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5:2 diet with training

lottiepop01
lottiepop01 Posts: 9 Member
edited February 4 in Health and Weight Loss
I am currently doing the 5:2 diet with light training on my fasting days,today I burnt 275 with a 20 min IT session. Does anyone know should I be making up my calories used in training or sticking to the 500 calorie target regardless?

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  • Flabulousss
    Flabulousss Posts: 106
    Stick to the 500.
  • terryleitch7
    terryleitch7 Posts: 2
    I target 25% of daily calorie, which I think the 5:2 targets. 500 is a general target for women and 600 for men, which implies a target burn of 2400. I usually burn about 2800 so my target calorie intake is 700. I've lost 18 pounds since May, so it seems to work pretty well.
  • terryleitch7
    terryleitch7 Posts: 2
    I use digifit to track exercise, which uploads to mfp, as well as an up bracelet for my walking and linked both to mfp. I think this undercounts actual calorie burn a bit, maybe 100 or so, but it's great because I can look at mfp and take a quarter of the calories and target that. Then I use mfp foo diary to ensure I stay within my budget.
  • lottiepop01
    lottiepop01 Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for your help!
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