going to gym and not logging in!!!!!!!

zd04

Hey Friends, I've joined a gym first time and have a good trainer over there. I've to do different types of exercises over there but as it's my first time and beginning I've to perform light exercises in starting (not heavy work outs). So I don't know how much calories I burn daily. So I've decided not to log in my these exercises on MFP. Other reason for doing this is to avoid eating back all the burned calories. Friends, I need some suggestions on my decision.so that I can know weather I'm doing wrong or right.

spacefairy89

Hey I just started the gym again, I prefer logging how many calories burned so I have an idea of how I'm doing but each to there own

kdub67

If you can swing it, I would invest in a heart rate monitor and wear it when working out so you can at least know what you're burning, even if you don't log it (you can also log it, but record the calories burned as 1, if that helps you mentally with your choice to not eat back the exercise calories). You may also come to a point where you want/need to eat back some of those exercise calories. It feels counterintuitive, I know, but it really works for me. I'm on a 1200 calorie diet which factors in a 500 calorie deficit daily. If I work out and burn 500 calories, I'm only netting 700 calories, which is far too little. Just a thought:)

AntWrig

Hey Friends, I've joined a gym first time and have a good trainer over there. I've to do different types of exercises over there but as it's my first time and beginning I've to perform light exercises in starting (not heavy work outs). So I don't know how much calories I burn daily. So I've decided not to log in my these exercises on MFP. Other reason for doing this is to avoid eating back all the burned calories. Friends, I need some suggestions on my decision.so that I can know weather I'm doing wrong or right.

Out of sight, out of mind eh? Doesn't matter if you don't look them or not. Whenever you exercise, you're burning calories.

TavistockToad

MFP is set up so that it gives you a calorie deficit WITHOUT exercise, thats why poeple recommend to eat back exercise calories, especially if you dont have a lot of weight to lose.

if you have too large a deficit, this can be equally as bad for you as being overweight!

StaceyJ2008

Our trainers at boot camp tell us not to log our burned calories into MFP. But I do it anyway.