2 calorie burned exercise entries?

uvi5

First off I am thankful for those who leave their diaries open. I learn a lot and am learning how to regulate my own diet. I have been keeping it closed and only just opened it. I was ashamed of myself 2 weeks ago, for about a week before that I went on a free for all and ... blah. Anyway, I have been back on track minus the day before Easter (I think I actually ate less than I thought I did). I know i'm shedding, but wont weigh for about another week. Anyway, I was peeping at some open diaries and noticed "*You've earned 2 extra calories from exercise today". I'm just curious what that's about.

arditarose

These people are probably doing the TDEE method, which already includes exercise, as opposed to the MFP NEAT method which does not include exercise.

mkakids

Some people manually enter a low calorie burn to log the fact that they exercised but not add any extra calories to their daily goal.

PAV8888

you can manually trigger a connected app to re synchronise with My Fitness Pal by adding a 1 or 2 calorie exercise to mfp. Of course if you were anal you would then erase that exercise!

Train4Foodz

I usually 'log' my strength training exercises as '2 calories' and my Cardio as whatever my HRM tells me.
Although the strength training is beneficial, I tend to go with the principle that I'm not likely to burn too many more calories doing these exercises than I am whilst doing whatever I might have been doing otherwise(the benefit is in strength and muscle gain, not calorie burn). I log them as cardio purely for the time aspect (for my own record).

What @arditarose said above is also correct. Anybody following a TDEE method would only log any exercise (including cardio) as 2 calorie burns.

All the best!

uvi5

arditarose wrote: »

These people are probably doing the TDEE method, which already includes exercise, as opposed to the MFP NEAT method which does not include exercise.

Oh, ok I get it now. Thank you

uvi5

Adam2k10 wrote: »

I usually 'log' my strength training exercises as '2 calories' and my Cardio as whatever my HRM tells me.
Although the strength training is beneficial, I tend to go with the principle that I'm not likely to burn too many more calories doing these exercises than I am whilst doing whatever I might have been doing otherwise(the benefit is in strength and muscle gain, not calorie burn). I log them as cardio purely for the time aspect (for my own record).

What @arditarose said above is also correct. Anybody following a TDEE method would only log any exercise (including cardio) as 2 calorie burns.

All the best!

I have just recently started lifting weights. We have a full gym in our garage and my husband's been training me. It takes an hour, but I log the generic from the log which shows around 200 for an hour. I walk and keep moving between sets and I am sweating by the end of the session (hurting as well, in a good way) should I not log that workout? I'm new to lifting. I've only been at it every other day for a week. Side note, wow I am feeling pain I never felt before

arditarose

uvi5 wrote: »

Adam2k10 wrote: »

I usually 'log' my strength training exercises as '2 calories' and my Cardio as whatever my HRM tells me.
Although the strength training is beneficial, I tend to go with the principle that I'm not likely to burn too many more calories doing these exercises than I am whilst doing whatever I might have been doing otherwise(the benefit is in strength and muscle gain, not calorie burn). I log them as cardio purely for the time aspect (for my own record).

What @arditarose said above is also correct. Anybody following a TDEE method would only log any exercise (including cardio) as 2 calorie burns.

All the best!

I have just recently started lifting weights. We have a full gym in our garage and my husband's been training me. It takes an hour, but I log the generic from the log which shows around 200 for an hour. I walk and keep moving between sets and I am sweating by the end of the session (hurting as well, in a good way) should I not log that workout? I'm new to lifting. I've only been at it every other day for a week. Side note, wow I am feeling pain I never felt before

200 seems high, but if you're eating it back and losing-great. I lift heavy as well for an hour, and I always assume like...50 calories. 100 tops. I've never "eaten" back lifting calories, but I would eat back all of my cardio calories even though MFP tends to over estimate. Those 50-100 calorie over estimations always seemed to even out.

Train4Foodz

uvi5 wrote: »

Adam2k10 wrote: »

I usually 'log' my strength training exercises as '2 calories' and my Cardio as whatever my HRM tells me.
Although the strength training is beneficial, I tend to go with the principle that I'm not likely to burn too many more calories doing these exercises than I am whilst doing whatever I might have been doing otherwise(the benefit is in strength and muscle gain, not calorie burn). I log them as cardio purely for the time aspect (for my own record).

What @arditarose said above is also correct. Anybody following a TDEE method would only log any exercise (including cardio) as 2 calorie burns.

All the best!

I have just recently started lifting weights. We have a full gym in our garage and my husband's been training me. It takes an hour, but I log the generic from the log which shows around 200 for an hour. I walk and keep moving between sets and I am sweating by the end of the session (hurting as well, in a good way) should I not log that workout? I'm new to lifting. I've only been at it every other day for a week. Side note, wow I am feeling pain I never felt before

@uvi5

Firstly, great work on getting those great burns in those hourly workouts!! I bet you're really starting to feel those strength gains, right?!?!

Moving on to the subject of calorie burn. By the sounds of it, you are definitely raising your heart-rate significantly (if it's causing a sweat). Although for obvious reasons I have no more idea than you of how many calories you burn during these sessions, I should imagine that you probably aren't too far out with your guess(the comment above suggesting around 100.. might be closer to the mark though! I honestly don't know!).

That said, if you are aiming for those strength gains. Even if your total calorific burn didn't equate to 200, your body will sure appreciate any 'extra' to put into recovery and building (no matter how minimal those 'extra' calories might be, if any!).

