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Does MFP automatically calculate?

spacey07
spacey07 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Does MFP automatically calculate the # of calories burned based on your personal information input?

This has always confused me.. example: if I walk 45 minutes on treadmill, it says 275 calories, but on MFP when i add treadmill for exercise, it may say 325. Which do I go by?

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Yes, they base their calories estimation on your personal info.

    The treadmill will have it's own way of formulating your calorie estimate. Some models allow you to put in age, weight, etc. Others don't.

    Which one to go by depends on which has more of your info. But at the end of the day you need ot remember these are all just estimates. Personally, I go with the lowest.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Pick the lower one...or get a 3rd opinion to see how your machine did. Calorie burns are estimates...MFP is notoriously "generous."

    Here's a calculator based on your weight...and walking speed:
    http://walking.about.com/cs/howtoloseweight/a/howcalburn.htm
  • spacey07
    spacey07 Posts: 16 Member
    Teabea, do you know of a calculator that can be downloaded onto iPhones?
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    spacey07 wrote: »
    Teabea, do you know of a calculator that can be downloaded onto iPhones?

    MapMyWalk is popular...no personal experience (I have a FitBit). I think it has a pedometer, so it's not just for GPS.
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