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Calorie related question: please help!

ItsmeDili
ItsmeDili Posts: 18 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone, hope you can help me with this! I have been using starva app to calculate my walking distance but using iPhone step calculator to automatically sync my calories to MFP.. Today I did 5.1 km in 54 mins and the total calorie calculated through iPhone/ MFP was 248 but Strava app suggests 491 calories... Which one do you think is correct? At the moment I have used the 248 so I am within my calorie consumption... But would like to know!

Thanks all :)
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  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    There's a whole gamut of things that could affect the accuracy of this... your stats like weight can affect it, inclines, fitness level, etc.

    A good rule of thumb I've heard is to use the estimate of 100 calories per mile. You basically walked 3 miles. So I'd be conservative and go with the 248.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    At 5'7 and 132 pounds, a 5 k walk in 50 minutes burns around 210 calories for myself. It really depends on your stats.
  • ItsmeDili
    ItsmeDili Posts: 18 Member
    Ahhhh that's great both! I will go with 248 for definite... Rather be conservative... :) 491 did feel a bit excessive!
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    edited June 2015
    .53 times your body weight... per mile will get you close.
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