MFP Exercise Accurateness

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  • domsmoms
    domsmoms Posts: 174 Member
    i use a different website to calculate my calories burned and find it to be pretty accurate after borrowing a friends HR monitor a few times to compare... hope it helps! :)

    http://www.fatburn.com/free_tool_activity_burn.asp

    Thanks for the link! I am highly skeptical of MFP calorie burns.
  • domsmoms
    domsmoms Posts: 174 Member
    I ALWAYS input less than what I've actually worked out.

    That way, even if it is correct, I'm secretly burning more than I think I have.

    I didn't start off doing this, but I do now. My treadmill has a calorie counter and I always shave some calories off whatever it says I burned. And I do the opposite for what I eat - overestimate, or at least try.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    if it gave you the right number it would be mostly a coincidence.
  • SusanleeBee
    SusanleeBee Posts: 144 Member
    i use a different website to calculate my calories burned and find it to be pretty accurate after borrowing a friends HR monitor a few times to compare... hope it helps! :)

    http://www.fatburn.com/free_tool_activity_burn.asp

    That website gives me even more than MFP. I think the estimates here are better/more accurate if yheavier, like me. Every other site I've checked has been higher than mfp. I don't have an HRM yet, but I'm losing on target, so i guess I'm doing something right!
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    According to MFP, I burn only a fraction fewer calories by fishing compared to what my HRM says I burn when I am busting my *kitten* in my basement gym. If I relied on MFP's estimates, I'd probably still weigh ERR2.
  • Tourney3p0
    Tourney3p0 Posts: 290 Member
    Using elliptical as an example, I find that MFP is pretty close (to within 5% or so) compared to my HRM. I also go all out on the elliptical at very high resistance. In a typical hour, I will lose a little over 3 pounds in sweat. For the vast majority of people around me, I see them working out much slower at less resistance. I would expect MFP to be way off for them.

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