Are the calories burned wrong?
midpath
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It says I'm burning 800 calories by doing 60 minutes of circuit training but idk if I believe that. I'm 5'10" and 229 lbs,
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What says that? This website?
And, yes, probably. The problem with entries like circuit training (assuming it is MFP's estimation) is that there are so many variables to account for. It doesn't even indicate intensity.
800 is an extremely high number.0 -
Yeah I've seen that and thought that's not normal too lol I'll keep an eye on this post as ur on to something0
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Yeah I've been doing Jillian Michaels videos and I looked it up and it said it was supposed to fall under circuit training. I will say that I'm pretty dead by the end of the hour but idk how to gauge the calories burned vs how I feel.0
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Unless you are extremely fit, cut that in half.0
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Cut in half what MFP tells you.0
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In my gym you can enter your weight and height into certain machines and it will calculate the calories based off the intensity.
Quite a good way to stay on top of what sort of level of exertion feels like.0 -
I usually disregard half of whatever MFP tells me I've burned. Because it overestimates.0
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I think that's a bit high. I recommend using a heart rate monitor for calculating calorie burns. I only got a cheap one but it really opend my eyes to how many calories I was really burning. MFP often overestimates.0
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I type over the MFP calories. I use a formula using: age, gender, weight, heart rate, duration.0
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Adiemus200 wrote: »I think that's a bit high. I recommend using a heart rate monitor for calculating calorie burns. I only got a cheap one but it really opend my eyes to how many calories I was really burning. MFP often overestimates.
Where did you get yours? The cheapest I've found was $50!
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HRMs are not designed to guess at calorie burn for something like circuit training. They will be off - often by a lot.0
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Yes, they're wrong.0
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Well it's like cardio circuit not like circuit as in at the gym moving from machine to machine. I literally don't stop moving.0
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Doe it matter to know how much I've burned as long as my calories are in check?0
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Doe it matter to know how much I've burned as long as my calories are in check?
Well, in order to eat the right number of calories, you need to know an approximate burn. So, let's say you burned 400-500 calories in your hour of circuit training - you will need to add those calories onto your 'allowance' for the day. Some people only eat half of the exercise calories back, but it's up to you. Personally, I estimate on the low side and eat them all...but that's because I don't have much weight left to lose, I'm not trying to lose weight quickly, and I love my food...
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I have a Fitbit connected to mfp. Mfp always says a big number for calories burned or earned, today was 1,500. I don't think it's near that much! I eat back some but not a whole day of food worth!0
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Oh yeah, MFP way over estimates exercise burns. Today it has allotted me an extra 1833 calories! Yes, I did a lot of exercise today, but there is no way on earth I burned that many.
I'll eat back a couple hundred because all the exercise makes me more hungry.0 -
The program is probably based on the body needing 15 -13 calories per pound of body weight just to maintain weight. My number is more like 6 or 7, so half is probably about right.0
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I understand that many say MFP over estimates, and that could be true. However, since starting to use a Fitbit Charge HR, I have found the MFP burns to be slightly lower for me. As in MFP may say I burned 474 jogging 45 min on the treadmill, fitbit says 507. Close, but still higher. I tend to personally believe MFP is pretty accurate with cardio type exercises, but in the case neither mfp or a heart rate montior are accurate, I still only eat back half.0
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What I believe is that most people are just guessing and when they see a large calorie burn they assume it is wrong. I have yet to see anyone who has compared the calorie burns on MFP to the results from indirect calorimeter results.0
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