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Calories with exercise question

blbst36
blbst36 Posts: 54 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I got sick and didn't do anything for a week. I badly underate for a good portion of it. I am back to being myself again and decided to evaluate my current WL plan. I started by changing my WI day so that the graph on the app for weekly goal is more helpful. Next is my calorie/macro goals

I am using IIFYM to determine my numbers. I originally put in working out 4x a week. It was 2 lifting and 2 cardio. I changed it to 3 lifting and 1 cardio, but I had a harder time getting the motivation to do the cardio.

This is what I am thinking of doing - set IIFYM to working out 3x a week and use that (done), but when and if I have the hankering to do some cardio, log it on here for some extra calories just on those days.

Bad idea? Am I getting too nitpicky? Does it just not work that way?

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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    Not a bad plan, go with it and see how it works
  • GothyFaery
    GothyFaery Posts: 762 Member
    As far as physics and math go, yes as long as your other activities didn't go down. You're essentially setting your activity level to a certain spot and anything above that would be extra.
  • blbst36
    blbst36 Posts: 54 Member
    Thanks for the responses :) I am going to give it a try
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