calorie count w/o exercising

LaShonda2
LaShonda2 Posts: 21 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I had surgery today so i cant workout for about two weeks. Wat should my calorie count at since i'm not buring anything? Need help dnt wanna gain since i'm not walking around much or exercising.

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  • kiddoc88
    kiddoc88 Posts: 244 Member
    mfp calculates your calories based on a calorie deficit without exercise.. so just stay within your cals and you'll be fine : )
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    You're always burning something, even when you're laying in bed all day long. :smile: If anything, you could change your activity level to 'sedentary' if it's not there already, and MFP will lower your calories. But as kiddoc88 said, there's already a deficit built into your calories here, so if you stay within your limits and eat healthy, you should be fine.

    Last fall I had some health issues that kept me on the couch for a couple of weeks, and unable to exercise for at least a month after that - i stayed within my calories (most of the time) and didn't gain any weight through it all.

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