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    auto repair calories burned inaccurate?

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    edited January 31 in Health and Weight Loss
    Anyone else feel the calories burned calculated isn't accurate? What is this based on?
    I work 8 hr days as a mechanic... so if I log that in MFP, it shows me (255lb man) burning 2700 calories... in other words, by the end of the week, I should have a calorie deficit large enough to lose 4lbs a week... seems inaccurate to me?

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    • Posts: 365 Member
      That's not accurate at all, Can u just put mildly active while calculating your TDEE instead
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      That's not accurate at all, Can u just put mildly active while calculating your TDEE instead

      agreed, you shouldnt be logging work as exercise, just set your activity setting to light or moderate active depending on how much walking/lifting etc you do
    • Posts: 3,982 Member
      ^Yep. The MFP burns for some activities are hopelessly optimistic.
    • Posts: 101 Member
      Part of it is that the MFP calories estimates are for a continuous high level of the activity, which you're likely not getting during any sort of several hour activity. You'd basically have to take out all the time you took a short break, filled out notes or paperwork, were talking with coworkers or customers, and possibly the times when you weren't doing something that took physical effort even if it was part of the repair process.
      It also seems to include your BMR in some activities, which is fine for say 30 min of jogging, but for 8 hours of anything, that means it could be inflated by 1/3 of your daily goal.
    • Posts: 672 Member
      You don't log normal activity like work as exercise.
    • Posts: 145 Member
      You don't log normal activity like work as exercise.

      this, especially if I was doing the same job and still managed to be overweight. In calculating my TDEE, I would put lightly active though, instead of the sedentary choice, THEN log any actual concentrated exercise (weights, running, etc) accordingly
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