Exercise Entries

angela075mfp

I have MFP set up for 'step calorie adjustment'. I have a Microsoft Band that gives me daily calorie burn. Do I enter that calorie burn as a Cardio exercise? Separate from my actual cardio from my workout. My actual workout cardio is from a heart rate monitor that the gym provides so I enter that separately.

eugenia94102

The calories you burn in your normal daily activities (non exercise ones) were taken into account by the MFP calculator when you set your "activity level" (sedentary, lightly active, etc.) - therefore if you enter your Microsoft Band calorie burn you might be counting them twice... I would set the MFP to the correct level of activity (you can judge that by the average of your Microsoft band overtime) and enter only the actual cardio calories. I would not rely too heavily on the accuracy of these measurements (which are highly unreliable). Several MFP users choose to only eat back part of their exercise calories to account for that inaccuracy.

angela075mfp

okay. So today after my workout at Orange Theory i will enter only the calories i burned and hopefully have 1/3 of those calories still "Remaining" in my "Diary" calculation. The calories my Microsoft Band is telling me I burn throughout the day is being accounted for already by Myfitnesspal according to my profile information I provided.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

Does Micrsoft Band link to MFP? If yes, then link the two of them, set your activity level to 'sedentary' and turn on negative calorie adjustments.

This is what I do with my Fitbit, and it will link to MFP causing MFP to add calories for extra activity or remove calories (this is the negative calorie adjustment) if I haven't reached the MFP activity level (you don't want this to happen much, which is why you go with the lowest option of sedentary).

angela075mfp

No sync option for Microsoft Band

T1DCarnivoreRunner

Ah, that bites. Still, I would suggest setting MFP to sedentary if you are going to log your Microsoft Band activity. That way, you don't include activity that is already considered by MFP as part of your set activity level.

ETA: Basically I'm agreeing with what Eugenia said.

angela075mfp

thx much to everyone.