MFP steps counter - eat back the calories or not?

I would think that the calories you burn from just walking throughout the day should be left alone. I don't even count those. I wear a pedometer to count steps...but those calories are just part of life. I try to avoid my exercise calories in general but have eaten some of them back at times.

No. Walking throughout the day is not considered "exercise". IF it is something you have to do everyday anyway.

MFP says you CAN eat back your "exercise" calories. (Anything you do as additional exercise.) Ie: running 45 mins or cardio for an hour.

Thats like me saying well, for every calorie I burn getting up from my work desk to go to the bathroom, I am going to eat those back. No. Just no.

Agreed.

Hi, i use the MFP steps counter on my iphone, but should I eat back the calories that i "lose" walking during the day? For me it's ok to eat back the one i lose when I run, exercise etc. but walking is something I do every day and I don't know if this activity it's already in the calculation of my calories limit or not.
My activity settings are on Sedentary.
Thank you

You already get some "step credit" at the sedentary level. But some people go above & beyond that. If your counter is many more steps than sedentary, then changing your activity level gives you an extra bump in calories. Logging miles (thru steps) can be problematic because steps tend to be fairly slow whereas purposeful walking can be much faster.

<5000 steps/day may be used as a sedentary lifestyle
5000-7499 steps/day is typical of daily activity might be considered low active
7500-9999 likely includes some volitional activities considered somewhat active
10,000 steps/day indicates the point that should be used to classify individuals as active
>12500 steps/day are likely to be classified as highly active

I lost about 30lbs by starting with eating back those calories, and then slowly eating less and less back. Now I eat none back. Don't jump into it, whatever you do. It's a process.

If it is regular, everyday walking, then I wouldn't eat them back. However, for those true exercise days when you purposely add cardio and strength training, I would eat back at least half.

I synch my Fitbit up with MFP so I log in my cardio (elliptical), strength training and then get my Fitbit allowance from the steps I did over the course of the day. I make it a point to reach at least 10,000 steps a day. However, when it comes to eating, I typically will "ignore" my Fitbit calorie allowance but not what I logged into MFP exercise. I have found that if I consistently do NOT eat those MFP exercise calories back, my weight loss stalls - my body is not getting enough fuel it needs to drop those pounds! My weigh-in this morning showed no weight loss for me and I looked back and realized that I didn't eat enough calories ...