Ok folks...

I agree. I always keep to my original calorie goal for the day no matter what "increase" I may get from exercising. You're working out to burn calories & fat, by eating the calories you burn you're just setting yourself up to fail.

Something else that irks me is when ppl count the fact that they have a job where they are on their feet all day towards "working out". If your "norm" is to be on your feet you can't count that as exercise. Your body is used to this activity & is not working any harder to burn anything. I myself work on my feet all day but I do not count it towards exercise. I understand some jobs may be more active than others but again, if it's your norm generally it is not going to help you burn anything.

Depends on your settings, if you are set to sedentary than you SHOULD be adding in extra if you have an active job. Although I do not know why you would be set to sedentary if you have an active job. I myself work in a metal fab shop - I lift heavy things all day every day, I do not log it but I really could if I wanted to as I am set to sedentary (I am really just too lazy to change it). As for eating back your calories, you should be. MFP is set to a deficit already so if you are set to eat 1200 calories a day but burn 600 you should eat back at least SOME of the 600 you burned so your net is close 1200 or whatever your calorie goal is at the end of the day.... if you don't you could hit a wall eventually.... it didn't make sense to me at first but it does now. I do however have friends who will work out but because they don't want to mess with their macros they log 1 calorie burned, that way they log their exercise so they can track it but it doesn't adjust your daily totals.

:drinker: Bahahaha! I second that!

I dont think the issue is counting cleaning as exercise or walking you dog. I think OP is getting at over estimation these activities then complaining why you arent losing weight.

That's how I interpreted it any way,

Maybe...though for me I am walking my dog further and faster than I was before I began the program, she is loving it :-)

She's probably a much fitter dog, eh? :flowerforyou:

Yes, I have noticed over the years people who seem to think their workouts are intense enough to burn 1000 calories in an hour. I think it's pretty funny.

I dont think the issue is counting cleaning as exercise or walking you dog. I think OP is getting at over estimation these activities then complaining why you arent losing weight.

That's how I interpreted it any way,

Maybe...though for me I am walking my dog further and faster than I was before I began the program, she is loving it :-)

She is getting a bit slimmer, I believe. And now she is too tired to steal my shoes :-)

She's probably a much fitter dog, eh? :flowerforyou:

OMG so funny!

To each their own. I'm pretty sure that if it's in the excercise list, you can count it. And if you don't sweat when you're cleaning house...you apparently aren't doing it right....either that...or you don't have kids. :O) Again...to each their own, I say.

We are here to encourage others, not judge them. Well, at least thats how it should be.

Yep.

Eeh, posts like this serve no purpose. Why not mention these things to people individually when they post saying "I'm losing no weight, can someone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?" Otherwise, I just figure it's either working for them or they don't want unsolicited advice.

You never know where someone started from- their dog walking or house cleaning may be a significant change from a truly sedentary lifestyle.

I'm confused...why would walking your dog not count as excercise and be logged. I am sure you would not object to someone going for a walk and logging it as they should. Is it suddenly not good excercise if you bring your dog?

BS I say!

cmon dude you know the dog does all the work pulling you along and whatnot

I like that! I'm going to get some inline skates and go for a ride :-)

I've ACTUALLY seen that happen at Flamengo Beach once. It was a huge dog, if that makes it any better.