Turning off exercise calories

AmyS68
AmyS68 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I know there is a place to turn off exercise calories. I do not want exercise calories added to the daily calories that I can eat. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks!

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    I believe that is a feature in Premium, but not available for the free version.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    i think you can do that with the premium version if you select to use the TDEE method rather than the NEAT method.

    the standard MFP version utilizes the NEAT method so you can't turn them off as that's how you account for that activity. learning to properly fuel your activity is important, particularly if you get into regular, more intensive workouts...most "over train" injuries aren't actually a matter of over training, but rather, underfeeding...underfeeding your fitness causes recovery issues down the line.
  • AmyS68
    AmyS68 Posts: 3 Member
    Gotcha, so you recommend not turning them off. :) Thanks a bunch!
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Just don't log them! I no longer log them ..... works much better!
  • spingirl605
    spingirl605 Posts: 181 Member
    I tried to turn mine off, can only do it if you have the premium version. Not sure it's worth the money to go premium...
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I don't know why people want to do this, but I've seen people enter 1 calorie when they log a workout if they don't want to include that tracking.
  • WickedPineapple
    WickedPineapple Posts: 698 Member
    ^^ I do TDEE. I adjust my exercise calories to 1 when I enter them, since it won't let you change them to 0.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    I don't know why people want to do this, but I've seen people enter 1 calorie when they log a workout if they don't want to include that tracking.

    Because some of us set ours up off of TDEE. Since TDEE includes exercise calories adding in the exercise is counting it double.
  • workout_junkee
    workout_junkee Posts: 473 Member
    I enter 1 cal for this.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    47Jacqueline wrote: »
    I don't know why people want to do this, but I've seen people enter 1 calorie when they log a workout if they don't want to include that tracking.

    Because some of us set ours up off of TDEE. Since TDEE includes exercise calories adding in the exercise is counting it double.

    This. Also, if you are tracking your macros, the added exercise calories will change your macro goals. In order to keep them constant, you have to log your exercise calories as 1.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    If you don't want to pay for the Premium membership, log your exercise as 1 calorie burned as others have said. It works just as well and it's free!
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