A Curious Calorie Burn problem....

Blingndee
Blingndee Posts: 6
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
My Tredmill say's I burned about 160 calories but when i put into the site my speed and time I get about 93 calories burned. I assume the site is more accuate, because it know's my age height and weight. As the Tredmill does not. Is that right?

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  • AbiNichole
    AbiNichole Posts: 300 Member
    I never trust the site. It really depends on the treadmill and your intensity. If the treadmill allows you to put in your heart and weight AND has a HRM on the handles- I would use that. The treadmill knows more about your intensity than MFP.

    When I had a HRM (I've since lost it.) It was typically on par w/ what the treadmill said if I entered the information necessary. MFP was ALWAYS off.

    But then again I rarely eat back my exercise calories so it never really mattered what either said. I try to focus on a goal for amount of time I exercise and the intensity. As long as I stick to that and eating clean I've been seeing results.

    Hope that helps answer your question.:flowerforyou:
  • Blingndee
    Blingndee Posts: 6
    My tred is very basic and doesn't even have the heart rate thing, like my old one did. So thats why I'm not sure if I can trust what my tred's calories says.
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