Lost, Dazed and Confused!

McghanK
McghanK Posts: 120
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I know that depedning on your weight and your level of intesity during a workout, your calories burned will differ. So, when I use MFP to track my excercise, does it customize it for me? Or are they just generalized?

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I know that depedning on your weight and your level of intesity during a workout, your calories burned will differ. So, when I use MFP to track my excercise, does it customize it for me? Or are they just generalized?

    yes and no. MFP bases the cals burned using a general equation that takes into account age, gender, weight, and duration, but fails to take into account fitness level, heart rate, V02 Max, intensity etc.
  • McghanK
    McghanK Posts: 120
    I know that depedning on your weight and your level of intesity during a workout, your calories burned will differ. So, when I use MFP to track my excercise, does it customize it for me? Or are they just generalized?

    yes and no. MFP bases the cals burned using a general equation that takes into account age, gender, weight, and duration, but fails to take into account heart rate, V02 Max, intensity etc.


    So technically I can burn more or less calories that it's telling me right?
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I know that depedning on your weight and your level of intesity during a workout, your calories burned will differ. So, when I use MFP to track my excercise, does it customize it for me? Or are they just generalized?

    yes and no. MFP bases the cals burned using a general equation that takes into account age, gender, weight, and duration, but fails to take into account fitness level, heart rate, V02 Max, intensity etc.


    So technically I can burn more or less calories that it's telling me right?

    Correct, for most people they find that MFP over estimates their burn, vs when they use a HRM which takes into account 1 or 2 more variables.
  • luelue1971
    luelue1971 Posts: 23 Member
    I have a heart rate monitor and I can do the same workouts with different levels of intensity and burn much different amounts of calories. For example., I did a Turbo Jam workout this morning and burned 288 calories. I did this same exact workout quite a bit last year and at one time burned 443 calories. That's quite a difference.

    I'd say the MFP number are just generalized so there's no way to no how accurate it is for you until you use some kind of monitor like a heart rate monitor to verify.
  • McghanK
    McghanK Posts: 120
    Soo...I have to save up to get an HRM, in the meantime is it safe to say that I shouldn't eat the "extra" calories it's telling me I am allowed?
  • beccala18
    beccala18 Posts: 293 Member
    I would say eat 50-75% of them. That way you are getting extra fuel (that you need) but you won't be overdoing it.
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