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Calories burned?

erica14304
erica14304 Posts: 49 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
How accurate would you say the calories burned are for cardio? I did 35 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the treadmill and it says I burned approx. 500 calories. Does this seem about right to you?

I'm just worried about eating that many extra calories to make up for the exercise.

Thanks!

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  • Nataliethin81
    Nataliethin81 Posts: 315
    MFP tends to overestimate calories burned with my experience.
  • missy1970eb
    missy1970eb Posts: 1,209 Member
    it is way over i think, use my own numbers to record off pedometer:flowerforyou:
  • jjl731
    jjl731 Posts: 15 Member
    I think MFP overestimates for sure. I try to only eat about half my exercise calories to be on the safe side.
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