what to believe

chasityquiles77
chasityquiles77 Posts: 1 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I started exercising 2 days ago.... When I'm on the elliptical at the gym the machine says that for doing 15 minutes I burned 174 calories. When I enter the exercise into MFPexercise log it says that for doing 15 minutes on the elliptical I burned almost 500 calories... which one would be the more accurate to follow??

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  • SoniaBlenkhorn
    SoniaBlenkhorn Posts: 11 Member
    That's really odd. When I enter elliptical (or stairclimber, treadmill, etc), MFP usually matches the calories that the cardio machine said I burned. If you're getting such a huge disparity, I'd say stick with what the elliptical tells you. Better to err on the side of caution. That way, you won't allow yourself to eat additional calories that MFP says you've earned.

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