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joolsmd
joolsmd Posts: 375 Member
edited November 8 in Health and Weight Loss
MFP overestimates the calories burned in an exercise, how can I track my calorie deficit with certainty?

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    then
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Since there is no way to track calories with 100% certainty (without spending tons of money), it is all just estimations. The key is to be consistent and adjust as you go.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Halve them

    Judge your weight loss over 6 weeks and increase / decrease by 100 cals/day per week until you get your desired loss

    Providing you weigh and accurately log your intake and you ignore fluctuations

    This is one of the few cases where we are all special little snowflakes - the calculators are estimates, as is cal burn as is cal logging, trick is to be as accurate as possible for you
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    then
    Lol.

    OP, it's all guesswork. Try weighing and measuring your food and eating back half the extra calories MFP gives you for the exercise. See how it goes. :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Or use HRM and do the same with that
  • joolsmd
    joolsmd Posts: 375 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Or use HRM and do the same with that
    Human Resource Management? :o

  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Heart Rate Monitor :)
  • joolsmd
    joolsmd Posts: 375 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Heart Rate Monitor :)
    Thank you.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    joolsmd wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Or use HRM and do the same with that
    Human Resource Management? :o

    <giggle>
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