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PandaFAmBAm
PandaFAmBAm Posts: 111
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I went swimming today with my 2 year old...we were swimming for like 2 hours...I did the lesure swimming option and it said 600 plus calories...I don't feel like I actually burned that much! Shoudl I just put like 60min and call it a day?

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  • makcarly
    makcarly Posts: 24 Member
    I would. I have found that MFP WAY overestimates on calories burned. I wear a Bodybugg and I am always under what MFP says for my calorie burn.
  • SheCantWeight
    SheCantWeight Posts: 36 Member
    600 hundred calories does seem like a lot for that. But you know your own body and as long as you don't overeat to make up for calories you didn't burn then I'd say you'll be fine with either one. I have to do that sometimes, lower my time to get an amt I think is correct, because I don't have a heart rate monitor that tells me exactly how much I've burned.
  • PandaFAmBAm
    PandaFAmBAm Posts: 111
    I would. I have found that MFP WAY overestimates on calories burned. I wear a Bodybugg and I am always under what MFP says for my calorie burn.

    CAn u wear a MFP in the pool?
  • TinaS88
    TinaS88 Posts: 817 Member
    I would. I have found that MFP WAY overestimates on calories burned. I wear a Bodybugg and I am always under what MFP says for my calorie burn.

    CAn u wear a MFP in the pool?


    There are waterproof HRM and such that you can buy for when you are swimming and stuff.
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