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calories burned from exercise for heavier people
mightdomightnot
Posts: 181 Member
Does anyone know if heavier people burn more calories when walking etc. because we are carrying more weight around?
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Yes, we do. MFP factors your weight in when calculating your exercise calories burned, as do most fitness sites that have exercise calorie calculators.
Also, if you enter your weight on a cardio machine the calorie burn will be much more accurate than the standard one that displays when you don't enter your weight.
Hope this helps
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yes that answers my question perfectly ...thank you
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good answer! AND good question! I do notice that I burn more calories than friends for the same exercise......I always figured that was why. I think I probably burn more calories just getting out of bed than a skinny girl would!
I guess that is why our allowance is higher.0
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