MFP and calorie estimates

mattb714
mattb714 Posts: 11 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Why does MFP estimate calories so high? I do 40min of cardio (eliptical - about a 10 1/2 min mile with moderate resistance) daily and MFP estimates 740 calories burned. I know this has to be way too high. Even my eliptical estimates around 600 burned. Any idea on how to figure what I'm actually burning without using a HRM?

I am obese so maybe my calorie count is high because of this?

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  • drwilseyjr
    drwilseyjr Posts: 225 Member
    A heavier person will burn more calories than an average person doing the same amount of cardio. I believe that's factored in.
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
    Yes, you will burn more calories. You are carrying and moving around more weight. Most don't really consider the estimates as a problem because they only eat back maybe 50%-75% of their calories in exercise back.
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    There are a lot of online calorie estimates that will give you different numbers...

    If you had jogged 10:30 min/miles during those 40 minutes and weighed 260 lbs I'd estimate you would burn 622 calories. So I don't think the 600 is too far off. I have no idea how much you weigh, I just threw the number out there as an estimate. Obviously running is not 1 to 1 to using an elliptical, but that's still a much more conservative calculation than a lot of people on here use, so 740 wouldn't surprise me either.
  • mattb714
    mattb714 Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks for the help!
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