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andysport1
andysport1 Posts: 592 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
I'm confused, I'm on 800 calories a day, I usually eat more because I walk and count steps, 10,000 steps =500 cal eat back half. Today I went for a run, 6 miles in 60 minutes mfp says 945 calories, surely this can't be right ?

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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Depending on your weight it could be. Usually a rough average is a person about 150 lb burns about 100 calories per mile running. If you weigh less, it's less; if you weigh more, it's more, quite a bit more as you increase in weight.
  • andysport1
    andysport1 Posts: 592 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Depending on your weight it could be. Usually a rough average is a person about 150 lb burns about 100 calories per mile running. If you weigh less, it's less; if you weigh more, it's more, quite a bit more as you increase in weight.
    I'm 217lbs
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited June 2017
    Seems about right then. The running numbers tend to be pretty accurate, IMO. The Runners' World formula is .57 x weight x miles.
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