Why do people input 1 for cals burned after they work out?

FeleciaMiller
FeleciaMiller Posts: 68 Member
Is this something I need to be doing as well?

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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    People who do that set custom calorie goals based on their TDEE (Total Day Energy Expenditure), and don't follow MFP's net calorie system. Calculating your TDEE factor's in exercise so you don't want MFP adding your exercise calories into your daily caloric goal
  • kittyhasclaws
    kittyhasclaws Posts: 446 Member
    People who do that set custom calorie goals based on their TDEE (Total Day Energy Expenditure), and don't follow MFP's net calorie system. Calculating your TDEE factor's in exercise so you don't want MFP adding your exercise calories into your daily caloric goal
    ^^This. People on a TDEE based system already account for exercise calories in their calculations, but they still want to be able to keep a log of what exercise and for how long.
  • Always do what everyone else does - not what you do.
  • 18guyhornet
    18guyhornet Posts: 195 Member
    People who do that set custom calorie goals based on their TDEE (Total Day Energy Expenditure), and don't follow MFP's net calorie system. Calculating your TDEE factor's in exercise so you don't want MFP adding your exercise calories into your daily caloric goal

    ^^^This.

    It helps you eat more evenly through the week and not just eating back calories burned on workout days. Factors your TDEE based on your average workouts/activity then subtracts for a deficit over a week rather than a day.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    i do it cause of the attention i get when it appears on my friends newsfeeds. i love seeing "Killed it!" "like a boss" "#beastmode" comments, but i dont want MFP adjusting my settings by 400 calories.
  • leebesstoad
    leebesstoad Posts: 1,186 Member
    It might also be because that's as hard as they work in the gym. I see people in the gym all the time who walk around and don't seem to do a damn thing while there except talk to friends, do one bench press, put it down, impressed with themselves, spend 5 minutes getting a drink of water and then talk to friends for another 15 minutes. Repeat 3 times and they are done for the day.

    That happens far too often in a gym. Unfortunately, those types are probably not honest enough to admit they do that either.
  • My0WNinspiration
    My0WNinspiration Posts: 1,146 Member
    I eat according to TDEE therefore I don't eat back my calories burned.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I use the TDEE method, therefore I don't eat back exercise calories...they're built into my goal. If you're dong MFP, that is the NEAT method and you're supposed to log exercise and eat back most of those calories with the NEAT method.
  • 5ftnFun
    5ftnFun Posts: 948 Member
    People who do that set custom calorie goals based on their TDEE (Total Day Energy Expenditure), and don't follow MFP's net calorie system. Calculating your TDEE factor's in exercise so you don't want MFP adding your exercise calories into your daily caloric goal
    ^^This. People on a TDEE based system already account for exercise calories in their calculations, but they still want to be able to keep a log of what exercise and for how long.

    yes to both
  • FeleciaMiller
    FeleciaMiller Posts: 68 Member
    Thank you!!! Now to look up my TDEE!
  • Ladyzumba
    Ladyzumba Posts: 217 Member
    Bump.
  • DAMETRE
    DAMETRE Posts: 24 Member
    People who do that set custom calorie goals based on their TDEE (Total Day Energy Expenditure), and don't follow MFP's net calorie system. Calculating your TDEE factor's in exercise so you don't want MFP adding your exercise calories into your daily caloric goal

    ^^^This.

    It helps you eat more evenly through the week and not just eating back calories burned on workout days. Factors your TDEE based on your average workouts/activity then subtracts for a deficit over a week rather than a day.

    ^^^ This

    I also use the TDEE method.I Eat my TDEE minus 20%. I don't eat back exercise calories.I log 1 calorie for exercise, I don't log the actual number because it messes up my MICROS.