should I use the fitness pal calorie adjustment ?

tenchbunch1

I have it on now, but 1 day it took my calories down to 800 for daily intake after exercising for 4 hours! what have some of you experienced? Do you like it or not and why.
Thanks!!

malibu927

I like it because more calories! That said, if you're exercising for four hours you really need to fuel your body. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10503681/exercise-calories-do-i-eat-these-a-video-explanation

WinoGelato

Why are you exercising for 4 hours? What kind of exercise and how often do you do that?

cwolfman13

Not sure why you wouldn't fuel 4 hour of exercise.

That would be the same as just eating 800 calories...not remotely healthy

tenchbunch1

very rare lol I did heavy cleaning for 3 hours and circuit training for 1 hour.

tenchbunch1

malibus927---it took calories away! Trust me....I wanted them lol

malibu927

Are you looking at net calories? Because that's what is supposed to happen.

I wouldn't log the cleaning personally. Maybe just eat back the circuit training calories and be mindful of the amount given. Some people find the number given is too high.

tenchbunch1

my problem...it took my calories away.......I couldn't figure out why it didn't even give me my basic calories for the day.

KarySti

What is the fitnesspal calorie adjustment do?

WinoGelato

KarySti wrote: »

What is the fitnesspal calorie adjustment do?

Are you using a FitBit or other activity tracker synced with MFP? If so it provides an estimate of your calories burned from exercise and other activity and MFP adjusts the amount of cals you should intake that day accordingly.