Keep up the awesome dedication and motivation, I'm positive you'll do fab!!

jennifer_417

I've always kept my diary open, even though I've lost more than 1 MFP friend because of it. I figure if they have a problem with it, then hey, it's THEIR problem, and if they're willing to unfriend me over something like that (I don't have an ED), then I'm probably better off without them.
Anyway, to answer your question, some people manually enter their calories, just to have their workout in their diary, because they have their profile set on active, or don't want to eat back their exercise calories, or because they follow TDEE.

uvi5

Adam2k10 wrote: »

uvi5 wrote: »

Adam2k10 wrote: »

I usually 'log' my strength training exercises as '2 calories' and my Cardio as whatever my HRM tells me.
Although the strength training is beneficial, I tend to go with the principle that I'm not likely to burn too many more calories doing these exercises than I am whilst doing whatever I might have been doing otherwise(the benefit is in strength and muscle gain, not calorie burn). I log them as cardio purely for the time aspect (for my own record).

What @arditarose said above is also correct. Anybody following a TDEE method would only log any exercise (including cardio) as 2 calorie burns.

All the best!

I have just recently started lifting weights. We have a full gym in our garage and my husband's been training me. It takes an hour, but I log the generic from the log which shows around 200 for an hour. I walk and keep moving between sets and I am sweating by the end of the session (hurting as well, in a good way) should I not log that workout? I'm new to lifting. I've only been at it every other day for a week. Side note, wow I am feeling pain I never felt before

@uvi5

Firstly, great work on getting those great burns in those hourly workouts!! I bet you're really starting to feel those strength gains, right?!?!

Moving on to the subject of calorie burn. By the sounds of it, you are definitely raising your heart-rate significantly (if it's causing a sweat). Although for obvious reasons I have no more idea than you of how many calories you burn during these sessions, I should imagine that you probably aren't too far out with your guess(the comment above suggesting around 100.. might be closer to the mark though! I honestly don't know!).

That said, if you are aiming for those strength gains. Even if your total calorific burn didn't equate to 200, your body will sure appreciate any 'extra' to put into recovery and building (no matter how minimal those 'extra' calories might be, if any!).

Keep up the awesome dedication and motivation, I'm positive you'll do fab!!

Thank you. I was so intimidated by lifting, but watching my husband who is 21 years older than me, looking the way he does as well as the energy he has, inspired me. Plus he loves training me as it's something cool we do together and he gets to boss me around a bit lol. I also try to walk brisk 2 to 3 hours throughout the day. I also started adding in a small bit of step aerobics as well. I love the way I feel from working out and it seems the weight is starting to melt off. Although I wont weigh for another week, i sure can see it and feel it Also, my appetite diminishes quite a bit right after a workout. I wait a couple of hours to eat after. Thanks for the encouragement.

uvi5

I changed the generic strength training burn from the database to 1/2 hour to show 105 calories burned (i figure the speed walking the driveway may bring the burn to that) instead of the hour I did. I thought I was burning 200 + calories. Thank you all for the info! I'm loving the lifting and hubby says it will hurt less as time passes and then he'll just add more weight, sets/reps. Lovin' it!

arditarose

uvi5 wrote: »

I changed the generic strength training burn from the database to 1/2 hour to show 105 calories burned (i figure the speed walking the driveway may bring the burn to that) instead of the hour I did. I thought I was burning 200 + calories. Thank you all for the info! I'm loving the lifting and hubby says it will hurt less as time passes and then he'll just add more weight, sets/reps. Lovin' it!

Don't quote me on it! I can't be sure of your routine. If you've been eating those 200 back and still losing, no reason to stop. If you find yourself stalled, that might be the culprit.

uvi5

arditarose wrote: »

uvi5 wrote: »

I changed the generic strength training burn from the database to 1/2 hour to show 105 calories burned (i figure the speed walking the driveway may bring the burn to that) instead of the hour I did. I thought I was burning 200 + calories. Thank you all for the info! I'm loving the lifting and hubby says it will hurt less as time passes and then he'll just add more weight, sets/reps. Lovin' it!

Don't quote me on it! I can't be sure of your routine. If you've been eating those 200 back and still losing, no reason to stop. If you find yourself stalled, that might be the culprit.

I just started eating back some of the exercise calories, but not from the lifting. I usually have some left over by the end of the day. I am dropping and may be losing too fast now. I will find out in a week when I weigh again. I may have my calories lower than I need to drop size. I am still tweeking it till I find my sweet spot for calories.

uvi5

uvi5 wrote: »

arditarose wrote: »

uvi5 wrote: »

I changed the generic strength training burn from the database to 1/2 hour to show 105 calories burned (i figure the speed walking the driveway may bring the burn to that) instead of the hour I did. I thought I was burning 200 + calories. Thank you all for the info! I'm loving the lifting and hubby says it will hurt less as time passes and then he'll just add more weight, sets/reps. Lovin' it!

Don't quote me on it! I can't be sure of your routine. If you've been eating those 200 back and still losing, no reason to stop. If you find yourself stalled, that might be the culprit.

I just started eating back some of the exercise calories, but not from the lifting. I usually have some left over by the end of the day. I am dropping and may be losing too fast now. I will find out in a week when I weigh again. I may have my calories lower than I need to drop size. I am still tweeking it till I find my sweet spot for calories.

Also, I am no hurry to drop size. I will get my diet right over time and reading here on MFP. I appreciate all the responses and I am learning