How do you estimate calories burnt?

robm1brown

I played tennis this morning for a couple of hours. How do I estimate the calories spent?

I put in the generic app measure for doubles and it said I burnt nearly 1000 calories. However I know the quality of tennis this morning was significantly weaker than I normally play and as such I wasn't stretched to run as much as normal. I adapted this down to pretend I had only played for 1 hour.

Is there any way to more accurately estimate calories spent?

Also do you eat the extra calories it gives you or do you add it to give you a larger deficit?

Ready2Rock206

So if you think it is too high then just reduce it. Maybe only log half. If you find you're losing too fast, log a higher amount. If you're losing too slow, log a lower amount.

If you're using MFP as intended you'd eat them.

VeronicaA76

Just adjust the time. If you played for an hour and half effort, put in 30 minutes instead of an hour.