Do you count calories burned from lifting?

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Keep in mind your target number is a range- not an actual fixed point- and on top of that it's a moving target.

    As you lose weight- you're deficit will become your maintenance- if you are bulking- your bulking surplus number becomes your maintenance and you have to constantly adjust/tweak and trial and error it.

    It's not an auto-pilot. You have to keep adjusting it.
  • Cortelli
    Cortelli Posts: 1,369 Member
    Essentially it just takes the potential error and smears it over time, rather than trying to deal with it on a daily basis. It's still the same error but by smearing it the impact is significantly lessened. In that sense it's probably more realistic as weight isn't sensitive to daily calorie intake but to the trend in intake.

    Well said. And thanks to all for your thoughts. Like all of you, for me it is more a matter of just tracking, watching, comparing actuals with expected, and adjusting.

    It was just interesting to me that most in the maintenance or bulk phases (to which I am relatively new) seem to have wholeheartedly adopted TDEE and that seemed to be reflected in this thread particularly; whereas most (in my experience) of the general dieters in other forums seem to be more comfortable with MFP's NEAT + tracked exercise approach -- and I followed the pattern in that I moved from focusing on NEAT + exercise while losing weight and as I transitioned to maintenance and now the beginning of a bulk, I'm just focused on an overall TDEE calorie goal and relevant macros. Again, thanks for the feedback.

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