Not logging exercise....a good idea or not?

ebonyroche

I do not log my exercise either but I do put it in my exercise notes so that it does not adjust my calories.

kdz526

I rarely log excersise unless its one i know that did significant burn. I am not overly active some days so I figure it evens out. My workouts are just 30 mins walking with some weight training thrown in. Some days I go over on calories and some days I am a little under. I still tend to lose 1 to 1.5 lbs a week, which is what I want.

TimothyFish

When I ride my bicycle, I'll ride for an hour and a half or more. That, I always log. But if I get out and mow the yard or someone wants to go for a walk around the block, I don't bother.

SLLRunner

I think the determining factor is type of workout and intensity. What you do does not sound strenuous and can most likely be figured into your activity level. However, should you decide to do something like running, or cardio machines, where you are expending a lot of energy, you would want to eat a portion of those back to properly fuel your body.

SLLRunner

KittensMaster wrote: »

The MFP based programs including Map My Ride give way high calorie burn numbers

Like 40% high

True.

I added a food Calorie Burn Off that 500 per cup. I usually take of half of bicycle ride calories

It seems to me gym machines, MFP, and any internet source provides inflated calorie burns. I have found my heart rate monitor to render more accurate numbers for me (based on my results over time), but then again that is only an estimate as well. Much of weight management is trial and error.

BWBTrish

A lot of people "demand" their body to be top fit and do a lot of work on just some calorie intake.
And i am not talking about a bit of exercise

but exercising for hundreds of calories and not giving anything back to your body for that ( after all the 1200 calories given by MFP is just for living and surviving) will lead to bings/graving, possible injuries, mal-nutrtion etc etc Most of it are long term effects. when you start you dont notice it...than the 'being tired" starts...one day..... some days
Being more hungry starts...and the gosh it is hard feeling

All because you deny your body the nutrition it needs because you dont eat enough.

there is really no harm in eating back some of the burned calories! Also when you do MFP than you do NEAT which means calories without exercise!!!!!!!
So when you do exercise you need to eat those back...because of inaccuracy people eat back only a part what is wise to do so.

Just use some common sense and think what you do to your body when you eat low calories and burn like 3 or 400 calories a day!
Its not healthy, really

misterdale67

I log my exercise, but I log it as 50% of what MFP says I burned.