I walked three miles (7500 steps) and Fitbit/MFP only gave me a 40 calorie adjustment?? What gives?
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You might want to adjust your stride on Fitbit... 3 miles is usually 2000 steps... unless you're very short?
One mile is typically between 2000 and 2500 depending on your stride. 7500 for 3 miles sounds about right. I have a long stride so I usually get a mile at about 2100 steps.
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gamerbabe14 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »
I believe the claim was that running a mile was better than walking 3 miles...
Let's run the numbers... for me 237 lb man 5'11.
Run 1 Mile-- 179 Calories
Brisk walk 1 Mile--146 Calories
Leisurely 3 miles--354 calories
And this is why I walk.
OTOH..
Run 1 mile - 10 minutes
Leisurely walk 3 miles - 1 hour0 -
You might want to adjust your stride on Fitbit... 3 miles is usually 2000 steps... unless you're very short?
My gosh how big is your stride?
Ive done a smidge over 10,000 steps so far today and it works out at 3.5 mile
Im only 5ft 2 with a joint condition so my stride is shorter than average1 -
I'm starting to think there is a Fitbit/MFP sync issue. This happened to me last Monday 11K steps for 87 calories,Tuesday I did the same 12K steps for 297 calories. All steps were earned just walking around during day to day tasks, same activity setting both days (lightly active). Monday I was off work, Tuesday I was at work (desk job). There has to be a technical issue of their many people are experiencing the same thing.0
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gamerbabe14 wrote: »stanmann571 wrote: »fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »
I believe the claim was that running a mile was better than walking 3 miles...
Let's run the numbers... for me 237 lb man 5'11.
Run 1 Mile-- 179 Calories
Brisk walk 1 Mile--146 Calories
Leisurely 3 miles--354 calories
And this is why I walk.
OTOH..
Run 1 mile - 10 minutes
Leisurely walk 3 miles - 1 hour
You're not including the time to shower and change clothes after the run.
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I guess I must have a very long stride because it only takes me about 1700 steps to walk a mile and I'm only 5'6".0 -
NorthCascades wrote: »Anyway steps are moot. Get a Fitbit and monitor your pace. An intense mile is a better workout than a slow, ambling 5-7k step walk.stanmann571 wrote: »fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »You are saying that a 1 mile brisk walk is better than covering 3 miles at a slower pace? I completely disagree with that.
I believe the claim was that running a mile was better than walking 3 miles...
Let's run the numbers... for me 237 lb man 5'11.
Run 1 Mile-- 179 Calories
Brisk walk 1 Mile--146 Calories
Leisurely 3 miles--354 calories
Sure but the claim was that it's "a better workout" not "burns more calories." Running a mile involves a lot more cardio-respitory stress than slowly walking three, that's beyond debate. Of course, that has nothing to do with the question this thread was about.
"A better workout" is completely subjective. To one person, a "better workout" means burning more calories, To another, it might mean greater cardio benefit. And if someone has hip or knee issues, running is out of the question. I am a runner, and I do like the cardio aspect. But if I have the choice to fit in a 1-mile run, OR a 3 mile walk, I am going to walk, because it burns more calories.1 -
crooked_left_hook wrote: »
I guess I must have a very long stride because it only takes me about 1700 steps to walk a mile and I'm only 5'6".
Probably should measure your stride and change the setting.0 -
[1] As far as fitting a workout into a specified time period, a 3 mile walk would be better compared to a 6 mile run (if you don't need to be polished afterward, or..).
[2] ..and who needs a shower after a piddly 10 minute run? Maybe make that a 4.5 mile run allowing15 minutes to change and blot makeup.
[3] If people are getting the steps and "miles walked" values from a step tracker they've been wearing all day, than the step number will (obviously) include every time they moved their arm along with any pacing/small steps (not just full walking strides). FYI- my walking stride is ~0.8-0.85 m (so ~1900-2000 steps/mile), my running stride is ~1.05 m.0 -
I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.0
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[2] ..and who needs a shower after a piddly 10 minute run? Maybe make that a 4.5 mile run allowing15 minutes to change and blot makeup.
Ooooo me me pick me
I start sweating quite early on runs, by 15 minutes in on numerous occasions ive had people ask if im ok because i go a deep red colour and im dripping. One assumed i was heading for a heart attack
Some of us are just sweaty exercisers
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Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??0 -
crooked_left_hook wrote: »
I guess I must have a very long stride because it only takes me about 1700 steps to walk a mile and I'm only 5'6".
