calculating calories burned

Queen_Christine

Hi Everyone. Can anyone help me determine which calories burnt total to use in the MFP calorie calculator? My treadmill says 800 calories burned when I walk at a pace of 3.0 mph for 60 minutes. I walk at level 5 incline (10 is as high as it goes). I am seeing discrepancies in my calories burned when I use MFP calculator database vs. typing in search box. I have noticed when I choose the "stair / treadmill / ergometer" option from the database and enter 60 minutes it says I burn 802 calories - in agreement with my treadmill. (It doesn't even ask for speed!) However, when I typed in the search box, "walking, 3.0 mph, uphill" the calories only calculated 361. This is a very big difference! How do I know which is more accurate?

peggyalex

I really think getting a heart rate watch or something like that would be your best bet.......I have found with mine that MFP is way over on cals burned for me on some of the exercises.

sauza

I can rely on my body to tell me, w/ or w/o a heart rate monitor. When I sweat, I've done my jogb . I'm w/you about the confusion of how many calories burned. I suspected and then realized I was correct about burning way more calories than mfp calculated, and I could feel the weakness after around three days because I wasn't eating enough. If you watch my food diary, I am nearly always under and I promise you I never mean to be. I am trying to build a fat burning machine and need the fuel. But I was WAY under considering I was burning more than my mfp calculations.
I am tryng to learn to listen to my body - all over again, somehow forgot how. Anyway, I am doing my very best to work w/o advanced technology right now. If I renew my license as a trainer, I will have clients who don't have 'equipment' and I would like to be able to say from experience just what can be done w/o very much technical support - aside from wonderful wonderful mfp
Good old sweat is a wonderful indicator of exertion and whether or not you feel weak or downright ravenous can indicate you aren't consuming enough calories.

jellyfishjen

I can rely on my body to tell me, w/ or w/o a heart rate monitor. When I sweat, I've done my jogb . I'm w/you about the confusion of how many calories burned. I suspected and then realized I was correct about burning way more calories than mfp calculated, and I could feel the weakness after around three days because I wasn't eating enough. If you watch my food diary, I am nearly always under and I promise you I never mean to be. I am trying to build a fat burning machine and need the fuel. But I was WAY under considering I was burning more than my mfp calculations.
I am tryng to learn to listen to my body - all over again, somehow forgot how. Anyway, I am doing my very best to work w/o advanced technology right now. If I renew my license as a trainer, I will have clients who don't have 'equipment' and I would like to be able to say from experience just what can be done w/o very much technical support - aside from wonderful wonderful mfp
Good old sweat is a wonderful indicator of exertion and whether or not you feel weak or downright ravenous can indicate you aren't consuming enough calories.

Lovely to read this and it makes so much sense. Lets learn to listen to our bodies. Forget the numbers on a machine. Although I am learning a lot from the numbers in my food diary.

AHealthierRhonda

I go by what the elliptical machine tells me not what MFP has in the database. MFP doesn't ask speed, incline, resistance,... where the elliptical machine knows all that. HRM is the way to go. I am going to see if I can figure mine out today when I do some Zumba at home.