Calories Burned Accuracy

rachel29hart
rachel29hart Posts: 23 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Today is my rest day, and it has been very sedentary, so I wanted to get my 10K steps in. I just wanted to see if anyone as used this website to track calories burned on a treadmill. I couldn't find walking (3.0 mph, 3% incline) in the database and I don't like to rely only on my Garmin device for calories burned since it's not as sophisticated as other equipment. Here is the link to the website:

http://42.195km.net/e/treadsim/

Obviously I know that I can't get a 100% accurate reading for calories burned, so I can make do with an estimate. I walked at the same pace and incline for 70 minutes, and to me it *seems* to have grossly overestimated how much I burned since it was a low-intensity workout (~640 kcal). Does anyone have some knowledge to back this up?

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  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    Why not just follow how your weight changes over the next few weeks and an just your calorie intake from that? It's the most accurate way possible.
  • rachel29hart
    rachel29hart Posts: 23 Member
    Chieflrg wrote: »
    Why not just follow how your weight changes over the next few weeks and an just your calorie intake from that? It's the most accurate way possible.

    Right after I posted this, I had the exact thought. I should probably ease up a bit! What I'm doing right now seems like a great start regardless of needing an exact number.
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