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Help, forgot to change heartrate monitor weight!

rowlandk
rowlandk Posts: 146 Member
edited March 6 in Fitness and Exercise
So I recently had a baby and started working out again. I wear something called a MyZone heart rate monitor to tell me how many calories I burn. I worked out the past three nights at Kosama (kickboxing, etc) but had forgotten to reset my heartrate monitor to my current weight (which is obviously higher right after having a baby), so it was off by about 55 pounds. My question, did I burn more than my heartrate monitor said because it had the wrong weight information or was it still correct since it was monitoring my heartrate?

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Just change it and forget about what you did in the past. You're overthinking this.
  • rowlandk
    rowlandk Posts: 146 Member
    I was just curious. . . . not really overthinking.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    I typically update my weight if it's more than 5 lbs off. Of course you do burn more when you weigh more. That's just science. You're moving more mass around.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Yes, you would burn more at a heavier weight but not much you can do about that now. It's only 3 days, it won't make a difference.
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