calories burnt

nettleboo
nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
hello all i got a new sport watch yesterday which i decided to use this morning along side the wii active game i use everyday, the game has a heart rate monitor you wear on your arm at a pulse point wrist or elbow the watch how ever has a chest strap. now ive done my work out and the difference in calories is 105.1 the the watch is giving a higher calories burnt than the game. so my question is should i use the game cals burnt or the watches as i havent log my exercise yet?????

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  • lizjames1971
    lizjames1971 Posts: 39
    The watch!
  • pietergreyling
    pietergreyling Posts: 8
    the watch if you set it right
  • nettleboo
    nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
    yeah i thought as much now i now why ive been losing weight quite easily ive been burning more cals logging a lower amount and not always eating back the right amount burnt if that makes and ounce of sense lol :-)
  • nettleboo
    nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
    yeah i thought as much now i now why ive been losing weight quite easily ive been burning more cals logging a lower amount and not always eating back the right amount burnt if that makes and ounce of sense lol :-)
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    that depends greatly on the watch type. Cheap watches use less involved and accurate formula's. I have no experience about how accurate the Wii would be for that, but knowing the amount of money and effort nintendo puts into things, I'd imagine the formula is at least decent. One advantage the Wii has over an HRM is that it can detect not only heart rate, but movement levels as well, whether they factor that in or not, I don't know, but it can be a factor if they do.
  • nettleboo
    nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
    the watch was set to my height and weight i only donned the chest strap just before start so there is a minute or so delay between the game and the watch, i had it on hrm with calories burnt going and also timer
  • nettleboo
    nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
    the watch has a calibration for movement as it a pedometer also
  • nettleboo
    nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
    in all honesty im not sure how accurate any hrm is after all its guessing how many cals etc i may just log the game cals atleast then i know im on a good losing streak :-)
  • shakybabe
    shakybabe Posts: 1,578 Member
    I just log what my games say and passive trainer bike.. I don't eat all the exercise cals so at least that way I definitely have a deficit even if the game etc over or under estimated the calorie burn.
  • nettleboo
    nettleboo Posts: 177 Member
    thank you all for your replies
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