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calories burned

yoganut707
yoganut707 Posts: 12 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
i have recently changed my setting to sedentary in MFP so my calories went from 16xx to 1440. when i would log my elliptical exercise before, it said i burned 357 calories. now that the setting has changed it increased to 379. im confused

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    I'm not sure why but the calorie difference is not that concerning. It's all about estimates.
  • yoganut707
    yoganut707 Posts: 12 Member
    thank you!
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    did you change your weight too? A higher weight gives a higher calorie burn too.
  • yoganut707
    yoganut707 Posts: 12 Member
    edited December 2014
    no i didnt. i switched to sedentary for lack of weight loss. only thing i can figure is that if you live a life mainly sendntary, then you burn more calories during exercise vs. a lightly active life? lol who knows
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