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mbortz12
mbortz12 Posts: 22 Member
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Does anyone else feel the calories for an exercise aren't accurate?! If I look online it tells me I burn way more for an exercise than MFP logs

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  • mbortz12
    mbortz12 Posts: 22 Member
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    The calories burned for an exercise I should say :)
  • FitGirl0123
    FitGirl0123 Posts: 1,273 Member
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    I would go with whatever mfp has estimated for you for now and eat the majority of those calories back. After a couple of weeks you should be able to tell if you are eating enough or losing too fast and can adjust accordingly.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    mbortz12 wrote: »
    Does anyone else feel the calories for an exercise aren't accurate?! If I look online it tells me I burn way more for an exercise than MFP logs

    Way more?

    Usually the complaint is the opposite, that MFP over estimates.

    What types of exercise are you talking about specifically?

    This is a pretty good blog on the matter
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/estimating-calories-activity-databases-198041

    FTR - I used MFP's exercise calories for a long time and lost weight accordingly, but I was doing the types of activties listed in the blog as being easier to estimate, like running.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
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    If I'm using an exercise machine, I take whatever the calorie burn count is and log 75% of it. If it's not a machine, I log 75% of whatever MFP says the burn should be.
  • mbortz12
    mbortz12 Posts: 22 Member
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    Ok thank you
  • Chrissy292018
    Chrissy292018 Posts: 57 Member
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    Underestimate calories burned

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