confuuused!?!

NatWillBeSkinny
NatWillBeSkinny Posts: 111 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
when counting calories and you add your excercise do u realise use so many calories by just walking?? i cant get my head around it and gettin worried that by adding my excercise is giving me an extra 400 and odd calories mayb i will be eating too many and wont loose weight.....if that makes sense lol

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  • ebrown30
    ebrown30 Posts: 31 Member
    I have been using MFP consistently for almost 3 months; I have lost weight every week, (an average of 1.4lbs per week) and I always eat back 75% to 100% of my work out calories.

    MFP has me at 1200 then I work out for around 500-600 calories so I get to eat 1700-1800 calories per day. My TDEE is around 2200 a day so as long as I'm under My TDEE I consider myself in good shape.
  • phildawson75
    phildawson75 Posts: 205 Member
    Do you mean walking as in just walking around in your daily life going about your day? If so this should already be taken into account with your daily TDEE.

    You should only add walking/jogging/running etc as exercise that's done in addition to your normal day.

    When I go walking to get some exercise, I usually select the mph lower than my speed as its usually overestimating based on a heart rate monitor.
  • NatWillBeSkinny
    NatWillBeSkinny Posts: 111 Member
    no i meen proper walking i walk my sons to school every morning which takes 80 mins i moderate walk there and walk back fast
  • phildawson75
    phildawson75 Posts: 205 Member
    I'd say that amount burnt could be about right. At 138lbs MFP is suggesting 318 cals for 80mins averaging 3.5mph if I bump that up to 4 mph (very brisk) that's 418 cals. I edge on the lower speed amount personally.

    The only real way to know is to buy and wear a monitor if concerned you might be over/under-estimating. Any values found online for activity should be taken with a pinch of salt. Unless you do lots of varying exercise and sport or keen on stats I'd say it might not be worth it.

    If you're doing it 5 days a week each day as a routine then bumping up your TDEE is probably preferable to compensate instead.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,431 MFP Moderator
    Just set your account to lightly active as it's a part of your lifestyle. It isn't uncommon that MFP will over estimate exercise calories. When you make your lifestyle lightly active, it will add another 200 calories.
  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    Just set your account to lightly active as it's a part of your lifestyle. It isn't uncommon that MFP will over estimate exercise calories. When you make your lifestyle lightly active, it will add another 200 calories.

    This!

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