sorry if this is a repeat

chuckles9189

Does anyone use sedentary for their TDEE and then eat back exercise calories? I have a HRM so I think I can get pretty accurate. How does this work for you? Have you done this and then switched?

I ask because I have a fitbit. And my TDEE based on my fitbit is almost a direct match to scooby's site (yayyyy) for my sedentary life (sad). however, I've been doing p90x and because i log my workouts in MFP as 1 my fitbit doesnt accomodate and I'm just really curious about it.

Thanks!

Greenrun99

So outside of your workouts you lay on the couch the rest of the day moving for the bathroom and to eat? Cause then you can do that method with sedentary.. Other than that you can do lightly active then add exercise calories.. or just use the P90x calorie calculator or scoobys to figure out your calorie goal everyday at a moderate activity level.. even between moderate and lightly if your not comfortable with those numbers.

Gapwedge01

Does anyone use sedentary for their TDEE and then eat back exercise calories? I have a HRM so I think I can get pretty accurate. How does this work for you? Have you done this and then switched?

I ask because I have a fitbit. And my TDEE based on my fitbit is almost a direct match to scooby's site (yayyyy) for my sedentary life (sad). however, I've been doing p90x and because i log my workouts in MFP as 1 my fitbit doesnt accomodate and I'm just really curious about it.

Thanks!

May I suggest you bump up to lightly active. Hardly anyone is sedentary. Also, if you want to eat back your calories that is fine if you are above your chosen activity level but remember your TDEE accounts for a portion of your calories burned so you cannot eat back 100% of them. If you are eating at a 15% deficit to TDEE then back out 15% of your exercise calories burned before you eat them back.
How sure are you that your HRM is accurate? Just asking.

chuckles9189

thanks!

I guess as far as my HRM goes-- it feels more accurate than the MFP calculations and I have it set at 10 lbs under my weight. It is as accurate as what they say -- so hopefully pretty close. I don't wear it when I do yoga every time because my HR doesn't get up into the zone very often.

KarenJanine

As you have a fitbit and are going by that (I have one too and mine also ties in well with Scooby estimations) then it would probably be simpler to go by MFP's method of setting a goal and eating back your exercise calories on top of that.

If you are aiming for weight loss then you may wish to set your goal to your BMR and then aim to net at least that every day.

Gapwedge01

thanks!

I guess as far as my HRM goes-- it feels more accurate than the MFP calculations and I have it set at 10 lbs under my weight. It is as accurate as what they say -- so hopefully pretty close. I don't wear it when I do yoga every time because my HR doesn't get up into the zone very often.

That's good. Remember HRM's are for steady state aerobic exercises like walking, running, cycling. Not so accurate for lifting since you are going from rest to anaerobic and back to rest. Just remember if you are using TDEE numbers then in order to eat back your calories you need to back out your deficit % since TDEE already had built in calories for exercise.