Polar ft 40 and bmr

golferd

I am trying to determine if I am over estimating my calories with exercise. If I had a bmr of 2400 or 100 per hour, do I need to subtract that from my hrm burn.

700 calories burned-100 calories bmr=600 if workout was 60 minutes.

MissAnjy

yes, that'd be correct.
I never do though, lol

tlynnweb

Not sure but I'm gonna go on a limb and say no---a calorie burned it a calorie burned???? Correct me if i'm wrong.

kentlass

yeh that is about right...if you don't subtract it you're double eating the calories!

i rarely take my bmr away from my cals though...i just make sure not to eat them all

Losing2Live69

There was just another question asked about this same subject a little while ago. That deficit is already figured in by MFP. Your exercise is what your heart rate monitor shows. The calories you burn while at rest are automatically part of your deficit for the day.

robertf57

The one manufacturer's methods I was able to find show that the estimates are for total calories burned for the exercise period. If they are all the same, then they already have the baseline burn in them. But remember, these calorie estimates are just that, estimates. For the most part, you don't really need to worry about the baseline burn. Unless your doing 4 hour workout sessions or more, your likely to be off that much in your food measurement.