Do I REALLY burn that many calories????

sbwood888 · January 2011

I rode my stationary bike at a moderate pace for 10 minutes and MFP said I burned 138 calories. Could that be true? I was pretty shocked. I did not realize that it would be that much. Does anyone know how MFP figured the calories burned?? Is it accurate? THoughts?

AngieSWatson · January 2011

I don't know how accurate it is but I do know that when I go to the gym and I am doing the elliptical trainer I burned about 104 calories every 10 minutes.

tiff8791 · January 2011

Um love to help but I really don't know

snrose · January 2011

the best and only way to know is to get a heart rate monitor

i love mine!

rnroadrunner · January 2011

many post about this. check the archieves under hrm and exersize calorie. in a nut shell it is not person specific. google exersize calories also for more weight dependant calorie counts good luck

jennifer3998 · January 2011

On this website, it said 84 calories for 10 min for moderate stationary bike activity, for a 160 lb person. I'm not saying this is correct either, but your burn does sound high. But what do I know??

http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi

sbwood888 · January 2011

I weigh 260 pounds--maybe that is why it says that I burned that much? Maybe the heavier you are the more calories you burn per minute???

Awineburg · January 2011

I found this website that you can enter your weight and enter how long you did the exercise and it gives you an estimate on how many calories you burned http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

sbwood888 · January 2011

I found this website that you can enter your weight and enter how long you did the exercise and it gives you an estimate on how many calories you burned http://www.healthdiscovery.net/links/calculators/calorie_calculator.htm

Oh, that is GREAT! THank you. That helps a lot. It actually confirms what MFP said. I feel better. :flowerforyou:

Do I REALLY burn that many calories????

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