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mfbonafide
mfbonafide Posts: 14 Member
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Do I trust MFP or the machine I am using? My elliptical said 450 burned while MFP logged 770? Seems high to me.

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  • jmeyer925
    jmeyer925 Posts: 326 Member
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    To be honest, probably not either =/

    The closest you can do is get a heart rate monitor with a strap. One of the best investments I've made (mine was a Polar at around $60)

    My elliptical machine at home says a I burn TWICE as many as i really do!

    Hope you find a good balance!
  • mlkiel
    mlkiel Posts: 91
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    The machines LIE, bad machines:angry:
  • helehcim
    helehcim Posts: 20
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    I second that, HR monitor all the way. When I got the heart rate monitor (mine was the cheap one from Walmart, works fine, $40) I found out that MFP and the machine at the gym were kinda close but not right. It could be off by as much as 100 calories. I figured that in a week if I used MFP's numbers and ate some of those calories back, that I didn't actually burn by the way, I wasn't doing myself any favors.
  • mfbonafide
    mfbonafide Posts: 14 Member
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    Thanks for the responses. I will either replace my heart rate monitor battery or put a new one on my christmas list.
  • andreamelo1
    andreamelo1 Posts: 161 Member
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    The machines LIE, bad machines:angry:
    this ^^^

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