Logging Cardio

AMdreams7
AMdreams7 Posts: 46
edited November 11 in Fitness and Exercise
For those that use a machine for cardio (treadmill, elliptical, stationary bike, etc.), do you log the final calories burned as shown on the machine or do you use the calories that MFP calculates for you based on the time you were on the machine? It seems the machine's calorie count is always lower than what MFP calculates for me, so I always log the machine's count just to be safe.

Just wondering what others do.
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  • Tubby2Toned
    Tubby2Toned Posts: 130 Member
    I usually go in between the two results just to play it safe.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    I use the ones the machine gives me. They're quite a bit lower than the ones MFP calculates, and seem to me to be more accurate. Maybe if I was able to work out at a considerably higher level...but I'm not.
  • HorrorChix89
    HorrorChix89 Posts: 1,229 Member
    I have a FitBit and just use that...unless MFP is higher than I just average it out
  • SteveHunt113
    SteveHunt113 Posts: 648 Member
    I have a HR monitor that calculates calories burned. It seems to run lower than the machine, so I feel most comfortable using the lower number.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    I assume MFP is off by 30-40%.

    I saw somewhere on a board that if you are using the elliptical, the calorie count for walking uphill, 3.5 mph is a pretty accurate count, so I have switched to that.

    I eat around 200 calories of the exercise ones.
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