77midget
07-11-08, 10:23 AM
Just like it says-wondering if it is in the ballpark?
thx
thx
Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - is fitday.com accurate?
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Brando_T.
07-11-08, 10:50 AM
I've found that the "at-rest" basic metabolic calorie burn rate is overestimated - that's one benefit of the full version, you can customize "My Metabolism" to a lower rate. I've modified it for me to a basic rate of about 2,500 calories, with about 8h of sleep and 13h of inactivity.
yes, I paid $20 for the full version when a perfectly good piece of software was available free. Now I just have to get back into the habit of using it.
yes, I paid $20 for the full version when a perfectly good piece of software was available free. Now I just have to get back into the habit of using it.
Pinyon
07-11-08, 01:08 PM
Fitday does a good job of telling you the calorie content in food, but greatly over-estimates how many calories you burn in general. According to their calculations, when I'm eating about 500 fewer calories per day than I burn, I actually gain weight.
The estimates for calories burned during working out are extremely over-estimated. If fitday says that I burned about 1000 calories during a ride, my heart rate monitor indicates that I only burned about 700-750 calories. And I think that the heart rate monitor gives too-large a number as well.
Hope this helps.
The estimates for calories burned during working out are extremely over-estimated. If fitday says that I burned about 1000 calories during a ride, my heart rate monitor indicates that I only burned about 700-750 calories. And I think that the heart rate monitor gives too-large a number as well.
Hope this helps.
Mazama
07-11-08, 02:05 PM
+1
It seems to be high on the calories burned.
It seems to be high on the calories burned.
77midget
07-11-08, 02:17 PM
Thx for the feedback. The 'cals burned' information for me was really secondary to the food nutrient analysis. I have a decent idea of what my cycling burns for me per hours based on an average of a number of different calculators.
Neil_B
07-11-08, 09:09 PM
Just like it says-wondering if it is in the ballpark?
thx
Set the "calories burned" to "sedentary/bed bound" and it works fine.
thx
Set the "calories burned" to "sedentary/bed bound" and it works fine.