Is weight taken into consideration?

CatchMom11

I'm curious if whether your weight is being factored in when logging cardio exercise? Does anyone know?

The only reason why I ask is because I just logged my evening cardio and it gave me one number, then just to see, I went to another website that I know of where it actually asks you to enter you weight and how long. Well that site, gave me a number that was about half the number the MFP gave me.

So, I'm a little confused right now.

BeautifulTestimony

Good question... Will you please share the other website email address!!! If you find out the answer to this question, please share it... Add me as a friend if you like.

aippolito1

It should be but it's still not as accurate as if you were to use a heart rate monitor which will have your height, weight, and of course, heart rate. I know $100 is a lot to shell out on one thing for a lot of people but honestly, once I did that, I feel like I always know what to expect from my body.

Losingitin2011

I've often wondered that. I mean someone who is 200lbs of muscle is probably going to burn a different amount of calories than someone who is 200lbs of fat, right?

CatchMom11

Here is the other website that I sometimes use to calculate:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calories_burned_list.asp

I used to belong to the site, but wasn't a huge fan of it like I am MFP... though this was one cool tool that they had.

alexbowser

Weight is taken into consideration, as my weight has decreased the number of calories burned has decreased. However now that I have a HRM, I've learned that I'm actually burning more that the MFP database calculated.

CatchMom11

It should be but it's still not as accurate as if you were to use a heart rate monitor which will have your height, weight, and of course, heart rate. I know $100 is a lot to shell out on one thing for a lot of people but honestly, once I did that, I feel like I always know what to expect from my body.

You're absolutely right. I normally run/jog on a treadmill so it's easier to track. Although, when I'm running/jogging, I don't hold onto the heart rate monitors so it's probably not as accurate as a HRM would be. I will be breaking down and getting one, then I'll move onto the problem of "which one to get". ;-)