MFP activity calories

[bluegirly 343]

Anyone else feel like my fitness pal gives you way too much credit for calories burned?? It says I burn about 800 during an hour of Zumba....I feel like that's too high. It also says I burn about 700 during a 30 minute run. Too much???

[Bandista 7,466]

I know what you mean -- those numbers can be ridiculous. I forget the exact calories burned for an hour of gardening but it was absurd. Some people put in a 1 for each regular exercise activity so there are no calorie additions to the day. I have tried that from time to time as I don't like to see the huge amount of calories MFP thinks I should be eating.

[Bama53 214]

That's what I do. I walk 30-60-90 mins and put in 1 calorie. Still have a record of what I've done.

[Pittsburgher 261]

I dont track my exercise on mfp because of this, i have a seperate calendar i write my exercise and weekly weights on, and when i go for a check up i just take it with me. I dont like when you put in your exercise your goals change (calories, Protein, fat, etc.) I dont like that at all.

[HealthyNewMe 1,935]

I override MFP's calorie count with the readout on the elliptical, which I adjust each time to my current weight. Elliptical reading is always way less than MFP'S reading for calories burned.