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WanderingEng  ·  3474 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How have you lost weight?

I entered 10 hours of hiking into MFP. It told me over 5000 calories burned. It was a long day, and I'm sure I used a lot of energy, but that's ridiculous. I'm not sure I'd believe anything over 2000.

The food calories seem to work well for me, though, and exercise in smaller amounts seems reasonable. I don't think exercise calories scale correctly.





veen  ·  3474 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Once I got a heart rate monitor I realized how utterly wrong those guesses can be. Tip: You can use Endomondo to track your hikes. It takes inclines into account and does a fairly decent job.

kleinbl00  ·  3474 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I nearly died doing an hour of vinyasa yoga. It told me 200 calories.

Then I walked the half mile home at a leisurely pace. It told me 150 calories.