Which calories do I count?

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Questfor250
Questfor250 Posts: 155
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi All,

As you may or may not know, I use the bodybugg to track daily calories. Well today was my first day back in the gym and I burned per the machines, 410 calories on four different machines. When I got home I uploaded my BB and it says in the period of time I was working out I burned 638 calories. So which do I count? Any idea's?

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  • mschelle
    mschelle Posts: 240 Member
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    I would go with the lower, simply because it may give you bonus weight loss and it's not enough of a difference to starve you.
  • dclarsh1
    dclarsh1 Posts: 83
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    I had to look up this bodybugg contraption of yours to see what it was. From what I read, I think you can count the calories it gave you over the machines, as it seems to take into account a great deal more factors than the machines at the gym ever could.
  • kingnatalie
    kingnatalie Posts: 163
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    I think part of the point of having the Body Bug is to be able to more accurately record calories burned. I would use what the Body Bug has told you. Many of the machines in gyms or at home give us a more generic calories burned calculations while each of us as an individual will be different from what the machine tells us - either higher or lower.
  • BigdaddyJ
    BigdaddyJ Posts: 357
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    Always go as per your HRM, it's the most accurate way to know how many calories you've burned, and the calories counters on the machines are known to be innacurate.
  • Mommy08
    Mommy08 Posts: 73 Member
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    Absolutely invest in a HRM, they are such an asset to you if you truly want to know how many calories you burned. I am getting one! LOL
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
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    Definitely use the Body Bugg. It uses 4 dif measures to get a much more accurate level of calories burned. Let me know how you like the body bugg. If I ever start to plateau, I think I may invest in one.
  • polyesterchesters
    polyesterchesters Posts: 81 Member
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    I always use the calories burned from my HRM, sadly, they are always lowers, but hey, a calorie gone is a calorie gone, right?
  • Questfor250
    Questfor250 Posts: 155
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    I already have the HRM. It is a BodyBugg and I will use that data because it does have more individual settings than the generic readings on the cardio equipment. Thank you all for helping me out. It is appreciated.

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