Calories burned on machine vs those on mfp?

heylookitsval

I have a quick question. I was on the Crossramp eliptical machine and after 28 minutes it said that I burned 190 calories. I kept checking my heart rate throughout the workout and it was around 145-150. Now I input the time on MFP under elliptical trainer and it said I burned 428 calories. What's the difference? I DID NOT input my weight into the machine and I'm 222 pounds, is that where the difference comes from?

adhillman01

It is probably from the weight difference. I know the machines I use starts with a default of like 150lbs for calculating calorie burn. If you weigh more, you burn more calories. I would try inputting your weight on the machines to get a better calorie count.

Oompa_Loompa

Sadly I dont trust the calories it says I burned on the machine. I do enter my weight and age but it just seems too good to be do. 400 calories in 35 minutes...I wish

denitraross

Definately enter your weight on the machines whenever you can - makes a difference..most machines default weight is a 150 lb man .....

denitraross

400 calories in 35 is easily doable on the ellipitcal..I always burn 400 when I use it....

dhutt2011

I agree, you definitely need to enter your weight to get a more accurate calorie count on the machine. I also, don't eat all of my excercise calories just in case the calories are not quite right.

sabrinafaith

I would enter it as 300 cals. On the elliptical, i run at resistance 12 for 32 minutes, and only burn 275 calories at 65-70 rpm and I weight 168 (this is according to my hrm). So my guess is that at most you are burning 325 calories. The machine is wrong 99% of the time, and MFP tends to be way off too.

The most accurate way to count calories burned is with a heart rate monitor that also has a chest strap.