To many calories

runawaycowgirl
runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Can somebody please help, I think MFP is grossly over calculating my calories burned during a workout. In less than an hour it calculated over 8000 calories PLEASE HELP

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  • CafeRacer808
    CafeRacer808 Posts: 2,396 Member
    edited February 2017
    Yeah, that's definitely wrong. Which specific exercise are you trying to log and how are you logging it (ie - entering it manually into your exercise diary, using an activity tracker, etc)?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    runawaycowgirl wrote: »
    Can somebody please help, I think MFP is grossly over calculating my calories burned during a workout. In less than an hour it calculated over 8000 calories PLEASE HELP

    I think you must have put a number in wrong.

    What activity are you trying to get a number for?
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    I entered it manually, gym legs at 20 minutes and swimming laps 30 minutes and that's what it calculated
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,205 Member
    Good lord, yes that's really, really wrong.
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    edited February 2017
    Haha I know, I did a 30 minute walk a couple weeks ago and that was around the 5000 mark. I don't know what's going wrong or how to fix it?
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,205 Member
    Are you sure your weight is entered right? and height?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,588 Member
    runawaycowgirl wrote: »
    Haha I know, I did a 30 minute walk a couple weeks ago and that was around the 5000 mark. I don't know what's going wrong or how to fix it?

    What on earth are you entering?

    I can't say I've ever had MFP give me 5000 calories for a 30 min walk.
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    edited February 2017
    Height, weight, gender, age all correct and I entered exactly what I said above. I took a screenshot but can't share it
  • CarlydogsMom
    CarlydogsMom Posts: 645 Member
    That's very odd, there's either a programming glitch on MFPs end or something on yours. You know you can manually change that number to anything you want...

    I always think it's kinda funny when people say to eat back half your exercise calories, meaning a bunch of mental calculations when all you have to do is change the calorie number when you select your exercise.
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    edited February 2017
    Yeah but I'm not gonna just make up a number, what's the point. I'm supposed to be tracking my exercise etc.

    I don't see what I am doing wrong, I put in the activity and the duration I do it for. MFP calculates the calories, well its supposed to any way :/
  • CarlydogsMom
    CarlydogsMom Posts: 645 Member
    Yeah, I get it; something is VERY weird and you want it to be as correct an estimate as possible, no doubt. However in the short term, there are websites where you can calculate your exercise calories you can use in the meantime, and enter those numbers. Have you let MFP know by contacting them in the MFP help board? They definitely need to know. Good luck!
  • Sunna_W
    Sunna_W Posts: 744 Member
    Once of the worst mashups on MFP is the exercise function. I don't use it at all for that reason. I also don't like the fact that it ADDS calories burned to your overall calorie total allotment. My advice is to use some other one, like this one: http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/healthtool-exercise-calculator.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    Once of the worst mashups on MFP is the exercise function. I don't use it at all for that reason. I also don't like the fact that it ADDS calories burned to your overall calorie total allotment. My advice is to use some other one, like this one: http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/healthtool-exercise-calculator.

    It's supposed to add calories. MFP uses the NEAT method, your calorie goal is before purposeful exercise.

    OP, this is really odd. I don't log exercise manually as I have a synced tracker but I just went in and went through the process to add and it's working fine for me. It's weird that this is only happening to you.

    This is what happens when I manually enter walking.

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  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    Carlydogsmum thanks I'll look at that app and no I haven't let them know yet, but I will. Vintagefeline can you please tell me how you added the pic, I took screen shots to show ppl but can't add it?
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I'm on desktop and there's an icon that looks like a piece of paper with a corner folded down. Click that.

    On iOS app site, there's a little camera above the reply box to the right.
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  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    Mate if only it were that easy to burn 5000 calories lol
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,409 Member
    Seriously, check your weight and height again. Make sure you're using Imperial or Metric, whichever you prefer. (You know, pounds or kilograms, etc.)

    Go to MY HOME > GOALS > View Guided Setup:

    Here:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    I'm using metric mate cause I'm Australian lol :D but that still doesn't equal over 8000 calories for a 50 minute workout
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    OK guys I don't know what happened but MFP got itself back on track, 20 min swim was 69 calories NOT 2800 lol. Thanks for your help o:)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,588 Member
    runawaycowgirl wrote: »
    OK guys I don't know what happened but MFP got itself back on track, 20 min swim was 69 calories NOT 2800 lol. Thanks for your help o:)

    That sounds better! :)

  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Is it possible you're putting in hours like 30:00 instead of 00:30 or something?
  • runawaycowgirl
    runawaycowgirl Posts: 24 Member
    Hey MelanieCN77, no mate it definitely said minutes. Its been on track last few day, so fingers crossed it stays that way
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    "To many calories..." is exactly how far? Just where is "many calories"? And how do you get there? If an out and back is it: "To many calories" and back again? :)
  • razzapool
    razzapool Posts: 89 Member
    edited March 2017
    69 calories seem kinda low for a 20 min swim though, I mean I don't swim but I heard it was a really good exercise but that is a lot less then I would have thought
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    To be safe unless I go on a strenuous four hour hike I never log more than 350 calories maximum on anything. Even Spin class only gets about 200 cals logged, less if I didn't put in much effort.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    razzapool wrote: »
    69 calories seem kinda low for a 20 min swim though, I mean I don't swim but I heard it was a really good exercise but that is a lot less then I would have thought

    I did 40min the other day and my calorie burn was about 150 - so that seems right-ish - I was doing short sets

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