Do I REALLY burn that many calories????

sbwood888

I rode my stationary bike at a moderate pace for 10 minutes and MFP said I burned 138 calories. Could that be true? I was pretty shocked. I did not realize that it would be that much. Does anyone know how MFP figured the calories burned?? Is it accurate? THoughts?

AngieSWatson

I don't know how accurate it is but I do know that when I go to the gym and I am doing the elliptical trainer I burned about 104 calories every 10 minutes.

tiff8791

Um love to help but I really don't know

snrose

the best and only way to know is to get a heart rate monitor i love mine!

rnroadrunner

many post about this. check the archieves under hrm and exersize calorie. in a nut shell it is not person specific. google exersize calories also for more weight dependant calorie counts good luck

jennifer3998

On this website, it said 84 calories for 10 min for moderate stationary bike activity, for a 160 lb person. I'm not saying this is correct either, but your burn does sound high. But what do I know??

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

sbwood888

I weigh 260 pounds--maybe that is why it says that I burned that much? Maybe the heavier you are the more calories you burn per minute???

Awineburg

I found this website that you can enter your weight and enter how long you did the exercise and it gives you an estimate on how many calories you burned http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

sbwood888

I found this website that you can enter your weight and enter how long you did the exercise and it gives you an estimate on how many calories you burned http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

Oh, that is GREAT! THank you. That helps a lot. It actually confirms what MFP said. I feel better. :flowerforyou: