How accurate is

dayjolie

MFP when it comes to counting burned calories from activity?
I have also an app called Pacer and shows like 200 calories less from MFP . I have an iPhone no bracelet tracker so I was curious which one should I take into account? MFP or the Pacer that shows less ?

DemoraFairy

MFP is notorious for overestimating calories burnt. Most people eat back 50-80% of the calories MFP gives them for exercise to make up for this. Go with Pacer.

dayjolie

Thank you . I imagined it overestimated seeing how it showed I burned 890 calories for 15km walking yesterday . I'll go w pacer

NoIdea101NoIdea

Definitely pacer. I wear a fitbit, and looking at the calories I burn doing certain exercises on that compared to what MFP reckon I've burned....well, it can be bit ridiculous sometimes!

uvi5

dayjolie wrote: »

Thank you . I imagined it overestimated seeing how it showed I burned 890 calories for 15km walking yesterday . I'll go w pacer

What speed were you walking the 15km at? Mfp (from what I've read) overestimates

TimothyFish

They are all estimates and since everyone is different, it could be accurate for one person but not another.

DeterminedFee201426

pacer ,

dayjolie

uvi5 wrote: »

dayjolie wrote: »

Thank you . I imagined it overestimated seeing how it showed I burned 890 calories for 15km walking yesterday . I'll go w pacer

What speed were you walking the 15km at? Mfp (from what I've read) overestimates

Around 5km per hour... For the same distance pacer showed me 670 calories burned

dewsmom78

I don't go by MFP either. I use a HRM, it is based off my age, height, and weight. Seems much more accurate.

dayjolie

What's an HMR if u don't mind me asking

jsetzler

Heart rate monitor.