Should I log my Polar ft4 exercise calories

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mo624
mo624 Posts: 15
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Okay so I'm an 18 year old female 5'2 and 96lbs . I received my polar ft 4 in the mail yesterday and I've been logging my calories burned based off of my hrm . I kind of feel like I shouldn't have logged them :| .. Because I'm not 100% sure how accurate hrm's are . So should I continue to log my exercise calories or not ? My Hrm seems legit I'm just so paranoid I guess . Do you log your exercise calories ? :)

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  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
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    I always log my exercise/workouts using my polar ft7 hrm.
  • haildodger
    haildodger Posts: 181 Member
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    I log my cardio based off my FT4.
  • randomirrelevant
    randomirrelevant Posts: 15
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    I just got one of these, too! I've been logging 88% of my Polar FT4 HRM calorie burn since I read that it can overestimate calories as much as 12%. I log exercise, but do not always eat back all of the calories if I don't feel hungry. Hope this helps.
  • lmr0528
    lmr0528 Posts: 427 Member
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    I log whatever my HRM says. I wouldn't have bought it if I wasn't planning on using it for that reason.
  • KameHameHaaaa
    KameHameHaaaa Posts: 837 Member
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    I log based off my polar HRM. I typically eat back about half my exercise calories, more if I'm hungry or have a scheduled treat that day :)

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