My Fitness Pal

[Eden]

.... All of the cyclists who frequent MFP claim that the # MFP gives them is WAY higher than what they get if they wear a HRM......

Now I find that if I wear a HR monitor with my Garmin it cuts the calories so severely I'd starve.... (by about 1/3 compared to without) while it pretty well agrees with MFP without the HRM. As I've lost about 10 lbs over the last few months using either the MFP#'s or my Garmin's -no hr monitor, I'm willing to say if you input your data correctly in the first place that it's pretty accurate.

I also don't follow any particular diet. As with Irulan I avoid junk food, choose healthy foods, but in the end a calorie is a calorie.... some foods certainly carry more of a calorie punch for their volume/make you feel more or less full etc, but they all burn the same in the end and if you eat less than you burn, you'll lose weight.