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Working out exercise calories burned HELP

Janeyrob1
Janeyrob1 Posts: 7 Member
edited January 28 in Health and Weight Loss
I am soooooo confused. I run for 30 mins on the treadmill, I'm 46 and weigh 226 lbs.

My confusion I how do I work out my call burned.

Runkeeper tells me it's 188 cals and mfp tells me I burn 426. I eat back my calories and that's a big difference.

Any advice ? Xxxx

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  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    What's your incline and speed? That has a lot to do with it. I use a Body Media Core so I don't have this problem.
  • bpmartyr
    bpmartyr Posts: 141
    Roughly 100 cals per mile will give you a pretty accurate number.
  • Sjenny5891
    Sjenny5891 Posts: 717 Member
    I like to use Endomondo. I have found the problem with any stationary exercise, it wants to factor in miles for the calories burned.... which I can't enter on my phone, so it is always lower.

    I think?? runtastic is the same.. i've only used it a couple of times.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    MFP numbers are notoriously high for exercise. The lower one you quoted is probably much more accurate. If you want to be really accurate you can get a HRM, but its certainly not essential.
  • hararayne
    hararayne Posts: 261 Member
    I have a fitbit and I find it to be immensely helpful with tracking running/walking type exercise, plus my daily activity. It integrates beautifully with mfp.

    The only things I now track seperately are swimming and the occasional weights type workout.

    That said, I've heard 1 mile equals about 100 calories, whether your run it or walk it. Before I got the fitbit, I just decreased my total time, like if I walked/ran for 45 min I would put in 30 minutes instead. Hope that helps!
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    If the treadmill is a regular thing maybe work it into your activity level so you don't need to worry about the burn. If you go to http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ and work out your calories with the correct activity level you don't need to add exercise calories :flowerforyou:
  • kylamaries
    kylamaries Posts: 291
    For a while, I plugged my runs into just about every calorie calculator on the web. Now I use http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-fitness-calorie-counter to calculate my calories in order to check myfitnesspal's estimates. For me, MFP is typically accurate (I weigh 120 lbs and stand at 5'6") give or take a few calories.

    Since you didn't provide a pace and/or incline, I just plugged it in as "running (general)" put your weight at 226 and the duration at 30 minutes -- I got 411 calories burned.

    Maybe you should invest in an HRM, because the numbers are varying quite a lot here. Good luck!
  • hararayne
    hararayne Posts: 261 Member
    I had another thought. I don't know how runkeeper works, but does it take into account your weight and other stuff? I mean, a heavier person naturally burns more calories, but if it's simply tracking distance perhaps it would give you a skewed number.
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