MapMyRun.com -- Different workout calories on this website a

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PinkDog
PinkDog Posts: 68 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi All,

I use 'map my run' to figure out how far I've walked and what speed I've walked so that I can enter it into my daily exercise tracker on here.

mapmyrun.com always tells me I've burned about 1/3 less the calories that it says on here.

My question is this:

IS THERE ANYONE OUT HERE WHO EATS ALL THEIR CALORIES PLUS THEIR EXERCISE CALORIES AS STATED ON MYFITNESSPAL.COM AND STILL LOSES WEIGHT?

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  • maurierose
    maurierose Posts: 574 Member
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    I eat all of my exercise calories - it's pretty rare that I don't eat every single one of them. I'm down at least 12 lbs since June 29th when I "re-started" MFP. :smile:
  • OlenaS
    OlenaS Posts: 125 Member
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    Hello. I am also curious about this as I just noticed the same thing today, mapmywalk calculated about 1/3 less calories than this website. Mapmywalk does ask for weight, height, age, etc... I am not sure if this website has a generic calorie calculator (based on speed and length/time) or does it also take into account our profile information. Has anybody else has come across this?

    What numbers should I use in my exercise log?
  • OlenaS
    OlenaS Posts: 125 Member
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    I found this article today, and it seems to answer the question somewhat. Hope this helps others. I am sure the exact calorie count still depends on other factors. I am considering purchasing a heart monitor. Or maybe once I spent more time working on my weight loss, I will get a better feel for it without having to rely on calorie count as much...

    http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304-311-8402-0,00.html
  • chelseap891
    chelseap891 Posts: 62
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    I barely eat my 1200 calories a day....I'm not a big eater lately! It's 5:30 pm here, and I still have 700 something calories left! I'm gonna have me a good dinner!

    eta: i weigh 130...i only have to lose ten lbs so...they say I can eat like 1200 a day...idk...I'm still learning haha

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