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Estimating calories burned????

MrsBrown104
MrsBrown104 Posts: 88 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So, ive noticed when I go to log my workouts MFP estimates a lot higher than what my stationary bike is telling me I burned.

So how do I know if my bike is correctly tracking calories?
and how does MFP calculate the calories??? How do I know whats correct??

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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Neither are, thus most people only eat back half their exercise calories.
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    Create your own exercise with the calories burned from your bike and eat back about half of those calories.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Compare your weight lost to the calorie deficit you are recording and it will give you an idea of the accuracy of what is reported. But I would expect the number from the stationary bike to be more accurate, since it is possible to measure the actual work. The only inaccuracy would be in how efficient your body is while performing the work.
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