Calories left at the gym

i am guessing every machine/cal counter has its own system of counting or averaging things out. i kno when i do the eliptical at the Y i average a little over 100 cals burned per mile and i keep my "steps per min" arounf 65-75.

not sure what to reccommend... :-/ but keep up the good workouts!!

I find a difference between my elliptical, the elliptical at work, and MyFitnessPal too. My Heart Rate Monitor is closer to MyFitnessPal but not the same. We're guessing a bit at the portions and calories too I suppose. I try not to get too wound up about being exact. The important thing is to keep at it.

Awesome workout! For me, MFP is lower than the machine. In 30 min on the treadmill, the machine says 180 and MFP tells me 130. However my friend said her treadmill says like 300 in 30 min. So, we are always going to be guessing, but if that guessing works, then, well, it works! Keep up the great work!

hmmm...when i type in 45 mins on the elliptical it says 637 cals.....wierd. sometimes my elliptical says different than mfp, but it depends on how fast i go and what resistance i do.

I would just be consistent. You don't need precision. What I do is if I have a machine that tells me calories, I use that. If I go for a run outside, I look it up online. I don't use the MFP estimates because, just like the food items, you never know where it is coming from. If you need to estimate for a run outside, try: http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

I always go by the gym machines cause most of them u can put your weight in and it accur calculates it based on your weight...

Hi. Like you I am exercising a lot, not in the gym but outside. So far in March I have logged 129 miles either walking or running. I am not a good runner and am doing a couch to 10K program. This program runs for 13 weeks, but I find the running dfficult and struggle to move on each week to the next level and find I am doing most weeks twice or even 3 times, but in the long run any exercise is good exercise. (I tell myself this when I cannot sleep at night because my legs and feet hurt so much) I am out five days a week for 2 hours a time (my dog has lost weight and she didn't need to) and I have progressed from running for half a minute and can now run for 1.5 minutes and walk for 3.5 minutes 10 times. Up until yesterday I was the same weight I was 3 weeks ago, although every few days my weight would drop 1lb it would then return back up the next day. This morning I have lost 2lbs. Hooray a breakthrough. I do not expect to stay at this weight but for it to go back up again tomorrow at least 1lb. But it is something.

I have been a dieter for many years and always had trouble losing the weight, at Weight Watchers I used to lose something like half a pound a week, whilst my daughter would lose 2lb a week. This can be very discouraging, but in the end you do lose the weight and you have to keep at it.

Keep up the good work at the gym. I don't believe it matters too much how many calories the machine tells you you are burning, you know you are burning them, that's what matters.

I like to go by the gym machines rather than mfp. MFP does not know my resistance or whether or not I'm doing hills or a weight loss program and that makes a difference with how many calories you burn. Also, depending on how many miles your doing, it means you are going faster or slower, each burning different numbers of calories. Therefore, the treadmill can tell the difference between 45 minutes of high intensity, high level workout and 45 minutes of a slow intensity, barely breaking a sweat workout, and MFP can't Just a thought! Good luck!

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