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Heart rate monitor!

Bucky2BeBetty
Bucky2BeBetty Posts: 79 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So I got my hrm this week and started using it, only to find that I have been waaaaaaay off with amount of calories burned. I have been using the numbers on the machines at the gym and now find they are telling me that I use almost twice as many calories as I actually was. No wonder my weight loss stalled out when I was eating back all my calories. I was eating way beyond what I actually used. Hope I see some good results now that I know more accurately what my calorie usage is.

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  • ofccat
    ofccat Posts: 284 Member
    Did you change the machines when you were on them so they were set up for you? Mine was off some but not a ton. Glad you have a HRM now and are on track. Good luck!
  • jarrettd
    jarrettd Posts: 872 Member
    I couldn't manage without my HRM and my food scale. Good for you for taking control!
  • Bucky2BeBetty
    Bucky2BeBetty Posts: 79 Member
    I adjusted the machines for my age and weight but they still allowed me too many calories burned. I tend to have a slow resting heart rate and low blood pressure so maybe that would explain why I burn fewer calories.
  • spammyanna
    spammyanna Posts: 871 Member
    The same thing happened to me, except MFP was underestimating my calories burned, and I wasn't eating enough! This HRM is the best thing ever!
  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
    I learned the same thing... and the numbers MFP guesses for you are way off as well.
    Assuming you have an HRM with a chest strap tht you can program your stats in anyway...
    I did actually find a brand new machine at the gym that matches my HRM almost identical.
  • ashlytet
    ashlytet Posts: 6
    I find that the HR monitors at the gym are horrible. Congrats on you new HR monitor. I have a polar that tracks calories and HR. They are great tools to aid in your weight loss. I hope you enjoy :)
  • vikesfanmb
    vikesfanmb Posts: 291 Member
    So great that you now have an accurate picture of your calories burned. I just got my HRM too and I don't know how I lived without it! I even take mine swimming, in the pool, at the gym. And yes - both MFP and the exercise machines at the gym were off based on what my HRM is telling me now. Not a lot (probably less than 50 calories per activity) but still, enough to make a difference.
  • Jaded_GRL
    Jaded_GRL Posts: 42
    HRM are WONDERFUL. If someone is thinking of joining a gym they should just take the money and buy a HRM. Wear it anywhere and find out how much calories you burn with accuracy, I love mine! I hate jogging and have never really been one for bike riding, but now I can see just how much I burn it is amazing and I know just a quick ride on the bike and I can burn off a ton of calories :-D Walking/Joggin on the treadmill just isn't the same as on the road - on the treadmill I average only about 100 calories a mile... on the road I seem to double that.
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