calorie counting

Kodamommy8912
Kodamommy8912 Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My goal is 1500 calories a day. My question is do you count your 1500 calories and that's that or like on here when you exercise the # of calories you burn it gives it back to you so you go by the calories then?

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  • momo_t90
    momo_t90 Posts: 288 Member
    It's really up to you. But MFP overestimates the calories you burn from exercise, so if you do eat them back, only eat 50%.
  • Expatmommy79
    Expatmommy79 Posts: 940 Member
    It depends what you put for your activity level.

    If you put sedentary, your 1500 assumes you have a desk job and a few 1000 steps a day.

    In that case, yes, I would eat 30% of my exercise calories back. The database is way over estimating for me.

    If 1500 includes an active lifestyle, then I wouldn't eat back my exercise calories because it already estimates your expected activity.

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