looking at 2 classes tomorrow, BMR/Scooby ?

Emaginesc
Emaginesc Posts: 49 Member
edited January 16 in Health and Weight Loss
I am looking at attending 2 classes tomorrow. I usually burn between 400-600 depending which instructor. I wear a HRM. I do the TDEE from Scooby. I usually eat my daily, count my workouts as 1 so MFP does not go wonky and all good. But if I do 2 classes I know I will be well below my BMR tomorrow. Should you in these cases re-eat burned just to your BMR or does it matter?

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  • cricket_77
    cricket_77 Posts: 165 Member
    I'm using the TDEE from Scooby also. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but when you input your activity level into Scooby, then it's already taking into account your exercise calories..correct? I'm eating at my "Daily Calories Based on Goal" and I'm not eating back any of my exercise calories. Geez, I hope that's right!

    I'm doing Insanity 5-6 times per week, so I'm using "3-5 Hours/wk of Moderate Activity" as my activitiy level. This gives me a TDEE of 2218 (what's needed to maintain weight) and "Calories Based on Goal" of 1774 and BMR of 1431. I've been eating right at 1700 calories and not eating back exercise calories.
  • Emaginesc
    Emaginesc Posts: 49 Member
    I'm using the TDEE from Scooby also. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but when you input your activity level into Scooby, then it's already taking into account your exercise calories..correct? I'm eating at my "Daily Calories Based on Goal" and I'm not eating back any of my exercise calories. Geez, I hope that's right!

    I'm doing Insanity 5-6 times per week, so I'm using "3-5 Hours/wk of Moderate Activity" as my activitiy level. This gives me a TDEE of 2218 (what's needed to maintain weight) and "Calories Based on Goal" of 1774 and BMR of 1431. I've been eating right at 1700 calories and not eating back exercise calories.

    I think your right, I hope so anyway. It is what I do. But I just know with 2 classes I will prob be looking at 1000+ burnt. I am confused though if you eat back to your BMR or not. Say I eat my daily - 1971, burn 1000 to make it easy then I would be sitting at 971 calories after working out. One class is in the morning one is at night.
  • cricket_77
    cricket_77 Posts: 165 Member
    I get what you're saying. Since I don't work out every day, I just assume it will all average out. 1000 calories is a good burn, so it probably wouldn't hurt to eat some of that back!
  • anasantos61
    anasantos61 Posts: 86 Member
    bump
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    OP...how would it look over the course of a week? Would your calories for the week be below your BMR? I occasionally have an "event" like this that is outside of my normal routine and thus my normal TDEE...usually a good mountain hike or something.

    Honestly, I usually don't worry about it too much because it's isolated and not something that is consistently and routinely putting me below BMR. In these circumstances, I usually will eat a bit more and not feel bad about it because I know I've put in more work than usual...basically, I deserve a couple of good beers and I call it good and move on. I don't usually log the exercise burn, but I will put a comment or something in the notes like..."went over calories because went on 10 mile hike in the mountains and burned xxxx calories more than I normally would...beer was delicious."

    Something to that effect.

    Note to anyone viewing this thread...OP is using the TDEE method and not the MFP method. Per the MFP method I would most definitely log, track, and eat that because there's just so little wiggle room.
  • Emaginesc
    Emaginesc Posts: 49 Member
    OP...how would it look over the course of a week? Would your calories for the week be below your BMR? I occasionally have an "event" like this that is outside of my normal routine and thus my normal TDEE...usually a good mountain hike or something.

    Honestly, I usually don't worry about it too much because it's isolated and not something that is consistently and routinely putting me below BMR. In these circumstances, I usually will eat a bit more and not feel bad about it because I know I've put in more work than usual...basically, I deserve a couple of good beers and I call it good and move on. I don't usually log the exercise burn, but I will put a comment or something in the notes like..."went over calories because went on 10 mile hike in the mountains and burned xxxx calories more than I normally would...beer was delicious."

    Something to that effect.

    Note to anyone viewing this thread...OP is using the TDEE method and not the MFP method. Per the MFP method I would most definitely log, track, and eat that because there's just so little wiggle room.


    I normally do a single class 5 days a week, sometimes 6. I am doing two tomorrow to check out a new one and the instructor is my friend. I do not think I will double up another day unless she hosts Saturday and needs warm bodies but luckily those will be in the morn. Otherwise, no this would be unusual since doing the TDEE.

    I am eating my daily and not the TDEE # and when I workout I put it in my note area and key in '1' calorie burned. HTH and TY kindly for your response.
  • seena511
    seena511 Posts: 685 Member
    subtract your BMR from your TDEE. how ever many more calories you burn that that number, add into MFP as exercise calories an eat them back. so if the difference is 800 and you burn 1000, enter 200 exercise calories to eat back to your "net" TDEE
  • Melo1966
    Melo1966 Posts: 881 Member
    I started the TDEE minus % the first of February. If I burn an extreme amount more than usual I eat an additional 250. The times that I have not done this I am dead to the world the next day. I still manage to lose 6 pounds in four weeks.
  • tobejune
    tobejune Posts: 177
    Do you normally do two classes in one day? If you count all the classes/ exercise you've done this week, does it average out to the same weekly amount you entered to get your TDEE? If it's close, I'd say don't worry about eating back the calories. If it's more exercise than is typical and you feel hungry, by all means, have some more.
  • Emaginesc
    Emaginesc Posts: 49 Member
    Do you normally do two classes in one day? If you count all the classes/ exercise you've done this week, does it average out to the same weekly amount you entered to get your TDEE? If it's close, I'd say don't worry about eating back the calories. If it's more exercise than is typical and you feel hungry, by all means, have some more.

    No, I usually do one a day when I do them. I am just helping out someone and she has a new class tomorrow and Saturday which will be doubled. Over all, I missed yday due to a sick kid so in the light of things tomorrow is a make up. I just was not sure what to do over all for my body.

    Ty
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