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Treadmill cals burned vs MFP settings

road2goal
road2goal Posts: 29 Member
edited January 7 in Fitness and Exercise
I am doing 60 minutes on my treadmill at level 3 and it states I've burned 403 calories. When I plug in walking at 3.0 mph in MFP, it says I've only burned 275 calories. Big difference! Not sure which is correct. I don't want to give myself more calories just in case it's incorrect. Does anyone have any advice on this? Thanks :-)

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  • amcswain01
    amcswain01 Posts: 26 Member
    I got a heartrate monitor for Christmas and in comparison to the treadmill it's pretty close only when I enter my weight on the treadmill as about 10 pound lighter than I really am. I've always found that MFP over estimates calories burned.
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