calories burned & calories showing on MFP

nicbic123
nicbic123 Posts: 75 Member
edited September 30 in Fitness and Exercise
i am struggling to understand why when i go on my exercise bike it shows i have burned 49 calories but when i logged it in on MFP it showed i burned 376!!! if it was only a small difference i wouldn't be bothered...just don't get how there is such a BIG gap????

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  • KeithLB
    KeithLB Posts: 6
    Select "My Exercises" under the Exercise tab and put in a custom workout. I did this for my treadmill workouts because I trust the treadmill numbers more than I trust the MFP numbers.
  • crb1988
    crb1988 Posts: 134 Member
    Does the calculator on the bike ask for your height, weight, gender, and age? MFP's calculator factors all of those in, so I think that could be the reason for the difference.
  • bjshields
    bjshields Posts: 677 Member
    You can't trust exercise machines for calorie burns. They're all over the road. That being said, you also have to watch how many calories MFP gives you, because at times it seems like it overdoes it. Good luck and happy biking!:smile:
  • SarahofTwins
    SarahofTwins Posts: 1,169 Member
    I don't trust in my treadmill or mfp calculations...I trust in my HRM (heart rate monitor), very accurate compared to what the machine might give.
  • nicbic123
    nicbic123 Posts: 75 Member
    yeah i reckon MFP does overdo it a bit...but i also googled it and found a site which says on average for a 30 min workout (which is what i did) a person would burn around 300!!
    i have still to get a HRM been meaning to for a while!
  • yeabby
    yeabby Posts: 643 Member
    In comparison to my hrm the calories on MFP are usually double. That being said I don't trust MFP for the count. I don't have advice on what to do other than maybe split the difference. If accurate count is important to you, you might consider getting a hrm.
  • elbandito
    elbandito Posts: 157
    I get different results when using MFP's calorie calculator and the tracking in Runkeeper. I err on the side of caution and enter the lowest figure of the two.
  • nicbic123
    nicbic123 Posts: 75 Member
    i just checked another site similar to MFP and entered the same details...it came up with the EXACT same calories burned!!!!!
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