Calories Burned

c_water19
c_water19 Posts: 37 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have a fitbit blaze and it's connected to mfp. Before I have let the app change my allowed calories by factoring in my exercise but I feel like that defeats the purpose of youre looking to lose weight.

What are your thoughts?!

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    As long as you have MFP setup correctly that is what it is suppose to do...

    Why may you ask? Well mainly because not everyone exercises while losing weight...so MFP sets your calories so you will lose weight without exercise and any calories "earned" during exercise should be eaten back because you shouldn't net under 1200.

    But you have to have MFP setup correctly...activity level needs to be set at sedentary if you are using a fitness tracker...
  • c_water19
    c_water19 Posts: 37 Member
    edited October 2016
    Well I actually set my macros myself and calories based on a calculation from somewhere other then mfp. So....honestly I'm not sure if I should have done that or not. :'(
    I've read so much about mfp not setting calories correctly, so I changed them.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    c_water19 wrote: »
    Well I actually set my macros myself and calories based on a calculation from somewhere other then mfp. So....honestly I'm not sure if that's the best thing or not.

    When you set your calorie goal, did you include the calories burnt through exercise?

    If so, you don't want to eat those back because you'd be "double-dipping."
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Are you losing weight? If so how much have you lost in the last month? Judge by results...
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    c_water19 wrote: »
    Well I actually set my macros myself and calories based on a calculation from somewhere other then mfp. So....honestly I'm not sure if that's the best thing or not.

    When you did those calculations did you include your predicted exercise?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    c_water19 wrote: »
    Well I actually set my macros myself and calories based on a calculation from somewhere other then mfp. So....honestly I'm not sure if I should have done that or not. :'(
    I've read so much about mfp not setting calories correctly, so I changed them.

    haha they set them fine it is typically exercise calories people have issues with...but you wouldn't have that issue as you have an activity tracker.
  • c_water19
    c_water19 Posts: 37 Member
    I set my activity level to include light activity but not include exercise. Sooooooooo maybe I'll just reset this little thing and get it on the right track.

    Thanks guys! <3
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    c_water19 wrote: »
    I set my activity level to include light activity but not include exercise. Sooooooooo maybe I'll just reset this little thing and get it on the right track.

    Thanks guys! <3

    If you have a tracker yes...just reset all your MFP and use sedentary activity and let your tracker do it's job.

    I use one as well and I know that I am not sedentary as I get 5k steps in before exercise but I set to sedentary to ensure correct accounting of calories.
  • c_water19
    c_water19 Posts: 37 Member
    @SezxyStef you're a godsend :)
  • MommyMeggo
    MommyMeggo Posts: 1,222 Member
    My MFP and Fitbit are set to sedentary with a 750 daily deficit.
    I dont log anything. My 3 daily walks are included as just my activity and I get calories for them in addition to whatever else I do.

    After some time seeing my data I know my approx daily burn and I know how much I eat so I quit paying attention to the green calories more or less and more to the calories burned on my fitbit and my food on MFP to insure my deficit. *I assume my calorie burn with fitbit is actually less and mentally subtract 200 to be "safe".
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