Confused about calorie adjustment after getting a fitness tracker.

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EAT=Exercise Associated Thermogenesis. This is what people consistently 'mess up' with MFP. The reason people can't figure out why to eat back some of their exercise calories is because they have a deficit based on how much they enter in the beginning to lose- - -1/2 a pound to 2 pounds a week(the most common for women is 1200 calories). A woman creates the deficit when they sign up for MFP. Why is 1200 so common? Because you want to lose as much as possible as quickly as possible. MFP asks for your activity level(NEAT), calculates your BMR based on gender, weight, and few other factors.

When you exercise on MFP and add those calories they are the part which is EAT(exercise associated thermogenesis).

People in general think the activity level(NEAT) is actually their (EAT and NEAT) and they are in fact separated. Hence the reason people do not learn how to use the tool.

The next big hurdle for people is adaptive thermogenesis; when someone eats too few calories like 1,000 and their loss slows they get stumped. The human body adapts quickly when you cease fueling it properly(at a certain caloric level) and when you do not provide adequate intake of MACROS and MICROS nutrients.

So, TDEE=NEAT+TEF+BMR+EAT

MFP works with TDEE without the EAT. Better? When you hook up a fitbit or Jawbone you are tracking BOTH EAT and NEAT. This is the reason there are whole groups dedicated to these issues. People simply do not understand the tools they have and how they function.

Sunny_Bunny_

FIT_Goat wrote: »

TDEE = Total Daily Energy Expenditure

I am not sure what EAT is supposed to be. TDEE should cover all your calories burned from any means.

That's the part I did understand. I didn't get the E= exercise part and the -eat and I don't know what NEAT is...