You may be burning less calories than you think (calculator
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WHen you enter your exercise, it uses a baseline weight to determine your caloric expeneture. We all weigh different, some weigh more, some weigh less. I ran a test, I put walking at 2.0 for 15mins, the result was 75 calories. I then changed my weight 180lbs less... It still said 75 calories for the same exercise.
Generally heavier people will burn more calories than a thinner person.
Generally heavier people will burn more calories than a thinner person.
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I take what the machine says and I knock off about 100-200 calories when I add exercise. That way I'm hopfully underestimating a bit.0
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yup. thats why i set my calories lower than what it says.
yet another reason to not eat back0 -
For my elliptical I take off 50-100 calories just in case. I have a Polar HRM coming in mail so I can't wait to use that and get some real results.0
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I reduce it by 20%.0
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All of them are baseline. If I really put how long it takes me to do sit ups everyday, IT would be an outragous number. So I cut it by 65% or so. It's just a good guidline.
Everyones body is different.0 -
That's very interesting, thank you for the input! I may lower my calories for the day!0
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It massively over estimates my calorie burn, even as a bigger person, my HRM registers a lot less than MFP or the machines at the gym.0
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thats why i bought a HRM
also, if i set my age, and weight into the machines at the gym, and dont put my hands in the HRM plates, it gives a very close heart rate to my HRM, and the kcals that the machine gives are a lot closer to my HRM than MFP - although my HRM is usually higher0 -
I don't have an HRM, so I rely on using four or five different calorie calculators. I will average the amount out and use that, though I never eat back my calories so I don't worry about going over at all.0
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For my elliptical I take off 50-100 calories just in case. I have a Polar HRM coming in mail so I can't wait to use that and get some real results.
:):)
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I am getting a Polaris FT80 since my exercise is weightlifting. But regardless, I will continue to not do what I don't do now: eat back calories. When I get down to 7-8% bodyfat and are still losing, THEN I will increase calories gradually until I reach maintenance. Then I will zig zag to compensate for occasionally eating out--because even though I am very careful about what I order and estimating, I cannot weigh my portions so I assume I over ate. Again once I get that low, ups or downs will be VERY easy to see.0
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Interesting, my ipod tells me I am burning a lot more than it says on here when I run.0
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I follow a Zig Zag for someone that exercises 5 days a week and don't add back my exercise calories, because it already calculates it in the Zig Zag.
Monday 1746
Tuesday 1376
Wednesday 1652
Thursday 1376
Friday 1376
Saturday 1514
Sunday 13760 -
Number one reason I invested in a HRM that shows calories burned. The website calculator definitely has a tendency to be WAY off.
They can be expensive but they are definitely worth the investment.
Also try keeping an eye on ebay. I got a brand new still in the box Polar F4 for 60$ including shipping.0 -
I go by my machine as it has a heart rate monitor ask my weight age and such.... and tack that info in here...0
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MFP does reduce calories burned as you lose weight though. I started at 242lbs and MFP said I burned quite a bit more than I do now at 181.
It's still a huge estimation but there is a slope as you lose weight.0 -
MFP does reduce calories burned as you lose weight though. I started at 242lbs and MFP said I burned quite a bit more than I do now at 181.
It's still a huge estimation but there is a slope as you lose weight.
Like I said, i tested it. I am not sure what exercises you're putting in, but it might be possible, if you're doing somethinglike running, you're running faster,,, which in turn burns more calories. I don't know your situation.0 -
yup. thats why i set my calories lower than what it says.
yet another reason to not eat back
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I just tested it at numerous different weights and it gave me different numbers at each. But that is why I got a HRM (best investment ever, besides my running shoes).0
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That is true...the larger you are the harder your heart is working therefore the more calories you're burning while you exercise. The more you lose weight the lower you burn doing the same exercise.
I know someone who does the 30ds and burns like 250 calories where as I burn well over 600. My heart has to work harder from the weight I carry.0
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