How accurate are mfp's exercise numbers?
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fat2fab4life
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I would like to know if anyone uses the mfp database for calculating calories burned, eats those calories back and actually loses weight? I really don't want to hear anything about hrm's i just want to know the answer to the question above please and thanks in advance
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From what I have found, they are really high on exercise cals...I don't trust them at all.0
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I'm hoping mfp is pretty accurate, cause that's what I go by. I don't know about eating calories back, as I never do.0
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I found them high too after I started using a HRM.0
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that's what i figured that they were too high i just wanted to be sure before i ate them all back and gained weight for overeating you know0
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I create my own exercises evn if they are already on there just so I can put in my own numbers0
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I use them and have still lost weight, but I have only been at this for a short while0
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I, too have found them high after starting to use that thing you didn't want to talk about.:smooched:0
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Just eat about half of them back.0
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Too high, on most exercise numbers, I dont trust that.0
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Generally I find them a little high, BUT it is just an estimate and depends on your body weight and a host of other factors. Even HRMs are not as accurate as we think. Alot of times, I just search the internet for "calories burned running" or whatever I was doing, and average the different findings I see.0
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They're high0
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I, too have found them high after starting to use that thing you didn't want to talk about.:smooched:
I wanted to mention that too, because I check it with that.0 -
I use MFP calorie and always eat them back and am still loosing weight. Then again, the majority of my excercise is dog walking, which I put down, but my dad tell me that means for when you take a stroll and you stop start and throw thing, wherea my 25 minute walk just now was half jogging and half walking, we only stopped twice and I know from my GPS I walk at 3.5mph nrmally, when I have my dog with me it' more like 4 and the dog walking on here is only 3.0 so it doesn't really matter if it's over etimating the calories burnt becaue it' alo underestimating what I'm doing.0
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Sometimes high, sometimes low.
I trust in my HRM...more accurate than a machine or mfp database. Investing in one was a great way to eat some of those exercise cals without being worried :drinker:0 -
I lost weight using MFP's numbers but I was not eating back those calories. I now have a heart rate monitor that I wear when I work out and MFP's calories are high. If you use them only eat back part of them.0
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thank u for those who answered my question...0
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lol, for me it's low compared to my HRM, unless it's cleaning or something (seriously, 2 hours of cleaning, 900 calories?! doubtful)0
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I would like to know if anyone uses the mfp database for calculating calories burned, eats those calories back and actually loses weight? I really don't want to hear anything about hrm's i just want to know the answer to the question above please and thanks in advance
Yes. Simple answer.
You have to be "real" and look for the occasional one that's out of whack, but for most exercises I've seen... it's right on.
I've lost nearly 23 pounds so far.. .and it's working for me.0 -
LOL why the opposition to response about HRM's? The reason most have turned to an HRM is because the calorie counts in the database here are not accurate at all and give misleading information that causes overeating.
The calories they list are not correct. usually much higher than actual calories burned.0 -
I have been using a HRM (garmin forerunner) and the calories are pretty close for walking, jogging and cycling...most of the time they are within 20-30 calories for those exercises. For me, most days I try not to eat back my calories burned, but rather keep it at 1200 for the day. Since May I have lost 20 lbs. Good Luck!0
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