How many calories did I lose?

saundts
saundts Posts: 51 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I was at the gym this morning and was on the treadmill for 95 minutes at the average rate of 3.8mph, I weigh 242 right now and I am male. Calories defer from what the machine says and what MFP says. What are the true calories I have lost?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Honestly it's hard to say as everything is an estimate. A lot of times people will take their weight, multiply it by .3, then multiply that number by the total miles walked.
  • saundts
    saundts Posts: 51 Member
    thank you malibu927, anyone else have any input?
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    Over time with accurate logging you will know if you are overestimating or not. All these numbers are just estimates, like @malibu927 said.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    What was your incline on the treadmill?
  • saundts
    saundts Posts: 51 Member
    Jruzer, it was 1 only
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    edited April 2017
    Machines often differ from what MFP says. If you like, you can simply input your calories burned in the space for them; you don't have to accept MFP's calculation.

    Machine calculations always seem high to me though.
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    If you added your height and weight on the machine that might be a better estimate. But I eat back at least 50% just in case it's an overestimation for that reason. Best of luck!!
  • saundts
    saundts Posts: 51 Member
    Unfortunetly, the treadmill I was on did not have the age gender weight and height input capabilities..
  • bobtater1
    bobtater1 Posts: 172 Member
    edited April 2017
    Might try using this site I find it is usually within 20 calories of my pedometer. https://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc. It has 20 different calculators. This is the home page. https://www.healthstatus.com/calculators/

  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,318 Member
    Go with whatever one is lower.
  • ccsernica
    ccsernica Posts: 1,040 Member
    saundts wrote: »
    Unfortunetly, the treadmill I was on did not have the age gender weight and height input capabilities..

    Without at least age and weight, its number is going to be very unreliable.
  • beaglebrandon
    beaglebrandon Posts: 97 Member
    Try this calculator: http://42.195km.net/e/treadsim/

    From your stats, it shows you burnt around 1200 calories.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,409 Member
    It's impossible to nail this down completely 100%. In the beginning I would just use the treadmill numbers. It's really easy to lose weight when there is a lot of weight to lose, so really any numbers are close enough. I felt like it was important for me to use the same source consistently though - so if you use the treadmill, stick with those numbers. If you use MFP's numbers, stick with those. I felt like if I bounced around to different calculators I was reporting varying data and it would make it hard for me to know what was going. The treadmill numbers worked for me until I got within 25 pounds of my goal, then a lot of things had to be tweaked.

    Good job using the treadmill. Don't overthink this, and try to get as close as you can to recording accurate food data and staying within your suggested calories. The best thing is to learn to eat in a way that will serve you well forever!

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