tracking exercise

Raina622

I just started using this site a week ago... I love it!...but I am a little worried that when I track my exercise that I am being given too many calories for the workout.... any suggestions? Like maybe is there some sort of device that may help me track accurately?

stanvoodoo

A heart Rate Monitor - HRM will give you a much better reading.

If really worried, just take a minute or 2 off your time and that will lower the calories burned!!!

Welcome and You Can Do It.

TiDinzeo

If you get yourself a Heart Rate monitor with a chest strap, that will give you the most accurate calorie count.

It's very unlikely that MFP will over estimate your calories though. It's usually on the low side.

melizerd

You need a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM). One with a chest strap, something like the Polar7 is very popular and works very well.

MFP definitely only estimates calories burned, so until you have a HRM only eat back half of the exercise calories to be conservative

bookworm03

You can always buy a heart rate monitor. I personally don't faithfully log my excercise. I don't think it is accurate enough without a hrm and I can't afford one.

Schwarzeaugen

18 of my 24 lbs I've lost on here were done while I was using MFP to log my calories; the remainder came from my HRM. I wouldn't worry too much about using MFP, but if you can get a HRM, I think it would be much more accurate.

Schwarzeaugen

18 of my 24 lbs I've lost on here were done while I was using MFP to log my calories; the remainder came from my HRM. I wouldn't worry too much about using MFP, but if you can get a HRM, I think it would be much more accurate.

Raina622

Thank you so much I just got a watch HRM Hopefully it's enough

Raina622

Wow thank you your weight loss is inspirational!