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Exercise Calculator on MFP vs Actual Results

summaryzn
summaryzn Posts: 113 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I noticed that MFP calculates what you should have burned when you enter activity (ie elliptical training, running/jogging/etc) /Some are spot on and others are way off- for example I used the stair - treadmill aka stepper and I burned approximately 250 calories in 30 minutes using the weightloss program. MFP Exercise calc had something like 30-40% more :( Is it that Im NOT working hard enough? the machine I used did ask for age/weight. If it just runs a calorie count it makes me nervous b/c I know ppl of varying weights burn calories at different rates. Anyway I own a bodymedia fit armband and thinking I should start using that again to really calc just how many calories Im burning.

Thoughts?

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  • omma_to_3
    omma_to_3 Posts: 3,265 Member
    Try your armband and see. MFP underestimates for me compared to my Polar HRM. I believe it's because I'm not that fit cardiovascularly so I work harder than MFP assumes. MFP is pretty close to what my treadmill will say though.
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