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calorie discrepencys

christomsteve
christomsteve Posts: 11
edited January 25 in Health and Weight Loss
All I can do for exercise because of heath issues is to ride a stationary bike for a very short period of time and my bike says that I have only burned about 40 calories but MFP allows me 150 calories a day for the same amount of time. I can understand their being a difference but that seems really out of wack how should I handle the calorie count?

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  • smmundy
    smmundy Posts: 12
    Could it be the speed difference? When I jog I get different calorie counts based off my speed.
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    It sounds like you are doing a spinning bike.
  • leebesstoad
    leebesstoad Posts: 1,186 Member
    I always use what the manufacturer says. It should better be able to know exactly what you did. The MFP is more of a generic, "ideal" world scenario.
  • Diamond05
    Diamond05 Posts: 475 Member
    Did you exercise machine asked you for any specifics like age, weight? If it didn't I think that I would go more with fitness pal ( depending on your weight) that the bike. Calories from the bike are probably set from a 150 pounds person and mfp goes with your stats. A bigger person burns more calories for the same exercise than a smaller person.
  • christomsteve
    christomsteve Posts: 11
    thanks for the info good points
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