How to burn more calories, first time working out?

[Anonymous]

I'm 21, 5'8 and weigh 65kg. I'm not drastically overweight but I could do with losing a few kg and toning up. I never did any form of exercise before, but now I've joined a gym. So why am I burning barely any calories? I only burned under 50 calories in 10 minutes of bike riding! And I wasn't just chilling either, it was pretty hard!

[Xfitchick]

Burning fat is a slow process. The best way is low intensity cardio, but you need to do for at least 30 min, better even more. In the first cycle (some 20 min), you body will use all other energy resources of the muscles before it starts burning fat. And I am 1.65m and weigh 61 kg, so not that different from you.

[Xfitchick]

thanks

[John_Doesnt]

Why would you give us your height in American and your weight in metric? I have no idea what your weight is.
And how do you know how many calories you burned?

[Josht13]

there is usually a calorie monitor on the machines I think it's just a general thing based on how many calories the average person burns doing that intensity for that long. She is 143lbs.

[John_Doesnt]

@Josht13 i like to use magic in my workouts. do you think that affects it? Magic?

[Prettyapathetic]

She isn't even Fat or overweight

[Josht13]

Do you have a jump rope in your gym, after a few minutes of doing that at pace I'm down for the count. Also rowing is good cardio.

[Josht13]

Also that weight sounds about right.

[Mesonfielde]

It's probably because you're not actually overweight, but you think you are.