A little confused

sexymom04
sexymom04 Posts: 263 Member
edited November 19 in Motivation and Support
When I exercise I add more calories. Does that mean I have to eat more to make up those calories? Or I don't have to. Confused!!!

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  • laurakelly6
    laurakelly6 Posts: 18 Member
    Hi! When you set up MFP it takes all your info and sets a base calorie cap for how much you need just to get through the day. So when you work out it will add some calories to your cap because your body needs the extra fuel to get through the day. For me, personally, I just try to make sure I'm slightly beneath the cap and it usually results in weight lost. Also be sure to really keep an eye on the sugars, fats, carb breakdown. I really like that function because it lets me know if I have too much sugar or fat in my diet. Such a great app!
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Most people on here will tell you to eat back half of your exercise calories because of the overestimation of MFP. I usually just log half the time I exercise and it works the same.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    sexymom04 wrote: »
    When I exercise I add more calories. Does that mean I have to eat more to make up those calories? Or I don't have to. Confused!!!

    There are two methods you can do for calorie tracking. some people use the mfp method which you earn exercise calories that you can eat back. The calorie burns tend to be very exaggerated so I would suggest eating back 60-70% of the calories.

    Some people use the TDEE-20% method which already has your calories from exercise included so you wouldn't earn extra calories from exercise.

    Hope that helps.
  • sexymom04
    sexymom04 Posts: 263 Member
    Ok so only log in half of the exercise or eat back 60-70% of my calories burnt. I think I got it lol
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    sexymom04 wrote: »
    Ok so only log in half of the exercise or eat back 60-70% of my calories burnt. I think I got it lol

    And adjust based on your actual rate of loss vs your expected rate of loss. So if you are losing faster than expected, eat back more. If you are losing slower than expected, double check your logging, and if it's accurate, eat back less.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    sexymom04 wrote: »
    Ok so only log in half of the exercise or eat back 60-70% of my calories burnt. I think I got it lol

    Log in the full amount of exercise because you will want to look back at the Reports tool to see what you have been doing.
    Eat back about half the calories -- most of the time that works for people.

  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    sexymom04 wrote: »
    Ok so only log in half of the exercise or eat back 60-70% of my calories burnt. I think I got it lol

    Log in the full amount of exercise because you will want to look back at the Reports tool to see what you have been doing.
    Eat back about half the calories -- most of the time that works for people.

    What I do is log the time but adjust the calorie burn.
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