Rely on MFP calories burned or elliptical machine?

kwohl
kwohl Posts: 58 Member
edited November 30 in Fitness and Exercise
If MFP says I burned 450 calories on the elliptical but the elliptical reads 400, which one would you go with? I am thinking the machine knows best....thoughts?

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  • floridagirl7264
    floridagirl7264 Posts: 318 Member
    Are there sensors on the machine? If not then neither is really accurate. If you can afford it, invest in a heart rate monitor. It's the closest in determining calories burned.
  • kwohl
    kwohl Posts: 58 Member
    yes, there are sensors!
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I'd go with neither. The machines estimates are usually wildly overestimated. I get on the elliptical with the sensor and type in my height weight and sex and age, it says I've burned 1000 cals in 45 mins. There's no way that is accurate at my size .
    As far as mfp estimates, they tend to be high too . many people only eat back a fraction of those calories for that reason.
  • vintagecrimes
    vintagecrimes Posts: 24 Member
    I really don't think MFP is accurate... When I start my cool down on the treadmill at a brisk walk for 10-15 minutes its only about 50 cals on the machine (monitoring my heart rate) but MFP tries to say 84-100 lol that would be nice. I'm thinking the most accurate would be a fit bit though.
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