Hi all! I'm nervous to trust the calorie input calculations.

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    I still think sweating is somewhat, indirectly related to the activity level. So if you are sweating while working out, it is an indication of how hard you are working. Yeah the act of sweating itself is irrelevant, but if I'm sweating while on the treadmill in the basement, it's because I'm working hard and burning calories. If I'm just walking on it and not sweating, then I'm burning less calories.

    lol well what about those that dont sweat? or have hyperhidrosis?

    Or outside in the cold and layered correctly to not sweat but just barely keep warm?

    Sweating is indirectly related to activity level in the temperature conditions you are doing the activity and your personal genes.
    A personal indicator somewhat for all conditions being equal but the level of intensity.

    But if someone can't tell they are being more intense in their movement and sweating is useful indicator, they need to listen to their breathing rate and pounding of their heart better - because that's a whole lot better than sweating to compare activity levels.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    heybales wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    I still think sweating is somewhat, indirectly related to the activity level. So if you are sweating while working out, it is an indication of how hard you are working. Yeah the act of sweating itself is irrelevant, but if I'm sweating while on the treadmill in the basement, it's because I'm working hard and burning calories. If I'm just walking on it and not sweating, then I'm burning less calories.

    lol well what about those that dont sweat? or have hyperhidrosis?

    Or outside in the cold and layered correctly to not sweat but just barely keep warm?

    Sweating is indirectly related to activity level in the temperature conditions you are doing the activity and your personal genes.
    A personal indicator somewhat for all conditions being equal but the level of intensity.

    But if someone can't tell they are being more intense in their movement and sweating is useful indicator, they need to listen to their breathing rate and pounding of their heart better - because that's a whole lot better than sweating to compare activity levels.

    I agree.I can workout and doing the same exercise and some days I will sweat more and others less. but I know the days I sweat less is because Im not going as hard with my workout. but then sometimes the hot flashes kick in as well so,that tells me nothing lol
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    I guess it's that I'm using the treadmill in the basement, temps pretty stable and all that. I don't need to know that I'm sweating to know I'm working hard (have a chest strap for that) but there is clearly a correlation between the two.
  • cessi0909
    cessi0909 Posts: 653 Member
    heybales wrote: »
    cessi0909 wrote: »
    My best example was a hike I took -- it was 10+ miles, took us 5 hours, through the mountains and I had a 7 pounds pack. MFP estimated I burned 2500+ calories. I use an apple watch, which I know is also not perfectly accurate, but it estimated I burned 980. That is one hell of a difference.

    5 hrs @ 2mph would be a slow level walk. But it was not actually level.

    But that is certainly more than 200 cal / hr - considering your BMR if not moving would probably be about 80 of that already.

    I'd say the Apple Watch is mighty off too.

    Probably got the distance way off. Of course, it doesn't incorporate incline increased calorie burn, nor is it aware of extra weight being carried.

    Those were active calories, so not including BMR -- so that is correct, that was not a total. But we did go slow, we had my 61 year old father with me who without telling anyone was hit with a kidney stone attack a few miles in so we moved slowly.

    I don't believe the distance is wrong. Most places list the trail itself as 8.5 miles, plus we walked to the trail and into the town on both sides of the hike.

    There was not much of an incline. For anyone curious it was Peaks Trail in Breckenridge, Colorado. https://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=HGR076-005A
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