Calories burned during exercise

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TheGooby
TheGooby Posts: 22
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CAn anyone help me out on this one?

I went for an hour long bike ride today and MFP told me I'd earned about 550 calories.

A friend of mine, a bit of a fitness freak, said the only time she burnt that much exercising was during a 60 min spin class that almost killed her!

I don't want to eat calories if I haven't really 'earned' them so how accurate are MFP's figures?

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  • marianne_s
    marianne_s Posts: 986 Member
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    not very accurate... they're average amounts.

    To know what your exact calorie burn is, you would need to wear a HRM with a chest strap
  • ratkaj
    ratkaj Posts: 166 Member
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    http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

    I use this site to calculate my calories.... but you will need to know your mph to calculate
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    I need to bust *kitten* for an hour to burn 300, but it depends on the person, weight, fitness level, etc.

    I think yours does sound too high though. But you do need to eat SOME to compensate.
    Just log half that and eat it?

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