FitnessPal cardio calories burned

kaylasgriffin88

How accurate is MFP calorie calculation when you enter in the amount of time spent exercising? I entered in what the machine told me I burned which is a lot less than what MFP is telling me I burned.

asalmansoori62

Me too I entered what the machine told me whice half than MFB

jacksonpt

It's an estimate, so it's hard to say for certain. For some people, it'll be very close. For others, it'll be way off (usually higher than actual, but could be lower, too). When you have 2 numbers, going with the lower is never a bad idea.

Also, a sanity check is to calculate the calories burned per minute. Any time that's more than 10 cals per minute, I start to get really suspicious. And even 10 can be high.

kaylasgriffin88

jacksonpt wrote: »

It's an estimate, so it's hard to say for certain. For some people, it'll be very close. For others, it'll be way off (usually higher than actual, but could be lower, too). When you have 2 numbers, going with the lower is never a bad idea.

Also, a sanity check is to calculate the calories burned per minute. Any time that's more than 10 cals per minute, I start to get really suspicious. And even 10 can be high.

Thank you! I'll go with the lower number which is still a pretty good number! If it turns out in burning more then that's just a bonus!

acarmon55

I use MFP instead of what my treadmill says because it is usually a lot lower than the treadmill