Should I be logging my strength workout...

Makeda1211
Makeda1211 Posts: 134 Member
edited January 11 in Fitness and Exercise
in calories spent as well? I have noticed that MFP does not count that in my calorie count. Just wondering

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  • NobodyInParticular
    NobodyInParticular Posts: 352 Member
    MFP does... just look up Strength Training in the Cardiovascular section. It'll log your calories that way.
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    I do.
    There is actually a " strength training " option in the cardio section that let's you add them.
  • Makeda1211
    Makeda1211 Posts: 134 Member
    Thanks. That really means I am way under eating. I've gotta step it up.
  • kyricus
    kyricus Posts: 69 Member
    Though you can mark it there, I really dislike the way it calculates calories. There is no option for the type of strength training you are doing, or how vigorously you do it. It's the one of things about using FitDay I like better than MFP, Some days I go to the gym and just to a general workout, other days I do circuit or HIT training and expend a lot more calories. I haven't quite figured out how to account for that yet here.
  • Absonthebrain
    Absonthebrain Posts: 587 Member
    MFP does... just look up Strength Training in the Cardiovascular section. It'll log your calories that way.

    Wow! I did not know this! :noway: Im gonna start logging under cardio!!!
  • wannabtight
    wannabtight Posts: 187 Member
    MFP does... just look up Strength Training in the Cardiovascular section. It'll log your calories that way.
    ^^^this
  • RunDoozer
    RunDoozer Posts: 1,699 Member
    Though you can mark it there, I really dislike the way it calculates calories. There is no option for the type of strength training you are doing, or how vigorously you do it. It's the one of things about using FitDay I like better than MFP, Some days I go to the gym and just to a general workout, other days I do circuit or HIT training and expend a lot more calories. I haven't quite figured out how to account for that yet here.

    This. MFP has stated a few times that its not accurate. I would be leery of eating calories back based on this. I wouldnt eat more than half.
  • Makeda1211
    Makeda1211 Posts: 134 Member
    MFP does... just look up Strength Training in the Cardiovascular section. It'll log your calories that way.

    Wow! I did not know this! :noway: Im gonna start logging under cardio!!!

    I know, and the crazy thing is that I really want to optimize my workouts so I do both my weight training and then do my Zumba cardio right afterward. I would have eaten better. I guess knowledge is power.
  • Makeda1211
    Makeda1211 Posts: 134 Member
    Though you can mark it there, I really dislike the way it calculates calories. There is no option for the type of strength training you are doing, or how vigorously you do it. It's the one of things about using FitDay I like better than MFP, Some days I go to the gym and just to a general workout, other days I do circuit or HIT training and expend a lot more calories. I haven't quite figured out how to account for that yet here.

    This. MFP has stated a few times that its not accurate. I would be leery of eating calories back based on this. I wouldnt eat more than half.

    I normally underestimate calories just for those type of discrepancies. I could never eat the amount of calories back that it asks me to do. I find that if you are eating junk, its really easy to get the calories in. Once you start to eat clean, its a mess to get all of that food in.
  • rpmtnbkr
    rpmtnbkr Posts: 137 Member
    Though you can mark it there, I really dislike the way it calculates calories. There is no option for the type of strength training you are doing, or how vigorously you do it. It's the one of things about using FitDay I like better than MFP, Some days I go to the gym and just to a general workout, other days I do circuit or HIT training and expend a lot more calories. I haven't quite figured out how to account for that yet here.

    That's where a heart rate monitor comes in handy... good way to know what your calorie burn is.
  • BigDougie1211
    BigDougie1211 Posts: 3,531 Member
    Though you can mark it there, I really dislike the way it calculates calories. There is no option for the type of strength training you are doing, or how vigorously you do it. It's the one of things about using FitDay I like better than MFP, Some days I go to the gym and just to a general workout, other days I do circuit or HIT training and expend a lot more calories. I haven't quite figured out how to account for that yet here.

    That's where a heart rate monitor comes in handy... good way to know what your calorie burn is.

    I don't actually see a huge difference in my HRM and the cals on MFP.
    I seem to be one of a very few in that respect.
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