Does anybody know...

ItsOn130
ItsOn130 Posts: 269 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
How does this website determine how many calories burned while exercising? I just did the elliptical for 45 mins and it says I burned 611 calories, but what is that based on? Unfortunately, my machine has no batteries so I just used it as is so I have no idea what speed I was going or anything. I'm just wondering how accurate those 611 calories are!

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  • LeAnn_Mae
    LeAnn_Mae Posts: 263 Member
    Bump! I'd like to know too :happy:
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    The entries on this site and any read outs by machines are just estimates, especially if they don't ask for your weight. Personally, I lowball everything by half if not using a HRM.

    I run my weight and exercise minutes through this calculator: http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi
  • strandedeyes
    strandedeyes Posts: 392 Member
    If you don't have an HRM already, I would stick with the machine numbers vs this site. I have yet to figure out what level / resistance this sight is based off of, but it could easily be different than what you are doing.
  • LeAnn_Mae
    LeAnn_Mae Posts: 263 Member
    What if your HRM says you burned TWICE as much as the machines and MFP?
  • LeAnn_Mae
    LeAnn_Mae Posts: 263 Member
    The entries on this site and any read outs by machines are just estimates, especially if they don't ask for your weight. Personally, I lowball everything by half if not using a HRM.

    I run my weight and exercise minutes through this calculator: http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi
    I put my weight and exercise in that calculator and it says I burned 800 calories for 45 minutes on the elliptical. That's more than MFP says, I wonder if that's accurate?
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    It very well could be. I would check your HRM against your manual reading for the same times. If they match up at resting levels, there's a pretty good chance they stay accurate at higher ones. :)
  • jfer1977
    jfer1977 Posts: 139
    I have a bodybugg and find that my actual burn is lower than what my Elliptical machine and MFP say it is. My rule of thumb when I'm not sure on stuff is to go low on calories burned and high on calories consumed.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    EVERYTHING is an estimate - even your HRM readings!

    Its one of the reasons I dont stress too much about eating back all my exercise calories.
  • MsMouseMouse
    MsMouseMouse Posts: 92 Member
    Thank you for that site.. I put in my info and it is very close to what I enter in my diary.
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