"Slider" sliderxp21 at hotmail dot com wrote:

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"Slider" sliderxp21 at hotmail dot com wrote:

I've been LCing for over a year and lost 50lbs. About 5-6 weeks ago, I
started riding an Aerodyne bike (stationary, 25 mins at 65RPM, about 350
cal.)

those things waaaaaaaaaaay overestimate the amount of calories burned.
don't rely on it.

Actually, the Aerodyne bike I ride has a calorie counter on it and right or
wrong, it matches FitDay's numbers.

What do you suggest I use?

If they over estimate the caloric burn, hopefully they also overestimate the
caloric intake.

they both overestimate calories burned. you need to put yourself into
fitday as nearly dead (bedridden or whatever it is) in order to get an
accurate count from it. it sets your basal metabolic rate too high
otherwise, and that skews everything else.

i think this one

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/Calories.html

is slightly more accurate, but don't fool yourself into thinking that
you're working harder than you are. i don't say that to be
condescending, i say it because most of us tend not to be good judges of
just how much we're putting out.

i myself only burn about 240 calories in 25 minutes of pretty vigorous
cycling (not on a stationary bike but out in the real world), and i
consider myself lucky to burn that much - if, indeed, i am. i suspect
there could be a variance of anywhere from ten to fifty calories in
either direction. since my body exists outside of controlled laboratory
conditions, there's no way to know for sure exactly what it's doing.

in any case, it's not all that helpful to look at the exact number of
calories we burn in any given excercise session. we should exercise to
increase our overall fitness & well-being and to boost our metabolism,
not to achieve X number of extra calories available daily for a
candybar. know what i mean?