cardiovascular part of mfp help

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sdoherty1000
sdoherty1000 Posts: 146 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
hi all and hope your all losing the pounds well. Right, my query is this! On mfp the walking at 3.5mph only returns a calorie consumption of 122 calories for a 21 minute walk i just did. Runkeeper states that we walked at average speed of 3.38mph over 1.3 miles. Runkeeper has quoted me as losing 102 calories but using http://www.walkjogrun.net/ it asks me to put my weight in and returns a calorie loss of 240 for the same journey.

Any one know which is more accurate to go by? I can only assume that http://www.walkjogrun.net/ is better as it knows my weight and also the inclines of the hills etc etc


thanks for your time

steve

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  • polo571
    polo571 Posts: 708 Member
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    I really think the only true way to measure anything is with a heart rate monitor. Just my opinion
  • SheehyCFC
    SheehyCFC Posts: 529 Member
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    Runkeeper and MFP are pretty close - a "rule of thumb" is 100-120 calories per mile.
    If you walked at 1.3 miles , I would say 122 is pretty close. It may even be a little more, but not 240.

    **EDIT - PS: I agree, that a HRM is the best representation by FAR.
  • rileamoyer
    rileamoyer Posts: 2,411 Member
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    Add your own equipment/exercise in the add execise tab. Then you can be sure you get what you know is right for you.
  • sdoherty1000
    sdoherty1000 Posts: 146 Member
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    Cheers guys for the comments. I need all the help i can get.

    thanks

    steve
  • KAK68
    KAK68 Posts: 51 Member
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    this is exactly why I went to a heart monitor- my elliptical was giving me way too many calories burned. I need to check this runkeeper out.

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