I can't believe my eyes!!

worthy investments: HRM with chest strap, food scale, measuring spoons, measuring cups.

I've been using my digital scale which calculates nutritional info as well as my measuring spoons and cups......but I think I have the same problem with the calories being burned vs. what I am eating back :frown:

Been using our new treadmill with iFit live preprogrammed workouts (using female, height, weight, etc.) since the end of January and am so frustrated and unhappy as the scale is not moving or if it does it seems to be the same 2 pounds up and down :sad: I forgot to take my measurments when I started so can't compare in that area but I am making it a habit to take my measurements every 15th of the month and seems that I may have lost some inches......just NOT pounds :grumble:

I just purchased a Polar FT40 2 weeks ago (my older HRM didn't calculate calories) with free shipping and it arrived overnight from heartratemonitors dot com (I have used them in the past for my older FS3 HRM and a pedometer) as it was on sale and also found an $10.00 off total online code as well to help with the price of the HRM :bigsmile:

Now, according to the threadmill (for one day last week), it said I burned 219 calories but was wearing my new polar HRM (with chest strap) and it said I burned 169 calories :huh:

I guess my calories have been off all along since I started using the treadmill ?? I am now going to use the calories that come up on my HRM and try to figure out how to get the scale moving down :ohwell:

That is quite a shock! You've convinced me that I should get one. Only about a month until I can afford it. :P

You will love it, I just got one as an early Mom's Day gift

Congrats on hitting 10% of your goal!!

I am so new to this. What's a HRM?

HRM stands for heart rate monitor

Man, that stinks! Good to know. I had a feeling the calories burned were way off on here. I just ordered my Polar HRM yesterday.

I've worn a Body Bugg pretty much 24/7 for about two years now, and it was definitely an eye-opener when I realized that I burned much less calories than I thought and that I moved much less throughout my day than I thought I did and consequently burned a lot less calories. I've found a monitor of some sort, be it a HRM or an accelerometer like a Body Bugg is a great tool.

Even HRMs are taking a best guess based on the factors you've put in, and apparently are more accurate for walking/running than other sports. Some people on bike forums say they have to take 1/4 of the HRM Calorie value for cycling to get anything near the right value based on various cycling calculators produced by sports scientists and cycling organisations.

I tend to use this http://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm and there is an excel based one that does much the same but isn't quite as simple to use available from the UK Cyclist Touring Club.

I must admit the reason for delay buying one was due to the price but I think it is defo worth it, this is our health guys and if you are serious about losing weight and feeling great it is actually Priceless :flowerforyou:

Don't know if this will help you any but...........Here is a link that was posted in another thread with a lot of information on HRM's. Also, I would suggest getting one with a chest strap as they are better to calculate an accurate HR.


http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/the-real-facts-about-hrms-and-calories-what-you-need-to-know-before-purchasing-an-hrm-or-using-one-21472


As I posted above, I purchased a Polar FT40 about 2 weeks ago. The FT-40 has the Polar Fitness test which measures your aerobic fitness at rest and tells you your progress.