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, soda, chips, tobacco, alcohol and coffee. No oil except olive and mac nut. To keep your skin clear, drink water, tea, unsweetened veggie and fruit juice. Join a gym; they have all the equipment and staff to show you how to use it to get the look you want to achieve, but you have to ask them. Much cheaper than buying your own equipment. Go hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming, rowing, jump rope, play tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer, jumping jacks, lift weights, trampoline? To tone your tummy, do sit ups, push ups, pull ups, leg lifts, butt raises and crunches.For more energy, take Super B complex.
• Walking a mile will use the same calories as running a mile. Running just does it faster. It also makes your metabolism more efficient (so you will KEEP using calories faster for a while even after you stop running!) and increases your strength and endurance. Muscle uses more energy than fat, so you want to increase your muscle mass.While it is best to increase your heart rate, any walking is good even if you're just ambling around the park.