exercise calories query

peanuts966
peanuts966 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 12 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there, i've been using MFP for a while and used to go by the calories given on MFP for exercise done, but recently i have bought a garmin and i now notice that the calories burnt according to the garmin are a lot less than MFP say, for example today i did a bit of running, my garmin says 241 cals burnt but MFP say 331! which would be more realistic to use? the garmin is set up with my correct weight/height/age etc, just a bit confused as 100 cal difference on a short run is quite a bit.

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  • runner359
    runner359 Posts: 90 Member
    MPF is notorious for overestimating calories burned. I have no experience with the accuracy of a Garmin. There are really good calculators out there on the net for number of calories burnt running. For me its about 95 per mile.
  • lewispwest
    lewispwest Posts: 498 Member
    Honestly it's always safer to go with the lower number if you're eating them back.
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