Trackers for Calories Burned

ajbltn
ajbltn Posts: 57
in Fitness and Exercise
Can anyone recommend a good way to get an accurate read of calories burned, in better correlation to your weight and such? Im a stay at home mom with a very limited income and I've checked out things like fitbit but $100+ isn't gonna work right now! I've checked out some iPhone apps but some numbers seem whacky. What is the "formula"? Thanks!

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  • shall128
    shall128 Posts: 3 Member
    I found one but let me check and see if I still have the link.
  • shall128
    shall128 Posts: 3 Member
    http://walking.about.com/library/cal/uccalc1.htm
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    There isn't one, it's too individual. Cals burned is based largely on intensity, which varies person to person and exercise to exercise. If I were you, I'd either buy a used HRM, use it for a few months to get a feel for my burns, then resell it (net cost to you would be negligible). Or I'd try to find a friend with one who would let me borrow it periodically.

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