do I add my walking calories to my TDEE?

sauron92
sauron92 Posts: 32
edited February 13 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm not really a gym kinda guy.but I enjoy walking.I walk daily at least 1 hour and 2 hours on average. and on my good days I could walk for 3 hours like today.
I weigh 216 lbs and MFP said that I burn about 300 kcal/hour walking.

1) is the estimated burn MFP gives me right? (I don't have a HRM)
2) is walking considered an exercise? and does it qualified to be added to the daily expenditure?

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  • sauron92
    sauron92 Posts: 32
    bump.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    I'd eat back 75% of what MFP tells you, and yes, walking is considered exercise.
  • Dougf90
    Dougf90 Posts: 95 Member
    You add any calories you burn to your TDEE, that's what your TDEE is. Your TOTAL daily energy expenditure.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Yes, walking is exercise, so counts toward your TDEE total. The only caveat here is if you somehow calculated your activity level (not your exercise/week) including your walking when you input your numbers to MFP or another TDEE calculator. If, for example, your walking were entirely related to your job, it might be a bit of 'double-dipping' on the calories-burned front. This is highly unlikely, but not statistically impossible.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    I used to struggle witht his all the time.

    I solved it by spending $99 on a Fitbit. Now all my daily walking is automatically tabulated and merged right into MFP.
  • TheGirlsATimeBomb
    TheGirlsATimeBomb Posts: 434 Member
    I used to struggle witht his all the time.

    I solved it by spending $99 on a Fitbit. Now all my daily walking is automatically tabulated and merged right into MFP.

    i second the "buy a fitbit" motion. i got mine used on ebay for $60.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,838 Member
    I used to struggle witht his all the time.

    I solved it by spending $99 on a Fitbit. Now all my daily walking is automatically tabulated and merged right into MFP.

    i second the "buy a fitbit" motion. i got mine used on ebay for $60.

    I third it. ESPECIALLY if most of your exercise is walking.
  • bryannakay
    bryannakay Posts: 198 Member
    Can I 4th it? I have the Fitbit Flex and LOOOOOOVVVEEEEE IT!!!!
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