Exercise gives me more calorie allowance.
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bossmanbing2102
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Is there a way of turning this off ? When I exercise I’d rather burn them calories off. At the minute the app increases your calorie allowance when you exercise.
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No...the more you move, the higher your calorie requirements are. Your calorie target is your deficit without exercise...creating an even bigger deficit with exercise isn't the best idea in most cases. Your body needs energy (calories). You burn them off 24/7...you burn more existing than anything else.7
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You don't HAVE to eat your exercise calories back. It's good to track it, though.1
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This is how MFP is designed. If you get your calorie goal from MFP, it's assuming you won't do any exercise. Creating a bigger deficit isn't good for most people. If you don't exercise much, it's not that big of a deal. But if you already have an aggressive goal or you are more active, it can be unhealthy.5
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Select Sedentary for your activity?0
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bossmanbing2102 wrote: »Is there a way of turning this off ? When I exercise I’d rather burn them calories off. At the minute the app increases your calorie allowance when you exercise.
Of course it adds calories, because MFP gave you a deficit with zero exercise factored in.
If you are using a calculator with exercise factored in (TDEE - total daily energy expenditure) - then skip logging exercise or over ride the calorie burns to 1.
If you want fast as possible weight loss.....you might reconsider. MFP with added exercise calories keeps your deficit in check. Too large deficits make it harder for your body to support existing lean muscle mass (obese people can usually get by). Healthy weight loss helps you lower your body fat %, not just the number on the scale.2 -
Here a link for more info: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10503681/exercise-calories-do-i-eat-these-a-video-explanation/p11
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Yes you can turn it off, but only if you have the premium version.0
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MFP intends you to eat back your exercise calories. Your calorie deficit is built into MFP's target number of daily calories for you. Not factoring exercise calories into your daily calorie goal means you may be eating too few calories to fuel your activity properly.1
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joemac1988 wrote: »
What you're seeing is a premium feature.0 -
MFP intends you to eat back your exercise calories. Your calorie deficit is built into MFP's target number of daily calories for you. Not factoring exercise calories into your daily calorie goal means you may be eating too few calories to fuel your activity properly.
True, but there's more ways to skin the cat. It's your average over time that matters, not your daily numbers. So, I find it's a lot less of a mental game to know what my average daily burn is and have the same calorie target rather than fluctuate. I workout 7 days a week and eat pretty much the same every day so I hardly think about it. To each his (or her) own.0 -
I just manually change the calories burned to 1. But I also eat TDEE, not NEAT.1
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joemac1988 wrote: »MFP intends you to eat back your exercise calories. Your calorie deficit is built into MFP's target number of daily calories for you. Not factoring exercise calories into your daily calorie goal means you may be eating too few calories to fuel your activity properly.
True, but there's more ways to skin the cat. It's your average over time that matters, not your daily numbers. So, I find it's a lot less of a mental game to know what my average daily burn is and have the same calorie target rather than fluctuate. I workout 7 days a week and eat pretty much the same every day so I hardly think about it. To each his (or her) own.
Yes - a calculator with exercise included (TDEE....not NEAT like MFP) is great for people who are consistent with exercise. But for people who mean to exercise and then don't, adding the calories up front can be detrimental.2 -
joemac1988 wrote: »MFP intends you to eat back your exercise calories. Your calorie deficit is built into MFP's target number of daily calories for you. Not factoring exercise calories into your daily calorie goal means you may be eating too few calories to fuel your activity properly.
True, but there's more ways to skin the cat. It's your average over time that matters, not your daily numbers. So, I find it's a lot less of a mental game to know what my average daily burn is and have the same calorie target rather than fluctuate. I workout 7 days a week and eat pretty much the same every day so I hardly think about it. To each his (or her) own.
I like to average my calories over a ten year period because it means I won't have to think about this until I'm 45. Can you say five year binge?1 -
@joemac1988
The TDEE method includes exercise calories too. An average amount every day, the OP is suggesting excluding exercise completely - not the same thing at all.
OP - if you want a same every day calorie allowance then set your goal manually using the number from a TDEE calculator and don't use the myfitnesspal goal.1
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