MFP and Eating Back Calories For Weight Gain Question

qtoreh

July 11, 2014 7:10 PM
Quick Question;

Does MFP include the calories I burned from weight training?

In my profile I included that i'm ACTIVE and work out 5 days a week about an hour a day. All weight training. My goal is to gain weight. .5 a week.

MFP set my goal for 3090 calories. So If I weight train, and burn let says 200-400 calories in that hour; Does that mean I need to regain those calories to achieve my 3090 calorie goal or does MFP already counts for that and I don't worry about it?

I searched up this topic and there were mix responses and I became a bit confused Alot of the threads were about people who wanted a deficit in calories intake and were suggested to eat back the calories from workouts since MFP already include the deficit from not working out.

For me, I need the surplus since I have the opposite goal, which is to gain. So does MFP include my surplus after my work outs?

Here is what I used in my profile:

Weight: 160
Goal Weight: 170
Height: 6'0
Age: 20
ACTIVE (Most of my physical activity come from weight training and walking around casually.ex;chors,walking dog,walking to stores and etc. )
Weight train 5 days a week, 1 hour a day give or take.
Goal: Gain 0.5 pounds per week.

MFP Calorie intake goal: 3090

Thank you !

hermann341

I think the activity level is more about what you do for a living. I sit at a desk most of my work day, but I exercise about 7 hours total for a week. I put my activity level low so that I know how much to eat back from exercise. I try to not eat all of them back, leaving 200 or 300 from my allowance. I could see where you would want to eat a little extra than the recommended amount, mostly in protein to build muscle.