Do I eat back calories?
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Spliner1969 wrote: »All of this confusion is why I set my activity level at sedimentary. I do have a desk job but even if I didn't I'd still set it at sedimentary and let MFP add calories back for steps taken (which it does with my phone as a step counter). Then I add in exercise through my apps which also use a HR monitor. I then eat back 80% of those calories and leave 20% at the end of the day just for good measure. Worked great for me. I can even eat back up to 90% with no weight gain but I try to never eat back 100% unless I start to notice weight drops (I am now in maintenance) then I will eat back 100% for a month or two and see where I am after that. It's all about making slow adjustments. Never make an adjustment based on a single week's or day's gain/loss. Always base adjustments on several week's average losses/gains.
Sorry but *sedentary. Sediment is something else entirely!1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »kpressnell2017 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Am I correct if you set your diary as active, then you shouldn't eat back any cals from exercise because it is already included???
No because in MFP no matter what your activity level is, it excludes exercise. You might set yourself as active if you're a construction worker or something, where you're active outside of deliberate exercise like going for an evening run. Then you would still treat that run as exercise above and beyond your activity level.
So I set my MFP at somewhat active being a SAHM. My exercise needs to be entered or synced?
1650 GOAL
1760 consumed + 1032 exercise = 728 remaining
I consume part of that remaining or leave it ?
Sorry just making sure I'm understanding...
Does you activity level include exercise? If not, you would "eat back" those calories...that's how you account for that activity. If your somewhat active activity level includes exercise, you would not...because it's already accounted for in your targets.
Also, how are you coming up with that calorie burn? That's well over being somewhat active...and pretty tough to do unless you're spending a good chunk of time training...like basically I'd have to go for a 30-35 mile ride.
I have my garmin. It tracks heart rate and I workout in the AM for about 60-75min. Mostly I lift, but I do plyo and run/jog also. Heart rate stays at 155-160
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kpressnell2017 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »kpressnell2017 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Am I correct if you set your diary as active, then you shouldn't eat back any cals from exercise because it is already included???
No because in MFP no matter what your activity level is, it excludes exercise. You might set yourself as active if you're a construction worker or something, where you're active outside of deliberate exercise like going for an evening run. Then you would still treat that run as exercise above and beyond your activity level.
So I set my MFP at somewhat active being a SAHM. My exercise needs to be entered or synced?
1650 GOAL
1760 consumed + 1032 exercise = 728 remaining
I consume part of that remaining or leave it ?
Sorry just making sure I'm understanding...
Does you activity level include exercise? If not, you would "eat back" those calories...that's how you account for that activity. If your somewhat active activity level includes exercise, you would not...because it's already accounted for in your targets.
Also, how are you coming up with that calorie burn? That's well over being somewhat active...and pretty tough to do unless you're spending a good chunk of time training...like basically I'd have to go for a 30-35 mile ride.
I have my garmin. It tracks heart rate and I workout in the AM for about 60-75min. Mostly I lift, but I do plyo and run/jog also. Heart rate stays at 155-160
Don't use it for lifting.
Do you wear it all day (as in, using it as a step tracker as well as for exercise?). If so, set yourself to sedentary and just eat the adjustments (with the usual real world results caveat). Simplest way to do it. But this is only my opinion!0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »kpressnell2017 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »kpressnell2017 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Am I correct if you set your diary as active, then you shouldn't eat back any cals from exercise because it is already included???
No because in MFP no matter what your activity level is, it excludes exercise. You might set yourself as active if you're a construction worker or something, where you're active outside of deliberate exercise like going for an evening run. Then you would still treat that run as exercise above and beyond your activity level.
So I set my MFP at somewhat active being a SAHM. My exercise needs to be entered or synced?
1650 GOAL
1760 consumed + 1032 exercise = 728 remaining
I consume part of that remaining or leave it ?
Sorry just making sure I'm understanding...
Does you activity level include exercise? If not, you would "eat back" those calories...that's how you account for that activity. If your somewhat active activity level includes exercise, you would not...because it's already accounted for in your targets.
Also, how are you coming up with that calorie burn? That's well over being somewhat active...and pretty tough to do unless you're spending a good chunk of time training...like basically I'd have to go for a 30-35 mile ride.
I have my garmin. It tracks heart rate and I workout in the AM for about 60-75min. Mostly I lift, but I do plyo and run/jog also. Heart rate stays at 155-160
Don't use it for lifting.
Do you wear it all day (as in, using it as a step tracker as well as for exercise?). If so, set yourself to sedentary and just eat the adjustments (with the usual real world results caveat). Simplest way to do it. But this is only my opinion!
Why not for lifting?0 -
kpressnell2017 wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »kpressnell2017 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »kpressnell2017 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »Am I correct if you set your diary as active, then you shouldn't eat back any cals from exercise because it is already included???
No because in MFP no matter what your activity level is, it excludes exercise. You might set yourself as active if you're a construction worker or something, where you're active outside of deliberate exercise like going for an evening run. Then you would still treat that run as exercise above and beyond your activity level.
So I set my MFP at somewhat active being a SAHM. My exercise needs to be entered or synced?
1650 GOAL
1760 consumed + 1032 exercise = 728 remaining
I consume part of that remaining or leave it ?
Sorry just making sure I'm understanding...
Does you activity level include exercise? If not, you would "eat back" those calories...that's how you account for that activity. If your somewhat active activity level includes exercise, you would not...because it's already accounted for in your targets.
Also, how are you coming up with that calorie burn? That's well over being somewhat active...and pretty tough to do unless you're spending a good chunk of time training...like basically I'd have to go for a 30-35 mile ride.
I have my garmin. It tracks heart rate and I workout in the AM for about 60-75min. Mostly I lift, but I do plyo and run/jog also. Heart rate stays at 155-160
Don't use it for lifting.
Do you wear it all day (as in, using it as a step tracker as well as for exercise?). If so, set yourself to sedentary and just eat the adjustments (with the usual real world results caveat). Simplest way to do it. But this is only my opinion!
Why not for lifting?
HRMs are really only intended for use during steady state cardio. If you are heavy lifting, which will include large rest periods between sets, then it's going to be a way overinflated burn.
I happen to lift lower reps in a sort of superset style and have found the burns for that using the GymTimer app to be accurate but I have zero rest periods. If I ever switched to something like Stronglifts, then I wouldn't use it.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »HRMs are really only intended for use during steady state cardio. If you are heavy lifting, which will include large rest periods between sets, then it's going to be a way overinflated burn.
I happen to lift lower reps in a sort of superset style and have found the burns for that using the GymTimer app to be accurate but I have zero rest periods. If I ever switched to something like Stronglifts, then I wouldn't use it.
I'd have to agree for the most part. I use my for lifting but I also do more of a cross training workout with lower weight and high reps with no rest in between sets/muscle groups. This way I can keep my HR up during the entire workout and burns are more accurate. If, for whatever reason, I stop the workout to rest, I pause my app and start it up again only when my HR exceeds 120bpm. It keeps it more accurate for me anyway. Some apps will have different exercises you can switch to which might be more accurate. I like Endomondo for this purpose because calorie burns will speed up or slow down based on heart rate.0
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