MFP exercise database...

ethel64

ok heres my problem and i hope i can explain it right ...

ive read on here more times then i can count to NOT use the calorie counter on MFP to track your exercise because it overcalculates the calories for each exercise, now i dont have a heart monitor and my stationary bike doesnt have a calorie counter or pulse monitor built in, my question now is how do i determine my calories if MFP rates them high?? then i see people being told to eat their exercise calories, IF we dont have accurate numbers from MFP database for calories burned then why would we want to eat back calories if we dont know how many we are allowed?? i hope this makes some sense but im really confused about this whole thing....

just to let you all know i do use the exercise database for logging because thats all i have but i wonder if my progress could or should be better as far as exercise calorie counting goes...

MaryDreamer

I would still use the MFP calories burned chart if you don't have an HRM; that's what I used to do. It's not that much higher, about 20 calories or so I guess, just not exactly accurate. But still gives you an idea of what you've done. And who knows, some people actually do meet the MFP charts or do higher than them.

jodimitchell

you've lost 15 lbs... ithink youre doing something right!

tammy200678

I use the mfp chart to and I have been losing with no problem I think it depends on the effort u put in to the exegesis how close u r to what is the database

ethel64

you've lost 15 lbs... ithink youre doing something right!

lol i do understand that but my question is could it have been better, i know i shouldnt look at it that way but i want to get the biggest bang for my buck as im sure most people would..

rherrin5

Well for a standard rule for a female around 150 pounds she burns approximately 8 cals a min. Yes MFP is higher but its pretty close in alot of their recordings. The reason I suggest and I do eat my cals back are for this statement... If your having a bon fire, you have to feed it wood in order to keep burning. Same goes for your metabolism. You have to fuel your body to keep burning. If you dont the metabolism just slows down. You wanna keep it up and burning so that you have energy all day. I am strong about this since it works for me. I walk 5 miles and burn 515 cals and I only eat back 400. I just make sure you keep your NET cals above 1200 since that is recommended min for you to get. Since MFP all ready calculate a deficit for you to loose weight on a daily basis, if you add exercise, you need to make sure your not going so low that you hit starvation mode. Some disagree with this statement but ultimately it comes down to you and your body! I gain weight if I do not eat them back. I lose on average a pound a week and for the last 2 weeks its been working for me. But I finally just found my groove. Its taken me some time to find a routine to work for me specifically. So do not get discouraged. Just find it and stick with it! If you remembe anything I said, just Keep NET ABOVE 1200 Good Luck!

♥Amy♥

I use the database too, since I don't have a HRM or anything else to tell me my calories burned. I figure it's better than nothing and I don't eat back my exercise calories most of the time (since I don't get a lot of them anyways).

rachpiper720

If you are that worried about and want to get get the biggest bang for your buck, then I would seriously suggest getting a HRM. When I purchased mine is when I was seeing better weight loss because I knew closer to what I was burning. MFP does over estimate slightly. I bought my Bowflex HRM for $30 (make sure you get one with a chest strap). If you don't have the money to invest the I would suggest under logging your exercise, or under eating all of your exercise calories back (but not by much maybe 100-200 calories).