Help with Fitness Tracker

BonMetz

I just joined up yesterday...so new and still learning how MFP works! I added in activity for today but would prefer it not to increase my alloted calories for the day. Is there a way to not have my exercise calories included?

cygnetpro

I'm pretty new myself, so I admit that I don't know the answer. My guess is that you can't log it "separately". Why don't you wait till the very end of the day to log your exercise, so that you don't see an inflated number of allotted calories?

CaptainGordo

The only way would be not recording your exercise.

Any reason you don't want to factor your exercise calories into your daily allotment?

Here are some articles that shed light on the advantages of including them in your calorie counts:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/390145-should-i-eat-my-exercise-calories
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/173853-an-objective-look-at-eating-exercise-calories
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/153704-myth-or-fact-simple-math-3500-calories-one-pound-eat
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/TrainerRobin/view/myth-or-fact-calories-in-versus-calories-out-3500-calories-one-pound-and-should-i-eat-my-exercise-calories-62012
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/230930-starvation-mode-how-it-works
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/231636-the-eating-when-you-re-not-hungry-dilemma
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/175241-a-personal-view-on-exercise-cals-and-underfeeding
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/302589-eat-more-to-lose-more-explained

BonMetz

I am not overly particular about it, I just don't lose weight very fast so I do not want to overeat on my calories...I may just enter at the end of the day thanks for the response I appreciate it.

bizco

Yes. When you add in your exercise, key in the minutes but then overtype the calories to zero.

victor73

As far as I know, there is not. Most sites do the same thing. The reason behind that is that for healthy weight loss, you should lose no more than 2 lbs a week. Hence, on days that you work out, you should be eating a bit more to make up for the fact that you're burning much more. This will help build more muscle/lean mass and burn fat more efficiently (because your body is not going into starvation mode).

See here for a bit more info:
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sportsnutrition/a/Food_Strength.htm

rosebarnalice

Rather than not recording your exercise, on the "Food" page, you might just want to make note of the comment at the bottom below your calories remaining that says "you've earned XXX calories from exercise today", and just mentally subtract them from your total and don't eat them back.

That will let you track your calorie deficit average more accurately than if you don't enter your exercise.

CaptainGordo

You could also add one (or more) of the "Breastfeeding" entries to your food log, which have negative calorie amounts, to offset the exercise cals.