How (or if) to track strength training?

CindyB97

I did an at-home bodyweight strength training program a few months ago which I really loved. My weight-loss slowed to a crawl, and in retrospect I think I was eating too little. Not long after the program finished, I upped my calories and the weight has started coming off again.

I want to start the program again because I really like it and I understand the value of strength training. But I am afraid of stalling the weight loss again. Last time I did it, I didn't track it at all on MFP because I didn't know how to track it. Plus, it's not like cardio where there are x-number of minutes where you consistently move at x-pace. For my cardio (walking and running), I rely on my Jawbone fitness tracker to give me extra calories based on my movement throughout the day. But it doesn't help much with strength-training.

So my ultimate question is, do I need to track the strength-training at all so that I can eat back those calories? And if so, how the heck do I do that? Since I'm doing body-weight instead of using equipment, how do I pick which exercises to enter? Is there some way to enter "Generic body-weight training", and if so, how many calories? I would really rather NOT track it but if it's going to make me stall again because I am not eating enough, I have to try.

OldChief10

under cardio I guess you could just track it as strength training. counts usually seem a little low but it's something. For more accuracy you would have to wear a HRM