Is The My Fitness Pal Calorie Count For Exercuse Too High ?!

[bigenuff 302]

Does anybody else think the calories burned is too high ?!? I said I did 2 hrs of moving furniture they said I burned 1600 calories ? WTF ? I love it if it's true but it seems a little off to me

[TX mom27 15]

I have often wondered that too.. but regaurdless I still love the app lol

[Pollyanna12 74]

Funny, for the things I have used and then done on high quality equipment, it seems too low...Maybe you can check on some other website for their idea on calories burned to see ??

[justathing2me 146]

I thought the same thing! I started comparing what the machines tell me and what's on my fitness pal. For example, 30 minutes on the the bicycle (12-14 mph) says 399 calories burned on my fitness pal but the bike at the gym said 104.

[Susan2u 2]

MFP takes into consideration your current weight. Most equipment at the gym doesn't. Truth is the more you weigh the more fuel your body most use to move your body. As your weight decreases so will your calories burned during exercises!

[justathing2me 146]

MFP takes into consideration your current weight. Most equipment at the gym doesn't. Truth is the more you weigh the more fuel your body most use to move your body. As your weight decreases so will your calories burned during exercises!

Good to know! Thanks!

[mmv671 25]

It is probably true. I wore my heart rate monitor when I cleaned for 2 hours and I burned 560.

[Jess55 97]

The only way to know true calorie burn is a HRM, or body bugg or Bodymedia fit, etc. 1600 for movie furniture is definitely way to high.

[NWgirl 574]

I am guessing that is for constant, heavy lifting mover type lifting. Sometimes these differences aren't taken into consideration...

[Ready for the change 40]

I need some friends for mfp

[Ready for the change 40]

I have surgery 16 cant wait

[bigenuff 302]

MFP takes into consideration your current weight. Most equipment at the gym doesn't. Truth is the more you weigh the more fuel your body most use to move your body. As your weight decreases so will your calories burned during exercises!

Ohhh that makes sense

[waitingpatiently 250]

I need some friends for mfp

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[honk 780]

I agree with previous poster it's hard to define what they consider furniture moving: a 300 pound dresser or a 10 pound coffee table. I recently cleaned my carpet and was moving furniture around all day. I was EXHAUSTED.

[Ashleigh Childress 16]

Yes. I believe it is off considerably. Notice that it doesn't ask you the level of energy exerted... meaning for the elliptical machine... it doesn't ask you what level or program or what your heart rate was.

I usually trust the machine I am on -OR- you can search it online to get a more accurate count... then I manually change the calories expended... luckily the ap allows you to do that.

@bigenuff - 1600 cals for moving furniture... definitely off... I DO know that you do expend a lot of calories that way...