Exercise calories

prettygirlstorm1
prettygirlstorm1 Posts: 721 Member
edited November 15 in Fitness and Exercise
Can someone explain to me why some people only log 1 or 2 calories for their workouts. I have seen people do this after working out for at least an hour.

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  • steff274
    steff274 Posts: 227 Member
    Because they choose not to eat back their excersize calories..
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Because they are doing TDEE - Total Daily Energy Expenditure - less a percentage of calories if they are losing weight (probably 20%). I am sure someone else can explain it much better than I can, but this method takes into account one's calories burned from exercise. This is in contract to MFP, which does not include calories burned from exercise in one's deficit. Hope this helps.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Because they have a fitness tracker and it's already accounting for the calorie burns.
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
    I do this because I'm using the TDEE method and as Lynn mentioned, exercise calories are already included in my total calories for the day. I'd still like to track my exercise, and MFP won't let you enter 0 calories burned, so I enter 1.
  • prettygirlstorm1
    prettygirlstorm1 Posts: 721 Member
    oh ok thanks for the replies they were all very helpful. I still don't understand the TDEE but that is for another forum!!!
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