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Calories burned?

savismommy
savismommy Posts: 56
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I know I'm probably going to have a lot of "buy a HRM" answers... but it's simply not in my financial reach right now.

What do you use? I use a stationary bike at home. It tells me I burned 72 calories going 14 mph + for 15 minutes straight. That's it? Then I enter it on here and it says for my weight I burned 150+ calories. The bike isn't one where you enter your weight or anything like that. It just tells you distance, time and calories burned.

Which one should I use when logging how much I burn. I know 72 doesn't seem like a whole lot...

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  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
    If you can't afford an HRM --- you'll have to either trust your bike or trust MFP to guess for you.

    Pick a number between the two and cross your fingers.
  • mallorybriann
    mallorybriann Posts: 1,380 Member
    I usually burn about 100 cals per 10 minutes for a basic workout, nothing too strenuous.
    I would try different websites for calorie tracking and average them. Or to be on the safer side, lowball.
    MFP definitely overestimates!
    My friend has an app on her phone that keeps track or her HR and guestimates calories burned.
  • robinellis
    robinellis Posts: 66
    i personally would go with the 72 cal/burn. my elliptical tells me i burn about half of what MFP says i would burn in the same amount of time and i have now been able to purchase a HRM and it's calorie burn for my time on the elliptical is pretty close to what my machine says. so ignore what MFP's database says. exercise is very subjective to the person and the effort put in so it is hard to build an accurate database.
  • Staceyblewin
    Staceyblewin Posts: 96 Member
    My bike always tells me something super low but it doesn't take into consideration weight. I've used inputted the variables into multiple calculators on the web and they always come up with avg what MFP has so I would go with that.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Split the difference. When in doubt, its always better to 'guesstimate' workout calories lower and food calories higher.
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