need help

hopeingram
hopeingram Posts: 15
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
i brought a workout bike yesterday and i just got on it for 8:35 and it told me i turned 131 calories but if i look it up on here and put in i was going 12 to 14 mph it says i burned 134!! which i was going faster than that so if i put in i was going 14 to 16mph it says i burned 167! so my questions is what do i do? which one do i go back?

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  • Homer3D
    Homer3D Posts: 318
    Does the bike have a heart rate meter? If so, did you set it up to know your age/weight/height/gender/etc? It will need to know all this to be accurate. The reading off the bike will probably be more accurate than what is set on MFP.
  • hopeingram
    hopeingram Posts: 15
    no it does
  • misliziz
    misliziz Posts: 3 Member
    Those calorie designations aren't 100% accurate anyway. They are, at best, just a an estimation. Just don't strees too much on the exactness of it all. The important part is that you are exercising. The more you exercise the better you feel. The better you feel the easier it is to exercise and eat healthy. And getting healthy is the point here isn't it?
  • hopeingram
    hopeingram Posts: 15
    ur right
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