Most Accurate Calories Burnt Calculator

emmaNEEDSskinny
emmaNEEDSskinny Posts: 317
in Fitness and Exercise
This is really accurate because you get to put in your weight aswell :)


http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

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  • sarad777
    sarad777 Posts: 210 Member
    Thanks, that was great!
  • izerop
    izerop Posts: 69 Member
    http://www.freedieting.com/ This one is good as well. I used this long before mfp.
  • MrsZMartin
    MrsZMartin Posts: 165 Member
    This website also takes your weight into account. You enter it when you create your profile and when you check in. I think most online calculators do.....the most accurate is a heart rate monitor :) For me, I have found that online calculators are generous (but that may be because I've been working out for 5 years, so it takes more to get my heart pumping). Everyone's different, so no calculator will be truly accurate. As long as we keep moving, our bodies will be happy!!! :)
  • izerop
    izerop Posts: 69 Member
    MFP sets 45 mins of biking 12-14 mph = 671. Freedieting the same exercise is 740. The one suggested by the poster has the same exercise at 770 or so. So I'd go with the lowest so ensure I am still under my cals for day.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    For true accuracy, you need something that lets you enter Vo2Max.. because the more fit you become, the less calories you're going to burn. You also need something that will let you enter gender, height, age and heart rate. Which is why most people get an HRM, because they can do this all for you.

    Bottom line is, there is no real way to accurately measure calories burned. Every tool(MFP, online calculators, HRM's) are all estimates. The only difference is that some methods have a more sophisticated way of doing it and thus are more trusted.
  • hopesOFskinny
    hopesOFskinny Posts: 25
    excellent!!!
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    For true accuracy, you need something that lets you enter Vo2Max.. because the more fit you become, the less calories you're going to burn. You also need something that will let you enter gender, height, age and heart rate. Which is why most people get an HRM, because they can do this all for you.

    Bottom line is, there is no real way to accurately measure calories burned. Every tool(MFP, online calculators, HRM's) are all estimates. The only difference is that some methods have a more sophisticated way of doing it and thus are more trusted.

    That's why I use: http://www.triathlontrainingblog.com/calculators/calories-burned-calculator-based-on-average-heart-rate/ with my hrm average bpm.

    I use the 'average' vo2 max for women and it almost always comes in lower than the mfp output, which is ok with me.
  • jeffpettis
    jeffpettis Posts: 865 Member
    This is really accurate because you get to put in your weight aswell :)


    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

    I'm not sure how accurate it is because it doesn't ask for gender, age, height, or anything else, just weight. A 35 year old male weighing 185lbs., and a 35 year old female at the same weight, are not going to burn the same calories.

    Any calorie calculator is just going to be an estimate, but I like this one myself..... http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm
  • emmaNEEDSskinny
    emmaNEEDSskinny Posts: 317
    lol guys i was just giving you a calaculator!

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