Question about calories on MFP??

Kaylabooboo2525
Kaylabooboo2525 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
If I put I'm active on days I work am I still supposed to log my calories burned at work or is that already counted in my calorie goal? And on the days I'm not working I either put sedentary and/or lightly active, would that be better instead of eating the higher amount of calories I would if I am working?

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  • Amanda_Tate28
    Amanda_Tate28 Posts: 168 Member
    edited July 2015
    Im not sure about how that works with the logging but my nutritionist suggested that I do not eat back the calories I burned off but to think of them as a boost to my weight loss. But also I am in the obese category so not sure if that changes for people closer to their goal.
  • beemerphile1
    beemerphile1 Posts: 1,710 Member
    Exercise is the activity you do to purposefully get exercise. Work is included in your regular activity level.

    Go for a run, bike ride, or the like, that is exercise and is logged as such.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    You can set it however you want as long as you're not double counting. Active would include the exercise you get at work so you wouldn't count it again. What do you do for work?
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