Maintenance cals without working out??

Why don't you just enter maintenance as a goal with your appropriate activity level. MFP is a NEAT method calculator...whatever your weight control goals are, your MFP calorie goal is without exercise if you are setting up your activity level properly.

My NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis)...aka non exercise maintenance calories are around 2350 give or take.

I actually lost weight when I was not working out because I can go without consuming extra calories! I would say stay within your MFP calorie range given and don't go over and you should be fine!

Thank you for the informatoin all!! I guess I did not realize that MFP calculates your calories, based on your goal, without excercise. I will look into it right now. thanks ya'll.

Yes, you will note that when you set your activity level up (sedentary, light active, etc) the descriptors mention nothing about exercise...just what you do for a living...or you day to day general stuff (this is called your NEAT - Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis). This is why you get calories to eat back when you log exercise...that activity is unaccounted for in your estimation of required calories...it is "extra" activity.

The exercise goals you set for yourself (i.e. workout 6 hours per week and burn XXX calories) has no bearing on your calorie goals...if you play around with it you'll see exactly what I mean.

What are some of your maintenance calories without working out? I cannot workout for a few weeks and dont want to overdue it.

Why don't you work out your average exercise calories from your own data and simply subtract that amount?
Likely to be more useful than comparing yourself to others.

Calculators will still only give you a rough estimate.

2K for me without any working out.

Wonderful question bumping for responses. I have a pinched nerve and I cannot work out for 3 weeks. Im afraid that i will gain weight back and lose motivation. All of your responses are so helpful. Thank you

For about a week I didn't work out . Granted it was only a week. But it was after my kettlebell competition and I was told to take it EASY. So I took that to heart and didn't do anything except play video games with my kids, rewatch all the seasons of Game of Thrones, and got hooked on Orange is the New Black...lol..

When I weighed in at my kettlebell comp I was 125... A week later with no activity I actually dropped to 123. Not trying to..but I think it's because I wasn't doing anything, thus my appetite wasn't huge.. I didn't eat alot. I ate pretty much around 1600-1800, lots of protein, the week I wasn't exercising. I also kept my carb consumption to mostly fruits and veggies.

I'm 5'3 by the way. I am sure now that i will start training again starting tomorrow, I will eat more,but for now it's enlightening and good to know that just by watching what I eat, I can maintain. But I still love exercise to make me strong and perform well. But now I know that if something happened where I couldn't work out, it's not the end of the world. I am still in control.

My maintenance without exercise is 1700, but it will be different for everyone, depending on height, weight, etc. I'm 5'7", 130 pounds. and sedentary when I'm not exercising.

You can loose weight without working out.. But it will only loose the watery part not totally the fats.. Fats needed to be burn by any kind of activity that will get you sweat alot..
You only need to workout like 3 times a week but if you want a fast result working out everyday is the thing

5'4 125lb 1620 cals before exercise. I'm set to sedentary.