Calories VS. Kcal What is the difference?

tony1307

My stationary bike reads off calories burned. But my HRM and my scale show me Kcal's.
What, if any, is the difference?

Jolenebib

There isn't a difference. Really, your heart rate monitor is scientifically correct :

The small calorie or gram calorie (symbol: cal)[2] approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.2 joules.
The large calorie, kilogram calorie, dietary calorie, or food calorie (symbol: Cal)[2] approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C. This is exactly 1,000 small calories or about 4.2 kilojoules. It is also called the nutritionist's calorie. - This is the one that is given on workout machines, etc, even though its labeled "Calorie" its technically a kCal.

calorie < Calorie = kCal

tony1307

Thanks... I just wanedt to be sure I am entering the correct information into MFP.