You burnt how many calories?!

This is why I don't eat back all the cals it says I burned. I don't fully trust the estimate from here. One day I will get a HRM but until then it is just a "guess." I log stuff on here to keep track of what I am doing more then anything.

Me too. MFP exercises seem to be exaggerated. Not as much as some other sites I've been to (sparkpeople calculated that my 45 min Zumba class burned 535 cals; so i went about 100 under to be safe) but still if you're trying to eat to the right calorie count it can be confusing. I also wish MFP would expand their exercise list to include more activities. Zumba wasn't on there for example, and I felt the "dance" category just wasn't' quite the right fit.

I definitely think there's a point where you can really 'nickel and dime' your calories and agree that it sets you up for disappointment.

I trust my HRM because it seems way more reasonable. I've never burned anywhere near even 900 calories doing an hour of high impact cardio, If I can burn an average of 10kcal/min I'm happy.

Logging 'cooking' as an activity is one that boggles my mind. I consider stuff like that extra padding just in case my BMR is a little lower than what MFP thinks it should be.

I acknowledge that people differ in the amount of energy they will exert during exercise, I generally like to be conservative in my estimates. Is it really possible to burn 2000 calories in 90 minutes? Here is a generic calculator I came across, and it seems to be more in the ball park of what I think is correct.

http://mydr.com.au/tools/calories-burned-calculator

I keep seeing numbers like 1400 in 45minutes and the like. I think some people may be setting themselves up for disappointment when the numbers they get on MFP don't translate to weight loss.

My basic understanding is you burn around 900 calories running for 1 hour, note that is running, not jogging. Using this as a base you can estimate roughly other activities. But of course we are all different and we all have different bodies that will burn calories at different rates. The calculations are based on the study you can read here http://juststand.org/Portals/3/literature/compendium-of-physical-activities.pdf

What are peoples thoughts on this?

I acknowledge that people differ in the amount of energy they will exert during exercise, I generally like to be conservative in my estimates. Is it really possible to burn 2000 calories in 90 minutes? Here is a generic calculator I came across, and it seems to be more in the ball park of what I think is correct.

http://mydr.com.au/tools/calories-burned-calculator

I keep seeing numbers like 1400 in 45minutes and the like. I think some people may be setting themselves up for disappointment when the numbers they get on MFP don't translate to weight loss.

My basic understanding is you burn around 900 calories running for 1 hour, note that is running, not jogging. Using this as a base you can estimate roughly other activities. But of course we are all different and we all have different bodies that will burn calories at different rates. The calculations are based on the study you can read here http://juststand.org/Portals/3/literature/compendium-of-physical-activities.pdf

What are peoples thoughts on this?

And this is why I never bother worrying about calorie burn during exercise or net calories...It just gives people one more thing to obsess over, get wrong or confuse themselves with.

There's a lot to be said for simplicity. And no, that doesn't mean I am simple

It's total BS.
Those numbers are way out of line, and it won't be long before the ones recording such numbers come back crying the blues about how they're doing everything they're supposed to do but can't get results.:sad:

I recall somebody wanting to argue that point once, and instead of admitting they were wrong, they just deactivated their account.
I WISH I could burn that much in 90 minutes.
I workout 2 hours a day, and for 2 whole hours, I burn about 1000 calories.

It's total BS.
Those numbers are way out of line, and it won't be long before the ones recording such numbers come back crying the blues about how they're doing everything they're supposed to do but can't get results.:sad:

I recall somebody wanting to argue that point once, and instead of admitting they were wrong, they just deactivated their account.
I WISH I could burn that much in 90 minutes.
I workout 2 hours a day, and for 2 whole hours, I burn about 1000 calories.

What is total BS? And someone deactived their account over this? I am sure it had to do with people who thought they were right being complete a**h*les to them. Thats how alot of people are. I feel bad that they would deactivate their account over a disscusion, and I an sure it had to do with more than them being wrong.