Do I half the calories on the machine or mfp?

jacki865 · January 2016

im on a 1200 calorie and I exercise regularly for the mood boost and cardiovascular benefits. I would like to eat as many exercise calories as I can since I'm on a low calorie diet.

Mfp usually gives me much higher numbers of calories burned compared to the machine.

Today I did 45 minutes on elliptical on 10incline and 8 resistance. The machine told me about 300 calories burned but mfp told me about 500. Which one do I half to eat back?

3dogsrunning · January 2016

jacki865 wrote: »

im on a 1200 calorie and I exercise regularly for the mood boost and cardiovascular benefits. I would like to eat as many exercise calories as I can since I'm on a low calorie diet.

Mfp usually gives me much higher numbers of calories burned compared to the machine.

Today I did 45 minutes on elliptical on 10incline and 8 resistance. The machine told me about 300 calories burned but mfp told me about 500. Which one do I half to eat back?

The MFP entry does not account for resistance or tension. It is a very vague entry, I would not go with the number.

But in the end, whatever you choose to do, keep it consistent for a few weeks and evaluate from there.

Here are two good explanations that might help you
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/exercise-calories-sometimes-the-cardio-machines-are-more-accurate-404739

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Azdak/view/estimating-calories-activity-databases-198041

Do I half the calories on the machine or mfp?

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