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MFP off on calories burned during certain exercises?

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  • tikanique
    tikanique Posts: 54 Member
    the stationary bike calories are ridiculously off. I don't eat back the calories that MFP says I should or I'd be eating close to 2000 calories a day. Instead my calorie goal is set between 1200 and 1400 per day. As I lose weight and am able to do higher intensity exercises then I'll increase my caloric intake again.
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    MFP has no clue of what your actual effort was during the exercise, so yes the calorie estimates can easily be way off. The thing is, machines at the gym can be way off, too. If you're having to choose between what a machine says and what MFP says, the safe thing to do is probably to go with whichever is lower. Even better is to get a device that will help estimate based on your level of effort, an HRM or something like the BodyMedia Fit, etc. Those things are still an estimate, but I like the idea that they are estimating with your effort in mind. I love my Polar FT4 HRM, works great for helping me estimate my calorie burn during exercise, but I would really love to get a BodyMedia Fit which you can wear all day to estimate your calorie burn for the entire day. Saving up to get one of those....
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