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Calorie calculation on MFP

PhilipByrne
PhilipByrne Posts: 276 Member
edited January 27 in Fitness and Exercise
Can anyone tell me if the calorie calculations for various excercises on MFP are net or gross. In other words, do they deduct your resting metabolic rate or not?

Thanks
Phil

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  • gentlygently
    gentlygently Posts: 752 Member
    I!ve just been searching on Mfp for esxactly this!

    The conclusion I have come to is that Mfp cals burned are generally thought to be too high, so i
    pull back. It could be because they overestimate the gross or fail to think about the net - or both!

    Like others I adjust - I subtract resting cals burned, another common ruse is to only eat back 75 per cent.

    I don't often bother with posting gentle exercise either eg the hour of intermittent walking in my daily commute - and I put in sedentary as my activity level.
  • PhilipByrne
    PhilipByrne Posts: 276 Member
    Thanks, I came to similar conclusion. I'll reduce the calorie burn by about 100-150 per hour of exercise and that should be about right.

    Regards
    Phil
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