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Logging exercise

karrianne32
karrianne32 Posts: 51 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
What exercise do people log?
Is it necessary if I don't want to eat the extra calories?
Yesterday I used endomondo to track our walk and it automatically logs exercise, but I am intending on using my cross trainer too and possibly swimming/walking in the pool. The cross trainer steps will possibly be picked up on my fit bit, but swimming won't.
I think I'm muttering out loud to myself here
:-/

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  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    karrianne32 wrote: »
    What exercise do people log? The cross trainer steps will possibly be picked up on my fit bit, but swimming won't.

    Your Fitbit burn is TDEE, and exercise logged in MFP overwrites your Fitbit burn during that time. So I never log exercise in MFP. I log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) in Fitbit.

    If you want your Fitbit exercise to appear in your feed, post a status update. That way you get the best of both worlds—an accurate burn + likes.

    You can learn more (and find friends) in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
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