Eliptical log in activity

blissfulheartweddings

I just got an eliptical and I am trying to log in my exercise, but when I search exercises eliptical can't be found. Am I doing something wrong or is the eliptical a hard exercise to log as far as guessing calories burned? I'm new at the eliptical.

blissfulheartweddings

I'm able to log in bike, yoga, walking, etc...

CaffeinatedConfectionist

It's spelled "elliptical," and will show up as "elliptical trainer." But take MFP's calorie estimates with a grain of salt - it's very easy to overestimate calorie burn on something like an elliptical.

blissfulheartweddings

Oops! Thank you!
I actually just got it and it is very discouraging. It is such a hard resistance even on the first level and after working out extremely hard for 15 minutes it says I only burned 7 calories!!! Talk about discouraging! I'm sore and thought I was in decent shape.

CollieFit

7cals for 15 mins??? That's got to be wrong???

blissfulheartweddings

That's my eliptical saying that and myfitnesspal gives way more calories burned for that so I'm thinking its a flaw of the new eliptical. The resistance on my eliptical feels about the same on many of the levels.