I tested mine several ways and it comes out to 28.8"
Test 1: walk 20 steps and measure the distance covered
Test 2: measure out 20 feet and see how many strides
Test 3: Use a GPS walking app like map my walk and see how many steps in takes you to go a mile. I did this one about 10 times going different distances and took the average.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
It is considered a moderate pace. You are doing 3 mph.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
3 mph is a relaxed pace for me. When I am walking specifically for exercise, I generally do 3.5 easily, but try to keep it closer to 4.0.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
It's pretty much average, I'm a quick walker with presumably a shorter stride (5'4") and I do it in about 18 minutes.0 -
[1] As far as fitting a workout into a specified time period, a 3 mile walk would be better compared to a 6 mile run (if you don't need to be polished afterward, or..).
[2] ..and who needs a shower after a piddly 10 minute run? Maybe make that a 4.5 mile run allowing15 minutes to change and blot makeup.
[3] If people are getting the steps and "miles walked" values from a step tracker they've been wearing all day, than the step number will (obviously) include every time they moved their arm along with any pacing/small steps (not just full walking strides). FYI- my walking stride is ~0.8-0.85 m (so ~1900-2000 steps/mile), my running stride is ~1.05 m.
Yah no it doesn't. I tested it on mine and since i have a fitbit it is safe to say other fitbits are the same.
As well if you go for a "purposeful" walk it will show the impact on the total day so it's easy enough to know how many strides per mile you are getting (give or take)
I am thinking you are not that educated on activity trackers.4 -
[1] As far as fitting a workout into a specified time period, a 3 mile walk would be better compared to a 6 mile run (if you don't need to be polished afterward, or..).
[2] ..and who needs a shower after a piddly 10 minute run? Maybe make that a 4.5 mile run allowing15 minutes to change and blot makeup.
[3] If people are getting the steps and "miles walked" values from a step tracker they've been wearing all day, than the step number will (obviously) include every time they moved their arm along with any pacing/small steps (not just full walking strides). FYI- my walking stride is ~0.8-0.85 m (so ~1900-2000 steps/mile), my running stride is ~1.05 m.
You are assuming that everyone is wearing a step tracker on their arm. That would be incorrect. My tracker does NOT track arm movements, only steps.
As far as showers, my lunch hour is my cardio. I assure you that if I run, or do a gym/cardio workout for 30 minutes, I will be much too sweaty to go back to work without a shower. Perhaps you work alone.
Assumptions.
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Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
2 mph (30 minute mile)= slow
2.5 mph (25 minute mile)= leisurely
3 mph (20 Minute mile)= moderate
3.5 mph (17:30 minute mile)= brisk
4 mph (15 minute mile) = very brisk
Re: running vs walking a mile. For most, the calories burned difference is not that great so do whichever you prefer. Time wise, running definitely burns more calories per hour or you can get your mile done in much less time.
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Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
2 mph (30 minute mile)= slow
2.5 mph (25 minute mile)= leisurely
3 mph (20 Minute mile)= moderate
3.5 mph (17:30 minute mile)= brisk
4 mph (15 minute mile) = very brisk
Re: running vs walking a mile. For most, the calories burned difference is not that great so do whichever you prefer. Time wise, running definitely burns more calories per hour or you can get your mile done in much less time.
There is a crossover point.. and it's around 4.5-5mph walking burns as many(or more) calories than running at the same pace.
http://www.runnersworld.com/peak-performance/running-v-walking-how-many-calories-will-you-burn2 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
How tall are you? For me an 18min mile is a pretty slow pace, but for my 5.1 mom that's pretty fast. I do actually have a particularly long stride and I hustle (ex-New Yorker) so for me a leisurely mile is 15min (4.0 on the treadmill). For me to get any cardio benefit I have to push it up to a 4.4 or a 4.5, or add a significant incline at 4.2.0 -
I think MFP considers that moderate.Christine_72 wrote: »I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
I consider 3 mph to be my leisurely, I don't really want to exercise or sweat today so I'll just go for a stroll pace. A typical moderate exercise pace for me is 4mph. And if I'm really focused on it, I go faster. Back when I was actually in decent shape, 4mph was my go-for-a-stroll pace. But back when I used to run/walk marathons, I walked faster than I ran.
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stanmann571 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
2 mph (30 minute mile)= slow
2.5 mph (25 minute mile)= leisurely
3 mph (20 Minute mile)= moderate
3.5 mph (17:30 minute mile)= brisk
4 mph (15 minute mile) = very brisk
Re: running vs walking a mile. For most, the calories burned difference is not that great so do whichever you prefer. Time wise, running definitely burns more calories per hour or you can get your mile done in much less time.
There is a crossover point.. and it's around 4.5-5mph walking burns as many(or more) calories than running at the same pace.
http://www.runnersworld.com/peak-performance/running-v-walking-how-many-calories-will-you-burn
True. The point is that if someone does not like to run, there is no reason why they shouldn't walk instead. Get your miles in whatever way is better for you, the calorie burn difference is insignificant enough for the same distance. Running is not the be-all of calorie burn.
