did you really burn that many calories?

Everyone knows they can change the number of calories burned on MFP right? Lol. I've just read a bunch of comments about thinking the estimate is too high but also not wanting to cheat themselves on the time they spent. That's totally fine, just change the number of calories burned and leave the time accurate...

I always drop at least 50% of the calories that they give on here as they are always double what the pedometer on my bike says!

According to my treadmill, I burned 905 calories is 97 minutes, I walked 4.85 miles on 10-incline and 3 MPH.
I think it probably overestimate by 300 calories.
I am 45 yrs old, 140-lbs and 5`0 Ft.
I am thinking to buy a Body media or an HRM to figure this out.

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/WalkRunMETs.html

Actually, that is pretty close, 800 calories. Of course as your incline goes up much beyond 4%, so does personal efficiency or inefficiency of walking that steep, so the more accurate formulas may be off just as much as a HRM is off.

Of course, 800 is gross burn, what a HRM or machine or MFP table would show too.
For Net burn, minus what you would have burned resting during that time anyway, only 700 calories to log and eat back.

Notice in the study how accurate the formulas are for 2-4 mph walking, and running 5-6.3 mph, level.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/774337-how-to-test-hrm-for-how-accurate-calorie-burn-is

Thanks for your help!

I don't worry about what other people are doing.....I worry about myself.

I burned eleventy million eating pie

What kind of pie??

i use allsportgps on my iphone and i found that mypal just add a zero on the end so i just chose the lessor of two evil!!!!!!! sometimes i know i burned more but i just like to chose the lessor so that i "work" harder!!!!!!! try www.healthstatus.com/calculate//cbc it gives calories burnt on all things lol

I never count "cleaning" as an exercise. That's silly to me;

I don't worry too much if other people want to delude themselves about their exercise. Just sit back and wait for their post saying they're doing everything right but they aren't losing any weight. Most often those who post those huge burns are only looking for a way to justify overeating.

Well, aren't you as sweet as pie. Most of us who earn big numbers also weigh quite a bit more than what the 'average' joe does who is listed to burn only 100 - 120 calories doing exercise x, y or z. You know?

I know my calories burnt can be off by up to 200 calories, but you know what? When I exercise I give it my all. I'm sweating my butt off, I'm sucking down water like no tomorrow, and my heart rate is usually anywhere from 157 - 166. I KNOW I burn a ton and it will change the smaller I get.

So I am not deluding myself of anything, and most others aren't either. They just assume a well known site like this would give some pretty accurate numbers. That's why they should frequent the forums to be educated on the fact that numbers are a bit off.

Also, when I used Anytime fitness and input my numbers the data is pretty close to this, but I know that when I'm done with an hour of elliptical, and thirty - forty of circuit I would burn close to 1,000 based on heart rate calculations (at that time) and even their site was 150 - 200 off.

My calorie burn is always different than what MFP says…simply because I have a VERY low resting heart rate. What determines how many calories you burn is how hard your body has to work to do the exercise. So, as you lose weight, you will have to work harder to get those high calorie burns doing the same exercise.

I usually look up the calories burned for a certain sport online so I don't just use what MFP says because MFP is very inflated (for me because I am not very heavy and I burn less calories anyways) so I just usually don't log in exercise but I do allow myself to overeat my "calorie limit" by 200-300 because I know I burn more than that when I work out.