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Help! Got HRM watch (heart rate monitor), have questions?

KAYRRIE
KAYRRIE Posts: 201 Member
edited January 26 in Fitness and Exercise
I just bought a heart rate monitor watch and it calculates my heart rate (ofcourse), my daily calories burned, and my steps. My question is, should I log all the daily calories it's telling me I'm burning, which as a big girl it's not hard to burn alot, or should I only count the calories I burn during a workout? My MFP profile is set to sedentary due to my office job and my workouts are set to 5 days a week with 10 minutes each even though I do more than that. Does anyone have experience with these HRM's and should I log in the daily cals into my MFP?

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  • zachherda
    zachherda Posts: 47
    I would track your daily calories burned :) if you are logging everything you are eating then why not add what you are burning?
  • KAYRRIE
    KAYRRIE Posts: 201 Member
    I would track your daily calories burned :) if you are logging everything you are eating then why not add what you are burning?

    That's such a good point. I do add everything I eat.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I'd only count the workout calories. MFP already assumes you burn calories just being alive - so adding them in AGAIN is just double counting them. Plus a HRM isn't accurate for all day anyway - only when your heart rate is elevated.
  • donrdon
    donrdon Posts: 216 Member
    I'd only count the workout calories. MFP already assumes you burn calories just being alive - so adding them in AGAIN is just double counting them. Plus a HRM isn't accurate for all day anyway - only when your heart rate is elevated.

    I agree with this. Basically I'll burn 2400-2600 calories during a 24 hour period by just sitting on the couch. I use mine for workouts only.
  • KAYRRIE
    KAYRRIE Posts: 201 Member
    I'm definitely going to count only the calories burned during a workout because as I'm looking at the cals burned so far for the day it's nearing my TDEE and that's pretty accurate for my daily expenditure.
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