Elliptical miscalculation

GreatFaith2017
GreatFaith2017 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I don't think that MFP is calculating my burned calories right on the elliptical. For one thing I know I burn less since my weight isn't that much but for some reason MFP overestimates the number of calories I burned. I know this because I calculated it myself and it doesn't match with MFP at all. I did the other excersies like walking and I don't know if the number of calories is burned is right or wrong. Can someone plz help me out here.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    A lot of people find that MFP overestimates calories burned through exercise. Your safest option is to eat back 50% of what it says, or go with what you estimated.
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,746 Member
    Both MFP and the machines themselves are quite inaccurate when it comes to calculating calorie burns. I ignore them completely.
  • Kayla647
    Kayla647 Posts: 42 Member
    I find my treadmill overestimates my calories burned so I just log in my steps per day
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    which is why you dont eat back all the calories mfp gives you. i log only half of what i exercise and know i can eat those if i want (so if i work out an hour, i log 30 minutes)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It's all estimation...

    Walking is a pretty easy calculation though...

    .30*body weight*distance

    Running...

    .63*body weight*distance

    Those two are pretty accurate.

    Anything a machine or database spits out is going to be a very general estimate...
  • FitKat123
    FitKat123 Posts: 71 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    It's all estimation...

    Walking is a pretty easy calculation though...

    .30*body weight*distance

    Running...

    .63*body weight*distance

    Those two are pretty accurate.

    Anything a machine or database spits out is going to be a very general estimate...

    Is distance in miles?
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    FitKat123 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    It's all estimation...

    Walking is a pretty easy calculation though...

    .30*body weight*distance

    Running...

    .63*body weight*distance

    Those two are pretty accurate.

    Anything a machine or database spits out is going to be a very general estimate...

    Is distance in miles?

    Yes.

    https://www.runnersworld.com/weight-loss/how-many-calories-are-you-really-burning
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,993 Member
    FitKat123 wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    It's all estimation...

    Walking is a pretty easy calculation though...

    .30*body weight*distance

    Running...

    .63*body weight*distance

    Those two are pretty accurate.

    Anything a machine or database spits out is going to be a very general estimate...

    Is distance in miles?

    Yes, and eight in lbs. Easy to convert to kg and km though.
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