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Customizing my MFP setting

myrealname
myrealname Posts: 90 Member
edited January 28 in Food and Nutrition
I'm just looking for a little advise. If I set my goals to be based on my tdee less a percentage and log exercise as 1 calorie (if I want to log it at all) should I put my exercise goal to 0 days/hours a week or does it matter?

Thanks for any help.

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  • myrealname
    myrealname Posts: 90 Member
    Anyone?
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    If you are using the TDEE method, and have already accounted for your weekly exercise calories in this total, then there is no harm in setting exercise calories to 1. In the standard MFP formulas, this would not be the case, as it would effectively eliminate tracking net calories.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    the exercise goal doesn't do anything with your calories, it's just a goal to compare with what you log.
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