Still confused

[Juliesmyth]

What calorie burn to I go with? Strava or mfp is always a lot more than the Fitbit 🤔

[LeeU Graduate]

I always go by my Garmin as it uses a chest strap, knows, my weight, height, age, etc so it can estimate to calorie burn better. I don't think Strava has all of the above to be quite as accurate.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

They are all guessing.

Why not go with the lower one, just to see on the side of caution.

[Juliesmyth Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Gonna stick with the lower although it’s tempting to go higher!

[Hidden]

They are all estimates - I think the higher ones include the calories you would have burned anyway just being alive - the lower ones just the extra calories you burned due to the exercise maybe?

However, don’t fall into the trap of using the calorie count to justify eating a bar of chocolate or some other delicious but high calorie treat - my sister does that and despite months of vigorous exercise (she is quite fit now!), her weight is still high and she keeps moaning about her lack of weight loss 😁

[Juliesmyth Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. I’ll go with the Fitbit and stay away from the chocolate lol

[madmother Graduate]

You can’t out exercise a bad diet....unfortunately 🙄😩

[Juliesmyth Graduate in reply to madmother]

🥴