MFP goal setting & diary ?

NoHookUpZone
NoHookUpZone Posts: 1,531 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I went from not getting off my butt, to cycling 45mins to an hour every day with light kettlebell activity.
I was originally set to "Not very active". Should I change this to lightly active?

I'm not losing but I think that's mostly due to my body not used to working out. After a couple of weeks of this my scale is starting to go down again.

Also, is there a minimum % I should be completing my diary? Obviously anything near my calories goal is ok, but I've noticed the gap get bigger when I started adding calories for exercise.

Thank you!

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  • Hannahwalksfar
    Hannahwalksfar Posts: 572 Member
    Eat back at least some of your exercise calories. If you’re not active apart from purposeful exercise then keep it at not very active
  • NoHookUpZone
    NoHookUpZone Posts: 1,531 Member
    Hannahwalksfar wrote: »
    Eat back at least some of your exercise calories. If you’re not active apart from purposeful exercise then keep it at not very active

    Thank you!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Activity setting is nothing to do with exercise. It's your job/lifestyle/normal day to day movement - specificially excluding purposeful exercise.

    Your base calorie goal is for a day with no exercise ONLY.
  • NoHookUpZone
    NoHookUpZone Posts: 1,531 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    Activity setting is nothing to do with exercise. It's your job/lifestyle/normal day to day movement - specificially excluding purposeful exercise.

    Your base calorie goal is for a day with no exercise ONLY.

    Thank you

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