Not sure how to use my watch to count cals.

CherryOnionKiss
CherryOnionKiss Posts: 376 Member
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
I have this cheap watch, I didn't want put too much money in this because I tend to quit exercise often. It can count how many cals I lose based on my gender, age, weight and time I've done on a level of activity. I'm doing the Walk the pounds off with Leslie Sansone thing so I've set my activity level on my watch to "Light". It says that for example I've burnerd 161 cals in 18 minutes but if I try the cal count option with the pulse thingy it says that I only burned 61 cals?! Which one is the good one?

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  • niftynicola
    niftynicola Posts: 4
    if it's reading your heart rate- that's the more accurate one.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    No idea! Can you look it up in the HRM/watch's instruction manual?
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    if it's reading your heart rate- that's the more accurate one.

    ^ this. its a wake up call. you need to speed up your pace to burn off more calories.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    If that watch/heart rate monitor doesn't use a chest strap, it's likely not all that accurate.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    Does it have a chest strap? If not, then it's going to absolute crap at counting calories.

    In theory, if you need to touch the watch to get a heart rate reading, then it's basing the calorie count off of when you touch the watch. So if you only touched it once during the whole 18 minutes, thats what it is basing the calorie count off of. If you touch it more then once, it will change depending on what your heart rate is at the time.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Does it have a chest strap? If not, then it's going to absolute crap at counting calories.

    In theory, if you need to touch the watch to get a heart rate reading, then it's basing the calorie count off of when you touch the watch. So if you only touched it once during the whole 18 minutes, thats what it is basing the calorie count off of. If you touch it more then once, it will change depending on what your heart rate is at the time.
    This^^
  • CherryOnionKiss
    CherryOnionKiss Posts: 376 Member
    No chest strap, I have to touch the sensor with my finger
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    No chest strap, I have to touch the sensor with my finger

    Yea.. You need to junk it and get one with a chest strap.

    Like I stated previously, it's basing your calorie count off of when you touch it. So if you don't touch it that often, your calorie count is going to be wacked.

    Get one with a chest strap.. you'll be much happier.
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