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Aria603
Aria603 Posts: 29 Member
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I've been doing low impact stepping for 40 minutes. When I use the website database, it only has "wii freestep" which tells me I'm burning 218 calories for 40 minutes. When I use any online calculator (entering my weight, low impact stepping, and 40 minutes) it says I'm burning like 638 calories. Which one do I use?!?!

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    What are your stats?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    When in doubt, always go with the lower number. 600 is an insane amount for only 40 minutes.
  • Aria603
    Aria603 Posts: 29 Member
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    I'm 300 lbs, 5'6", low impact stepping for 40 minutes. I've done it on multiple other sites and it comes out between 500-600 burned. I've been using the MFP calculation of 218 just because I figured even if it's wrong I'm ahead of the game. I was just curious how others calculated what they are burning.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
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    Aria603 wrote: »
    I've been using the MFP calculation of 218 just because I figured even if it's wrong I'm ahead of the game

    This is the correct mentality to have and in my opinion, the best thing to do.

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