question about settings

fitoverfifty

So, I was wondering, I had originally set my daily activity as " moderate", considering I walk my dog every day. So, that gives me the extra calories. If on top of that I log my daily dog walk, I would get the same added calories again......So, should I just put "sedentary" in my settings, and then log all my activities and get credit as I go? If that is true, then everyone who works out should still set their original setting at sedentary, or, if they don't, not log their activity, as it was already calculated in?

ErikThaRed

Keep the moderate setting and eat back calories you burn on the walks

Babbs1977

I work out a lot and chose to keep my setting as sedentary, so that I know exactly how many exercise calories I can eat back. I don't eat them all back, but some days I do. For me it's just a preference so that I can be extra aware of what I'm eating vs. burning.

jasonraygagnon

Sounds like you are double dipping with the calories ;-) If you have a sedentary lifestyle, you may want your MFP settings reflect just that. I would however be careful with logging "everything". Personally, if I do a 15-30 min walk with my dog, it doesn't get logged. I only log the cardio sessions and the strength training. Time will tell what works best for you as everybody is different :-)

fitoverfifty

Thanks for the answers, I changed my settings to sedentary so now I can log my workouts and walks. I walk 80 minutes, but I take the " calories burned" they give me with a grain of salt :-)..........According to them, I burned more on the elliptical for 40 minutes than I burn when I walk for 80.......I know from the way I feel that that is not correct.......So I'll go easy on the extra calories :-)

vicky1947mfp

fitoverfifty wrote: »

Thanks for the answers, I changed my settings to sedentary so now I can log my workouts and walks. I walk 80 minutes, but I take the " calories burned" they give me with a grain of salt :-)..........According to them, I burned more on the elliptical for 40 minutes than I burn when I walk for 80.......I know from the way I feel that that is not correct.......So I'll go easy on the extra calories :-)

I think they are correct. I burn way more calories on the elliptical than I do walking at a brisk pace. My weight loss results show that to be true for me.