Help: MFP adding calories to my goal

I'm relatively new to MFP and i'm wondering if anyone else thinks its counterproductive for MFP to add exercise calories to the allotted calorie goal. If I burn off 165 calories why would I want to move my goal to eat those calories, and furthermore, why would MFP notify me that I'm eating under my goal calories if my original goal was met for the day? I really don't want to start eating the calories that I'm burning and skew everything. Any opinions?

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  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    I don't log my exercise for this very reason.
  • FatJockSing
    FatJockSing Posts: 164 Member
    You have to be sure you set your goals correctly in MFP. If you follow THEIR methos when you do your Base Metabolic rate calcs 9and hence Calorie target) they tell you to IGNORE exercise - just base it on your non-workout day. That way it gives you a target for normal days, with the required defecit. On training days you burn more - so keep deficit same, you eat back. If you set BMR INCLUDING your workout levels - then it IS INDEED counter productive to eat back. By the same token, if yopu set using only normal day - you will have TOO big a deficit on Training days. So you just need to know what yuo want and be consistent. about your approach. I personally dont think this is made CLEAR enough. I set my Calorie target based on my TOTAL lifestyle and just done log exercise or eat back the calories.
  • MsHarryWinston
    MsHarryWinston Posts: 1,027 Member
    edited November 2014
    ^ this. I set my activity to what my life is like WITHOUT structured exercise. Workouts are extra things I do on top of my life that I may or may not do super consistently. If I'm sick for a week and don't work out then I don't want to be eating as if I did an extra hour of cardio every day. It would throw me off. By having it set up this way my deficit is built in no matter what I do.