Is this MFP calorie burn for real?

lstnlondry
lstnlondry Posts: 1,794 Member
edited September 30 in Fitness and Exercise
Big walking day today at 6 Flags. I recorded about 5 hours of walking-should I trust that I seriously burned 1000 calories doing this?

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  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Eh, it's not accurate.
    It doesn't know your heartrate.
    It's a rough estimate.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    I never go off the MFP database.

    Take your heart rate manually a few times, average it and enter it here: http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm

    I always use that to figure calories burned. Hope that helps! :drinker:
  • GypsyRose25
    GypsyRose25 Posts: 407
    I've notice that when people go to an amusement park or the zoo, whatever, they log half the time they were there as walking or what not.
  • leilaniessence
    leilaniessence Posts: 11
    I wore my HRM when I went to Knott's (also walked around that length of time). It said I burned around 1200 calories. I'm 5'3" and was about 233lbs when I went. Maybe that helps? Either way, its activity, so good job!!
  • thenewkarisa
    thenewkarisa Posts: 207
    I never go off the MFP database.

    Take your heart rate manually a few times, average it and enter it here: http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm

    I always use that to figure calories burned. Hope that helps! :drinker:


    I'm going to try that! very interesting :)
  • elliecolorado
    elliecolorado Posts: 1,040
    Walking seems to be one of the things that MFP is pretty accurate on. That being said, it is only accurate if you know how fast you were walking and take into account how much time you actually spent walking not time spent sitting in line or other things. 100 calories per mile is a pretty good estimate, could be a little more or less (depending on weight).
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    Walking does burn a lot of calories- I burned 725 walking for 4 hrs (10 miles) last week so sounds about right 1000 for 5 hrs.
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