Exercise calories? Help please :)

DustQueen

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I guys I've just started calorie counting and I'm having trouble working out my exercise calories, the gym machines say one thing MFP says another and if I use my average HR to calculate it I get a different number again :S
I found a HRM calculator online that works out calories from your weight, sex, and duration of exercise using your av HR. I thought this would be the most accurate way but I don't want to calculate too much and overeat :S
Any thoughts would be appreciated thanks
 
I would just take the lowest figure u get and use that, then ur not risking eating calories u have not earned and even if u do burn a few extra its a bonus!

Good luck x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx
 
xKimmyDecBride2Bx said:
I would just take the lowest figure u get and use that, then ur not risking eating calories u have not earned and even if u do burn a few extra its a bonus!

Good luck x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx

Thanks for the reply Kim, the figures are very different like 500+ and 200 and I'm already on low calories so don't want to wreck my metabolism etc by going too low.
I think it makes more sense that it is over the 200kcal that the machine says as I'm uber unfit and my heart rate was through the roof the whole time MFP agrees more with the higher value HRM for bike and more with the lower machine value for treadmill :S
 
xKimmyDecBride2Bx said:
I would just take the lowest figure u get and use that, then ur not risking eating calories u have not earned and even if u do burn a few extra its a bonus!

Good luck x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx

Ps is it this Dec you are getting married?
 
Well just go with whatever you feel you have earned, you will know yourself how tired you are etc to base it on. Yeh this dec, its 7 weeks today :D x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx
 
xKimmyDecBride2Bx said:
Well just go with whatever you feel you have earned, you will know yourself how tired you are etc to base it on. Yeh this dec, its 7 weeks today :D x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx

How exciting!!!! I'm getting married on the 21st Nov :D
Honestly I worked my little fat arse off today and had my heart rate at over 175 for over an hour went purple within about 5 mins and kept it up, thought I might puke a lot!!!
Trying to look online to see which is more accurate, I think the calculator I found takes into account sex height weight and HR so I hope should be accurate :S
 
DustQueen said:
How exciting!!!! I'm getting married on the 21st Nov :D
Honestly I worked my little fat arse off today and had my heart rate at over 175 for over an hour went purple within about 5 mins and kept it up, thought I might puke a lot!!!
Trying to look online to see which is more accurate, I think the calculator I found takes into account sex height weight and HR so I hope should be accurate :S

Aw a month today bet you cant wait!! Have ya got everything sorted out? I have.. Just lol our venue cancelled on us last week but luckily managed to find another one plus its alot nicer too so its a bonus! X

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx
 
xKimmyDecBride2Bx said:
Aw a month today bet you cant wait!! Have ya got everything sorted out? I have.. Just lol our venue cancelled on us last week but luckily managed to find another one plus its alot nicer too so its a bonus! X

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx

Last week??? Bet you were livid!! that's great that you got somewhere better though :)
No ours is very unsorted lol we are going to St Lucia so that bit is sorted for us but we're having a do here when we get back 10th Dec and nothing is sorted for that lol well we have a tent and wine lol what more does a girl want? ;)
 
DustQueen said:
Last week??? Bet you were livid!! that's great that you got somewhere better though :)
No ours is very unsorted lol we are going to St Lucia so that bit is sorted for us but we're having a do here when we get back 10th Dec and nothing is sorted for that lol well we have a tent and wine lol what more does a girl want? ;)

Oh exactly.. Couldn't ask for much more thn that! Lol
I was foamin but its workd out so much better for us, evrythn is just so muich better at this new place. We have just orderd my sons suit 2day, hes only 1 n half bless him cnt wait to see how he looks in it lol x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx
 
xKimmyDecBride2Bx said:
Oh exactly.. Couldn't ask for much more thn that! Lol
I was foamin but its workd out so much better for us, evrythn is just so muich better at this new place. We have just orderd my sons suit 2day, hes only 1 n half bless him cnt wait to see how he looks in it lol x

xPreggasKimmyx
xSoon2bMrsSlimx

Oh bless bet he looks cute as :)
 
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