Question With Calories Remaining

antdogs

so i went down about 34 lbs and still going down but i get a little confused with the calories remaining portion. so i input my info and it tells me my goal is 2920 calories. now from my heart rate monitor everything i did from the gym to walking to the gym and exercise and cardio i burned 2244 calories.. now my calories remaining is 5,164. my question is now since i burned so much calories do i have to take in 5,164 calories? to compensate for what i burned?

any help is appreciated thanks guys!

JenMc14

You should not count everything you do as exercise. If you use the MFP goal settings and set to sedentary, you should enter only dedicated exercise and you can eat those calories back. The MFP setting takes into account the calories you burn walking around the office, sitting on the couch, etc. If you have a more active job, you might want to set it to lightly active. If your HRM is counting every calorie burned and you enter them all as exercise, you're "double dipping", and you'll be eating at a surplus and you'll gain. I hope that makes sense.

thisismeraw

If you put your HRM on when you were going to the gym and took it off when you were done at the gym than I would be eating about 3/4 of what it says as calories burned. You don't want your deficit too high. Hopefully you have a decent HRM so your calorie burned amounts are correct.

Your remaining calories should be as close to 0 as possible.

antdogs

You should not count everything you do as exercise. If you use the MFP goal settings and set to sedentary, you should enter only dedicated exercise and you can eat those calories back. The MFP setting takes into account the calories you burn walking around the office, sitting on the couch, etc. If you have a more active job, you might want to set it to lightly active. If your HRM is counting every calorie burned and you enter them all as exercise, you're "double dipping", and you'll be eating at a surplus and you'll gain. I hope that makes sense.

yeah i kinda get it im active i walk around the office i dont just sit all day i go out to eat so im constantly moving. i work in television so im moving sitting up and down talking to people and what not.. well i mean every main workout i did i would log it in my HRM. so running i logged elliptical i logged and weight training i logged..

thank you for the help!

antdogs

If you put your HRM on when you were going to the gym and took it off when you were done at the gym than I would be eating about 3/4 of what it says as calories burned. You don't want your deficit too high. Hopefully you have a decent HRM so your calorie burned amounts are correct.

Your remaining calories should be as close to 0 as possible.

well i hope its a good HRM monitor i got a polar HRM lol. ok cool so as 0 as much as possible i wasn't eating enough calories and i was doing it wrong and not going no where close to 0 calories but i will try to get to 0 thank you for the help! i appreciate it

thisismeraw

If you put your HRM on when you were going to the gym and took it off when you were done at the gym than I would be eating about 3/4 of what it says as calories burned. You don't want your deficit too high. Hopefully you have a decent HRM so your calorie burned amounts are correct.

Your remaining calories should be as close to 0 as possible.

well i hope its a good HRM monitor i got a polar HRM lol. ok cool so as 0 as much as possible i wasn't eating enough calories and i was doing it wrong and not going no where close to 0 calories but i will try to get to 0 thank you for the help! i appreciate it

Polar is a good one if it has a chest strap. Just ensure you are not wearing it all day and only have it on when you are working out. Normal HRM are not accurate for all day wear... only when you have an elevated HR.

jacksonpt

From the sounds of things, yes you should be eating 5000+ cals to make up for the exercise.

antdogs

If you put your HRM on when you were going to the gym and took it off when you were done at the gym than I would be eating about 3/4 of what it says as calories burned. You don't want your deficit too high. Hopefully you have a decent HRM so your calorie burned amounts are correct.

Your remaining calories should be as close to 0 as possible.

well i hope its a good HRM monitor i got a polar HRM lol. ok cool so as 0 as much as possible i wasn't eating enough calories and i was doing it wrong and not going no where close to 0 calories but i will try to get to 0 thank you for the help! i appreciate it

Polar is a good one if it has a chest strap. Just ensure you are not wearing it all day and only have it on when you are working out. Normal HRM are not accurate for all day wear... only when you have an elevated HR.

yes i have the chest strap i only wear when i workout not for every day walking around etc..

antdogs

From the sounds of things, yes you should be eating 5000+ cals to make up for the exercise.

thanks jacksonpt!