Calories burned according to treadmill readout vs MyFitnessPal estimation

queensley69

After a treadmill or stairmaster workout, what the machine's readout states are my calories-burned is always substantially lower than what MyFitnessPal gives when I enter that same workout. MyFitnessPal sometimes logs as much as twice what the machine said.
Anyone else having this happen?...

RyanneRose

Yes. Mfp always gives me a very generous estimation. I do home workouts and my elliptical's own readouts weren't working, so I got a heart rate monitor. I go by that. Except in the case of yoga, mfp always gives me a much higher number of burned calories than I actually burned

dopeysmelly

I use an HRM and the number it gives me is always much closer to the machine than MFP.

queensley69

Ah. SO I should DEFINITELY stop trusting MFP on calories burned. That explains.. a LOT. *sigh*

Thanks for the info!

goldengirl111

queensley69 wrote: »

After a treadmill or stairmaster workout, what the machine's readout states are my calories-burned is always substantially lower than what MyFitnessPal gives when I enter that same workout. MyFitnessPal sometimes logs as much as twice what the machine said.
Anyone else having this happen?...

yes, I had that same question yesterday and today. Which one do you use for your diary?

goldengirl111

Maybe we should tell Mfp about this?

callsitlikeiseeit

queensley69 wrote: »

Ah. SO I should DEFINITELY stop trusting MFP on calories burned. That explains.. a LOT. *sigh*

Thanks for the info!

yup LOL

the HRM i borrowed was very close to the machine (when you input your weight and all) - so i use that. mfp estimates are way off LOL

3dogsrunning

What entries are you using?