Confused re exercise calories

sijomial

sallymason88 wrote: »

garmin on my bike
so it depends how far i ride. the very least i do is 8 miles so that is the 300, i did 17 yesterday, 13 today

Garmin badly under estimates my cycling calories. Can be under by a third.

PopeyeCT

sallymason88 wrote: »

I read different opinions.

Here's my opinion: Exercise gives me a buffer to eat what I want to eat. If I am hungry I can eat more. If I'm not hungry, then I don't eat and I have a higher deficit that day.

jkal1979

This link does a good job of explaining why MFP expects you to eat your exercise calories back.

Like it says in the thread, the best thing to do is eat back a portion of them.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1

sallymason88

thanks for all your help most appreciated

sallymason88

if the garmin underestimates by so much, what is the best thing to do. I enter on mfp the calories from garmin based on my average speed. Because garmin is under the calories that mfp gives me I overtype it with the calories from garmin as it is less.

sijomial

sallymason88 wrote: »

if the garmin underestimates by so much, what is the best thing to do. I enter on mfp the calories from garmin based on my average speed. Because garmin is under the calories that mfp gives me I overtype it with the calories from garmin as it is less.

That it does for me doesn't mean it does for you!
That's the nature of estimates. In the end consistency and common sense is all you need.

If you don't get the weight loss results you expect over time then reassess your food and exercise calorie logging and be prepared to adjust.

REiiGN15

macgurlnet wrote: »

The running burn might be accurate. That number of calories for weight lifting is just about guaranteed to be grossly overestimated.

~Lyssa

That was a straight hour of weight lifting for a male working on strength.

macgurlnet

REiiGN15 wrote: »

macgurlnet wrote: »

The running burn might be accurate. That number of calories for weight lifting is just about guaranteed to be grossly overestimated.

~Lyssa

That was a straight hour of weight lifting for a male working on strength.

Everything I've read around here says weight lifting burns far fewer calories compared to cardio for the same amount of time.

How are you determining the calorie burn?

~Lyssa