Anyone have Endomondo synced to MFP?
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BigDog
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I have MFP and my Endomondo apps connected and Endomondo is almost always higher than MFP when it comes to calories burned for a workout (walking, running, hiking, etc...) Like for walking it is off by a couple hundred calories for a 3.5 mph walk for an hour or so.
Now the 3.5 mph walk (brisk pace) on MFP is in the 400 calorie range and Endomondo puts it in the 600 calorie range. The big difference being that Endomondo also tracks elevation so it might be calculating uphill effort too so maybe they aren't all that far off after all.
Anyway my question to anyone else that uses Endomondo and MFP together which one do you use for calories burned? I'd like to use Endomondo's because it is all automatic then and I don't have to go in and edit the entry, but I definitely don't want to overestimate the burn either. What do you guys think?
Now the 3.5 mph walk (brisk pace) on MFP is in the 400 calorie range and Endomondo puts it in the 600 calorie range. The big difference being that Endomondo also tracks elevation so it might be calculating uphill effort too so maybe they aren't all that far off after all.
Anyway my question to anyone else that uses Endomondo and MFP together which one do you use for calories burned? I'd like to use Endomondo's because it is all automatic then and I don't have to go in and edit the entry, but I definitely don't want to overestimate the burn either. What do you guys think?
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I use Endomondo's, too, mostly because it's just easier to let Endomondo do the work rather than manually plugging in numbers. I actually don't use MFP's default number for anything. If I use cardio equipment at the gym I go by those numbers on the machine since it tests heart rate. For other things, I found this weblink:
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc
All that said, I don't sweat the specific number of calories burned so much. I gauge the quality of my workouts based on my level of fatigue, the time I put in, etc. In the end, if I bust my butt working out I will get results regardless of the exact number of calories a machine or website says I burned.0 -
Thanks zillah73!
I hear ya, I know the calorie burned calculations are estimates at best and I know they shouldn't be used as an accurate number, but I like to err on the high side with calories in and err on the low side with calories out. So MFP seems like the better choice for me, but I hate having to go in and edit what Endomondo has already done the work on and posted for me.
I guess I will start just using the Endomondo numbers and if my progress stalls I'll know why. :-)0 -
Probably a good plan of action.0
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