Is it truly possible???

jennyruellebricker

Yesterday I spent 4 hours in the garden. I have a 30x50 foot perennial garden that is being completely reorganized. Ive been digging and planting and digging and planting. Out of curiosity I ut it into the exercise log, it says I burned 2100 calories. Is that even possible? I did not actually log it, I only logged my intentional exercise. I am tired and sore today, but it feels good. :yawn:

howardheilweil

Probably not.

stephiehampshire

I dont think it is, I find MFP can be a bit off with some of its calculations

I logged 15 minutes of stepping (on a box thingy) and MFP said it was about 300 calories but my HRM said it was 80

I would take that 4 hours as a bonus work out

RacerX_14

I wouldn't think that number is accurate. I would try a heart rate monitor to get as accurate as possible. Good luck and have a great day!

SkinnyFatAlbert

2100 calories!!!?? That's impossible. Only light cleaning has that kind of burn.

trogalicious

Yesterday I spent 4 hours in the garden. I have a 30x50 foot perennial garden that is being completely reorganized. Ive been digging and planting and digging and planting. Out of curiosity I ut it into the exercise log, it says I burned 2100 calories. Is that even possible? I did not actually log it, I only logged my intentional exercise. I am tired and sore today, but it feels good. :yawn:

nope. not accurate.

Greenrun99

No.

jesindc

Yes, I was kind of shocked the first time I saw MFP's gardening calculation. I wore my heart rate monitor and for me, it was more like 350 calories in an hour. Gardening can definitely be a legit workout, but it so subjective. I'd had days when I was just planting seedlings where I barely broke a sweat and then I've had days when I've been lifting 40 lb bags of mulch and cleaning out debris where I'm sweating bullets.