calories burned??

melissa97

So i heard the elliptical machine calories burned thing isnt correct;....and when i punch in my time on my diary it gives me a completly diffrent calorie number. Which one should i use? Which one is closer to the right amount of calories burned? Thanks!

ideretic

i just go with whatever machine tells me ... and it's usually less than it says here when I type it in.

youngs

I also go with what my elliptical tells me and it always shows alot less than what this site does.. and my elliptical count comes with in just a few of what my heart rate monitor says..so keep logging from you machine..

workoutqueen628

Sometimes machines are way off in estimating total calories burned. Elliptical is usually accurate, but other machines are like 100 calories off.

Holton

INteresting in that the elliptical I use always indicates I burn about 150 calories MORE than MFP does. I personally always go with the lesser amount on exercise and the larger amounts on calories in an effort to be sure that I am burning more than I am in-taking...hey, but that is just me.

melissa97

Thanks im gonna stick to my elliptical!