How to calculate calories burned?

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Sweetmurry
Sweetmurry Posts: 34 Member
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I was wondering if there is a way to calculate calories burned based on what you are doing, and your weight etc...

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  • c4297
    c4297 Posts: 33 Member
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    yup just go to the excersise tab.. then type in the excersise you did and for how long and it will calculate it for you (:
  • eeeekie
    eeeekie Posts: 1,011 Member
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    or

    exercise tab / database then enter you weight and what you did with the drop down and for how long
  • anna441
    anna441 Posts: 253 Member
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    I would suggest to get a decend HRM (i mean not too expensive one)...

    I recently got Timex HRM and I loved it...
  • ladybug1620
    ladybug1620 Posts: 1,136 Member
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    The most accurate way is to buy a heart rate monitor with chest strap. The database here will calculate for you, but it might not be accurate. Example: one of my workouts last week, I burned 752 cals according to my heartrate monitor. If I had entered what MFP gave me, it would have only calculated as 400-ish cals.
  • cjmariani
    cjmariani Posts: 12
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    I have found the exact opposite problem, with MFP OVER calculating the calories I burned. A decent HRM is definitively the way to go!!
  • Sweetmurry
    Sweetmurry Posts: 34 Member
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    Ya, my problem is I want to be more exact then what it shows in the database here... and being larger I burn different then others... So does the HRM tell u what u burned as well?

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