calories added by exercise

tuckerbelle
tuckerbelle Posts: 4
in Health and Weight Loss
:flowerforyou: Am I supposed to add the extra calories earned by exercise every day?? ( I don't) And the total calories I burn on my eliptical says much lower than the calories on the 'add exercise' portion....so I am confused...I add the lower amount instead of MFP amount and stay within 12-1300 calories per day.

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  • ladynocturne
    ladynocturne Posts: 865 Member
    When you log exercise, it gives you more calories to eat. You're suppose to eat them.

    That being said, the elliptical settings on MFP tend to be a little inflated, I eat back 80% of the calories it says I burn on MFP.

    The number of calories MFP gives you to eat everyday already has a deficit built in, you don't need to eat less than that or even exercise to lose weight.

    It also says 1200 NET calories. This means 1200+ exercise calories.

    Let's say you burned 300 calories at the gym. You now are going to eat 1200+300=1500 calories. You will still lose the same amount of weight because:

    1500-300=1200 NET calories, the same as though you ate 1200 and didn't exercise at all.
  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
    When you log exercise, it gives you more calories to eat. You're suppose to eat them.

    That being said, the elliptical settings on MFP tend to be a little inflated, I eat back 80% of the calories it says I burn on MFP.

    The number of calories MFP gives you to eat everyday already has a deficit built in, you don't need to eat less than that or even exercise to lose weight.

    It also says 1200 NET calories. This means 1200+ exercise calories.

    Let's say you burned 300 calories at the gym. You now are going to eat 1200+300=1500 calories. You will still lose the same amount of weight because:

    1500-300=1200 NET calories, the same as though you ate 1200 and didn't exercise at all.

    What she said. :smile:
  • tuckerbelle
    tuckerbelle Posts: 4
    YAY! That is good news and thank you. I really just didn't understand it and wasn't sure what to do.

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