Calories burned on elliptical

lindseylou3
lindseylou3 Posts: 3
in Fitness and Exercise
Hello all. I'm really confused. I have an elliptical machine and today I did a 45 minute work out. It was on a 30% incline and it was a series of steep hills maxing out a a level 10 difficulty. According to the elliptical machine, I burned 850 calories. According to MFP, I burned 451, but there is only a general "elliptical" choice that doesn't account for incline or difficulty. Which of these counts should I use? I weigh 150, if that makes a difference. It's such a huge difference in calorie amount, I'm afraid of underrating by 400 calories and sending my body into hunger mode. What are your thoughts?

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  • Xiaolongbao
    Xiaolongbao Posts: 854 Member
    You're not going to send your body into "hunger mode" because that isn't actually a real thing.

    Personally I'd log the smaller amount.

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