kcal burned in MFP diary

SunsetSafari
SunsetSafari Posts: 39
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone. I was wondering whether when you add an exercise you did in your MFP diary, the kcal burned are an estimation according to your age, height, weight, gender, etc. or just a general one fits all estimation? :-)

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  • SunnyDuckling
    SunnyDuckling Posts: 204 Member
    Bump.

    (I don't know the answer, but I'm sure there are people out there who do)
  • CharleePear
    CharleePear Posts: 1,948 Member
    bump (interested to know too)
  • Slim_strategy
    Slim_strategy Posts: 199
    I do believe it's sort of tailored to you, because when me and my boyfriend did the same exercise together it said he burned more than me for the same amount of time :p
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    MFP calculations are a little high - i have also used a different online calculator which is always lower in the calorie burn

    Hard to know exact numbers even with a HRM

    Generally I try not to eat back all exercise calories - usually about 1/3 to 1/2
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  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
    I always change mine to 1 so it doesn't really matter, to me, what the calculation turns out to be.
  • SunsetSafari
    SunsetSafari Posts: 39
    Thanks for the info everyone. :-)

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