Which calorie burn is correct?

ElainaMor
ElainaMor Posts: 4 Member
edited November 18 in Fitness and Exercise
I just finished a 30 minute workout using one of Leslie Sansone's walk at home videos. If I enter my workout in MFP it gives me a burn of 268 calories but in my Endomondo tracker it gives me a 400 calorie burn for the same workout. So I'm wondering which one I should go with. Thanks.

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  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    probably neither but I would lean towards the MFP just because I don't burn 400 calories when I run 8 min pace for thirty minutes & I'm 220lbs. There both probably inflated...
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    neither...go with the most conservative and then cut that again.
  • oilphins
    oilphins Posts: 240 Member
    So hard to judge with exact calories burned. When I do a run on my treadmill, it tells me I burn 934 calories for a 10k run at about 7.5 to 8.0 miles per hour, yet when I run outside, my nike app tells me I've only burned about 800, yet I run at a faster pace outside, so I just try to estimate it.
  • HotAshMess
    HotAshMess Posts: 382 Member
    I always take the most conservative when it comes to exercise and the highest when it comes to food (when I have to guess). Maybe that isn't the right way to go, but I see it as at least I'm not lying to myself.
  • prettyleelee
    prettyleelee Posts: 236 Member
    Remember as well people who weigh more will burn more calories than a person who is in shape. I am over weight but if I run 7.5 to 8 miles per hour I am going to burn more than say a person who is fit an used to that exercise regiment.
  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    I think the 268 might be about right (depending on what you weigh).
    The last time I did one of her DVD's for 30 mins, I had a 208 gross calorie burn (178 NET) from my Fitbit. I was 145 lbs at the time and my average HR was 132 bpm for it.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Both are an estimate - I'd go with the lower number.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    prettyleelee wrote: »
    Remember as well people who weigh more will burn more calories than a person who is in shape.

    Whilst correct, that's not so much a function of being out of shape, but being heavier. It's a question of mass multiplied by distance travelled.
    I am over weight but if I run 7.5 to 8 miles per hour I am going to burn more than say a person who is fit an used to that exercise regiment.

    Someone used to running will be able to sustain that speed for longer, so is likely to move for a longer distance. Whilst calories per mile are lower for a lighter person, having greater stamina will make a difference to the gross calorie expenditure.

    To address the original question, I'd agree with cwolfman. The answer is, they're both likely to be wrong so go for the lower figure and take a chunk off of that as well. I'd suggest 150 cals.
  • barryplumber
    barryplumber Posts: 401 Member
    This is why is important not to eat back all those excersise calories i max at 25% eat back and only of im really hungry
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    barryplumber wrote: »
    This is why is important not to eat back all those excersise calories i max at 25% eat back and only of im really hungry

    I'd characterise it in a different way, one should eat back the energy expended in training if one is using MFP as it's designed to be used. The debate you've got is how to gain confidence that the method one is using to measure calories expended is meaningful. Pick a method and stick with it. If one is losing faster than planned, then eat more, if slower then eat less.

    That becomes quite important where one has a low level of deficit, or one has a low calorie goal with little margin for error. If, for example, the originator is at a calorie goal of 1400 cals per day, she doesn't have much room for error before she's eating less than 1200 cals, which is unwise in the long term. If, on the other hand, the originator was a male with a 2000 cals per day goal then there is a little more room for error before going below 1600 cals per day, which is the generally recommended floor for men.

    At low calorie expenditures, it's easy to get it wrong, although 25-50% isn't going to be too far adrift. For higher expenditures eating back 25% isn't sustainable. As an example I just did a short run of 5 miles and burned 600 cals. On my daily goal I need to make up at least 400 of those lest I'm undereating.
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