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Jessicaruby
Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
so i posted a topic yesterday about my calorie intake. I am set to lose 1/2 lb a week and MFP gives me 1740 cals before exercise. now i bought a bodybugg and i significanlty burn way more than this. I am burning anywhere from 2,433-3,144 calories a day. so i took a 24day period and averaged it out and i should be consuming on average about 2,500 calories. now my question is if i set MFP to maintance that will give me 1,990 cals before exercise. once i add in my exercise cals i will be close to my actual calories needed. but that is an average. if i burn less one day and more another will it even out? or will i gain weight if i eat the 1,990 calories (plus exercise) on a day when i burn at the lower range?

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  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    Dont wear the HRM all day. They are designed for a body in motion all day. Try out the MFP average, use it for 2 weeks, make sure the settings are correct to your activity levels. Adjust from there. You WILL see a difference.
  • judkinsjenny
    judkinsjenny Posts: 220
    i concure...
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
    A body bugg is not an HRM. An HRM is designed for exercise. A body bugg is designed for all calories.

    I would use either strategy for a month and monitor the results. One thing I would caution>>> The BB is giving you a very good estimation of calories expended, so you need to be as meticulous about calories ingested. Do you have a food scale? Do you count every single thing you eat every time, every day?

    Go with that, see where you are in a month, and make adjustments if necessary.
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
    And the second part of your question I think is:

    Will the ups and downs day to day average out for me?

    My answer would be yes in my case. I'm all over the map day to day, but in reality I eat between 2,000 and 3,000 a day. I burn anywhere from no exercise to 2,000 per day. So my swings on NET calories are usually between 500 a day and 2,500 a day. But I focus on my weekly average. That number I try to keep at or near my goal NET target.
  • Jessicaruby
    Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
    Dont wear the HRM all day. They are designed for a body in motion all day. Try out the MFP average, use it for 2 weeks, make sure the settings are correct to your activity levels. Adjust from there. You WILL see a difference.
    a bodybugg is not a HRM and it is meant to be worn all day to get an accurate count of calories burned all day
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