Exercise = earned calories?
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I ignore it for two reasons:
a) I'm not a dog. I don't "earn" calories like treats.
b) MFP's calculations are frequently inaccurate at best. I can guarantee a 30-minute 5K does not burn 400 calories.
I does for me; Using the Runner's World guide of Weight x distance x .66 (or .33 for walking), I get:
187 x .66 x 3.2 = 394.95 - so, damn close to 400. The time that it takes you to run the 5k is irrelevant, although I'm about 33:30 on the treadmill at a 1% incline.
You can't say that it's inaccurate without knowing all of the relevant stats.9 -
I haven't see this asked. What level did you set your activity to? What is your non-exercise activity like (job, etc)? What do you do for exercise? I eat them back but not all. I give myself a little fudge factor for inaccuracies in my measuring and logging. Also, it is important to have activity level set accurately. There is a whole logarithm built in that varies how many calories you get for your base and for exercise (or for FitBit adjustment in some cases where that is used).
Bottom line is you want to get as close to your accurate net calories as possible. Not eating them back at all is not a good thing if you are using MFP's method. There are other methods, eg. the TDEE method, where you set you calculate your TDEE including exercise and eat a flat amount each day. Not better, not worse than MFP. Just a different way to arrive at the same place.6 -
I ignore it for two reasons:
a) I'm not a dog. I don't "earn" calories like treats.
b) MFP's calculations are frequently inaccurate at best. I can guarantee a 30-minute 5K does not burn 400 calories.
Every calculator on the internet has my 5k run at over 400 calories, please do educate us all where are we going wrong ?
I'm a 50 year old male weighing 217lbs I run a 5k in 25-27 minutes depends on the amount of hills.
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I ignore it for two reasons:
a) I'm not a dog. I don't "earn" calories like treats.
b) MFP's calculations are frequently inaccurate at best. I can guarantee a 30-minute 5K does not burn 400 calories.
Not bad. 7 woo clicks on one post...
I agree that the calculations can vary. But do you really understand the design of this site?
PS: Are you totally sure you are not a dog. I wonder about myself some times.....1 -
I ignore it for two reasons:
a) I'm not a dog. I don't "earn" calories like treats.
b) MFP's calculations are frequently inaccurate at best. I can guarantee a 30-minute 5K does not burn 400 calories.
My apple watch calculated I burned over 400 calories from my 5k run this morning.5 -
The things I would do for a Klondike Bar.
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I will definitely work for treats
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Pretty sure my answer would come out looking like this:
*kitten*, *kitten*, *kitten* and *baby beluga*. 6 -
Lol!!! Perfect!
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They're not even close to accurate. Walking, for example, is typically overestimated by 100% or more. Exactly how inaccurate is highly dependent on individual and workout. To be safe, start by eating back 30% of them, and monitor what happens.
Two years of data ending May 18 indicate a less than 5% divergence between calories in/calories out vs weight. Prior data when I was still obese tracked as close as 1%.
This is based on substantial daily activity almost exclusively consisting of walking and amounting to over 18K steps a day on average and an "apparent" TDEE of more than 3K calories.8 -
andysport1 wrote: »I ignore it for two reasons:
a) I'm not a dog. I don't "earn" calories like treats.
b) MFP's calculations are frequently inaccurate at best. I can guarantee a 30-minute 5K does not burn 400 calories.
Every calculator on the internet has my 5k run at over 400 calories, please do educate us all where are we going wrong ?
I'm a 50 year old male weighing 217lbs I run a 5k in 25-27 minutes depends on the amount of hills.
Regarding calories burned during running, I have tried different calculators for fun and used dedicated sports watches from different brands for data, they all give me similar result:
With my weight and age, i burn around 70 kcal per km. when running at a pace of 4.30 -5 min per km. So when I run 30 mins I usually hit 6+ km and burn ~ 400 kcal.
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andysport1 wrote: »
Every calculator on the internet has my 5k run at over 400 calories, please do educate us all where are we going wrong ?
I'm a 50 year old male weighing 217lbs I run a 5k in 25-27 minutes depends on the amount of hills.
At 217, you're right around 400 calories on the burn.
Rough rule of thumb for hills...1 calorie for every 100 kg climbing 1 metre.1 -
Two years of data ending May 18 indicate a less than 5% divergence between calories in/calories out vs weight. Prior data when I was still obese tracked as close as 1%.
Been there, done that. It's pretty normal in tracking weight loss to have offsetting errors. It won't matter until...it matters.
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MFP has me at Jogging 10 min/mile Exercise selection for 30 min (close to 5K in 30) at 450 cal.
More accurate site/formula has me at 500.
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/WalkRunMETs.html
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I ignore it for two reasons:
a) I'm not a dog. I don't "earn" calories like treats.
b) MFP's calculations are frequently inaccurate at best. I can guarantee a 30-minute 5K does not burn 400 calories.
Is that a money-back guarantee? Because if it is, I want my money back. I burn just under 100 calories per mile running, and I'm kinda scrawny. So I can imagine that many people could easily burn 400 doing a 5k at a brisk pace. LOL.3 -
Been there, done that. It's pretty normal in tracking weight loss to have offsetting errors. It won't matter until...it matters.
So I can use your 30% figure and under-eat by 900 Cal a day in the fear that someday it may matter... or I can use my Fitbit numbers adjusted by 5% (in other words in my particular case eat back 90% of all my ACTIVE calories)... and continue in the expectation that the past three years were not a total fluke and that whatever offsetting errors gave me the illusion that walking 18K steps a day is exercise worth fuelling... will continue to offset...
I know one puppy who ain't giving up 30% of his food till it ACTUALLY matters
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Your goal is to have a calorie deficit that allows you to lose weight at the rate you chose. When you exercise you burn more calories so it can cause you to lose weight too quickly.2
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I always think of this of saving up a few calories so I can have a few drinks at the weekend.4
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