I like to swim my mile. At my slow breaststroke pace (1 mph) I burn close to 3 times as many calories as walking the same distance as 3 mph2 -
crooked_left_hook wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
How tall are you? For me an 18min mile is a pretty slow pace, but for my 5.1 mom that's pretty fast. I do actually have a particularly long stride and I hustle (ex-New Yorker) so for me a leisurely mile is 15min (4.0 on the treadmill). For me to get any cardio benefit I have to push it up to a 4.4 or a 4.5, or add a significant incline at 4.2.
I'm 5"8. And here i was thinking i was smashing it in lol I do laps around my house, we have a huge block so there's corners to negotiate which slows me down i guess.
Plus i walk in thongs (flip flops) or slippers (it's cold winter here now). I might put on my sneakers and do a road walk and see if there's a time difference.1 -
crooked_left_hook wrote: »I'm starting to think there is a Fitbit/MFP sync issue. This happened to me last Monday 11K steps for 87 calories,Tuesday I did the same 12K steps for 297 calories. All steps were earned just walking around during day to day tasks, same activity setting both days (lightly active). Monday I was off work, Tuesday I was at work (desk job). There has to be a technical issue of their many people are experiencing the same thing.
My fitbit one seems to know if I am walking fast or slow so i get a different amount of calories for walking that is just cruising and more calories if I am really moving out quickly. So that might be your difference in calories for the same steps.
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KWlosingit wrote: »crooked_left_hook wrote: »I'm starting to think there is a Fitbit/MFP sync issue. This happened to me last Monday 11K steps for 87 calories,Tuesday I did the same 12K steps for 297 calories. All steps were earned just walking around during day to day tasks, same activity setting both days (lightly active). Monday I was off work, Tuesday I was at work (desk job). There has to be a technical issue of their many people are experiencing the same thing.
My fitbit one seems to know if I am walking fast or slow so i get a different amount of calories for walking that is just cruising and more calories if I am really moving out quickly. So that might be your difference in calories for the same steps.
with my misfit, i get bonus points for sustained efforts... so.. 2-3 minutes, just steps 10-15..there's an activity recorded... and 30+ the activity gets a boost of some sort... basically if you string 2000 or so steps together without a stop it decides you're doing purposeful activity even if you don't record an activity..
I imagine fitbit does something similar0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
@Christine_72 I'm 175 cm (5ft 9.5in) and I've measured my walking and I'm about 83 cm per step.
A normal walk for exercise takes me 10 minutes per km. A fast walk for me is 8 min 30 seconds per km (on the flat).0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
@Christine_72 I'm 175 cm (5ft 9.5in) and I've measured my walking and I'm about 83 cm per step.
A normal walk for exercise takes me 10 minutes per km. A fast walk for me is 8 min 30 seconds per km (on the flat).
My stride length is on the default setting on fitbit, which is 71cm. I should measure it myself, to double check.
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Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »I'm about to go for a walk and will be testing how many steps i do in a mile (1.6kms), I'm 5"8. I'm curious how it will compare to you guys, and other women my height.
Here tis:
2,333 steps per 1 mile. 140 calories burnt (gross). This is assuming my fitbit is spot on... :huh:
I do have a question for you all. 1 mile took me 19-20 minutes to walk. Is this slow/average??
@Christine_72 I'm 175 cm (5ft 9.5in) and I've measured my walking and I'm about 83 cm per step.
A normal walk for exercise takes me 10 minutes per km. A fast walk for me is 8 min 30 seconds per km (on the flat).
My stride length is on the default setting on fitbit, which is 71cm. I should measure it myself, to double check.
Make sure you check it several ways and take an average:
Test 1: walk 20 steps and measure the distance covered
Test 2: measure out 20 feet (or 10 meters or whatever short distance works best for your calculations)and see how many strides
Test 3: Use a GPS walking app like Map My Walk along with your step counter and see how many steps it takes you to go a mile (or km). I did this one about 10 times going different distances and took the average.1 -
allison_gets_healthy91 wrote: »Title pretty much says it all. I decided I should get some exercise in today so my friend and I walked all over town, about three miles in total. Now I'm not super used to being that active and I feel really hungry but MFP only gave me a 40 calorie adjustment for my walk. I swear a few months ago when I was tracking I would get roughly 100 calories per 2,000 steps, and from what I've read this sounds accurate. What gives? Has something changed in the way they calculate the adjustment? I looked it up and I can't seem to find any answers. Maybe I'm just very wrong about everything, I don't know but I'm really disappointed, if I only get 40 calories for that then I'm over my calories by a few hundred already.
I've had it do this before, too. I went back and re entered the numbers and waited. Apparently there was lag, and it was only "reading" the first number of the minutes I entered. I waited a few minutes and retried it. It gave me the correct amount then.0
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