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criiisdaw
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Hi All,
i am quite new to this but am very hooked on checking out the data. to such end if have been entering every calorie and aiming for 10000 steps a day. And it is working . 3kg in 4 weeks. I am happy.
What i dont understand though is the difference in the calories burned between the withings health mate app and MFP.
for example today i earned 979 calories according to MFP (apple heath tell me this was 9.2 miles / 17478 steps)
Health mate tells me i did 17471 steps but only awarded me 534 calories .. nearly 500 different. I choose to eat the difference (well drink it ) but it would be useful to know which estimate of calories burned is more accurate.
its not a one off either. the last counts where 697 vs 441/ 590 vs 350 /1910 vs 1577.
can anyone help me understand why these values are so different ? both apps seem to use the same data (weight and steps) yet the Health mate consistently estimates significantly less .
Thanks
C
i am quite new to this but am very hooked on checking out the data. to such end if have been entering every calorie and aiming for 10000 steps a day. And it is working . 3kg in 4 weeks. I am happy.
What i dont understand though is the difference in the calories burned between the withings health mate app and MFP.
for example today i earned 979 calories according to MFP (apple heath tell me this was 9.2 miles / 17478 steps)
Health mate tells me i did 17471 steps but only awarded me 534 calories .. nearly 500 different. I choose to eat the difference (well drink it ) but it would be useful to know which estimate of calories burned is more accurate.
its not a one off either. the last counts where 697 vs 441/ 590 vs 350 /1910 vs 1577.
can anyone help me understand why these values are so different ? both apps seem to use the same data (weight and steps) yet the Health mate consistently estimates significantly less .
Thanks
C
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