Mapmywalk Calories?

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Magic_Chicken
Magic_Chicken Posts: 141 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi

Just wondering what everyones experiences have been like using this app and how accurate you think the calorie burn is?

I walk daily, Mainly in the local forest or nature reserve and so there is a little up and down, not just flat walking on paths/roads.

Some of my workouts this week have been logged as

8.5 km walk in 2 hours 20 min burnt 650 cals
7 km walk in 1 hour 30 mins burnt 500 cals
8 km walk in 1 hour 30 mins burnt 570 cals
6.5 km in 2 hours burnt 520 cals

last week I walked 12 km in 3 hours and it gave me 900 exercise calories

How realistic are these calories burnt? I have been eating them back but they do seem quite high for just a walk?


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  • CarlydogsMom
    CarlydogsMom Posts: 645 Member
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    That and the other Map My apps run really high. I usually calculate one-third of what it says. So if it says I burned 300 calories, I'll enter 100 here on MFP.
  • br3adman
    br3adman Posts: 284 Member
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    Make sure your weight and heigth is correct in the dashboard.
  • iceempress911
    iceempress911 Posts: 2 Member
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    My experience is the MapMyWalk over-estimates by 40-50%

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