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lawncare11 wrote: »I use the eliptical machines and I don't weigh my food. Thx
There ya go, that's your problem. Weigh your food, don't go by what the machines say. Eat back only 50%.0 -
Sorry, but you absolutely cannot rely on the calorie read outs on the machines. They are highly inaccurate. If you want to see for yourself, since you are using the elliptical currently, try the treadmill for the same amount of time and see what a difference that # will be!0
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Sorry, but you absolutely cannot rely on the calorie read outs on the machines. They are highly inaccurate. If you want to see for yourself, since you are using the elliptical currently, try the treadmill for the same amount of time and see what a difference that # will be!
This and use a heart rate monitor. HRM's will get you close to your actual calorie burn.0 -
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The tread mill versus the elliptical will always be a different calorie burn.0
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lawncare11 wrote: »The tread mill versus the elliptical will always be a different calorie burn.
That's not the issue. The issue is that you're relying on a wildly inaccurate number. It's recommended to only eat back 50% of what either the machines or MFP say due to overestimations.
And definitely purchase a food scale and start using it to weigh everything. If you aren't losing, you're eating more than you think.0 -
lawncare11 wrote: »The tread mill versus the elliptical will always be a different calorie burn.
That's not the issue. The issue is that you're relying on a wildly inaccurate number. It's recommended to only eat back 50% of what either the machines or MFP say due to overestimations.
And definitely purchase a food scale and start using it to weigh everything. If you aren't losing, you're eating more than you think.
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ok, thank you for the advice.0
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Sorry, but you absolutely cannot rely on the calorie read outs on the machines. They are highly inaccurate. If you want to see for yourself, since you are using the elliptical currently, try the treadmill for the same amount of time and see what a difference that # will be!
Yes but they are two completely different machines allowing your body different movements. Of course they are different.0 -
There ya go, that's your problem. Weigh your food, don't go by what the machines say. Eat back only 50%.[/quote]
What kind of scale do you recommend to weigh? Right now I just have a cheap standard, not digital, scale. Also, do you recommend a HTC to count cals burned on elliptical? If so, do you have a preference in HRMs? If no HRM, would you just count half the calories the machine said you burned (for ex: elliptical for 35 mins says I burned 565, but I always just log 400) and then you eat only 200 cals back? Thanks for your advice!0
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