Working out.

Devilbabi
Devilbabi Posts: 20 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys, just wandering if there is a way to work out what the best amount of activity to be aiming for a day is for weight loss. I wear a HRM and use an app on my phone and generally aim to do about 600+ calorie workouts a day. Just not sure if this is enough, or is there a webpage somewhere I am not seeing that I could use to calculate ideal calories for weight loss. Thanks in advance!

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    If you are using MFP and eating the calories alloted you don't need exercise to lose weight...it gives you enough of a deficit with just food...the exercise is just extra calories.
  • Devilbabi
    Devilbabi Posts: 20 Member
    edited October 2014
    oh I did no realize that! The exercising is for my health too mostly, so it would be nice to double check if Im putting good effort in.
  • Menix8
    Menix8 Posts: 210 Member
    I don't like to rely on exercise calories alone to produce a calorie deficit. After all, you don't NEED to exercise to lose weight, it just contributes to your calorie deficit. I try to let my diet do the work, and add in exercise because I enjoy it. The sayings "you can't out-train a bad diet" and "abs are made in the kitchen" are thrown around because it is often a much easier and simpler way to control weight loss/gain through your diet, rather than your activity.

    How many calories are you eating every day?
  • Devilbabi
    Devilbabi Posts: 20 Member
    Menix8 wrote: »
    I don't like to rely on exercise calories alone to produce a calorie deficit. After all, you don't NEED to exercise to lose weight, it just contributes to your calorie deficit. I try to let my diet do the work, and add in exercise because I enjoy it. The sayings "you can't out-train a bad diet" and "abs are made in the kitchen" are thrown around because it is often a much easier and simpler way to control weight loss/gain through your diet, rather than your activity.

    How many calories are you eating every day?

    At this stage, MFP is suggesting 1340. If I work out like today, it can go up to 1600
  • Menix8
    Menix8 Posts: 210 Member
    1340 is not especially high...
    Have you tried running your stats in a different calculator? I would recommend http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ to calculate fat loss calories.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Devilbabi wrote: »
    oh I did no realize that! The exercising is for my health too mostly, so it would be nice to double check if Im putting good effort in.

    I don't use calories burned to guage that myself...

    I lift weights and do other "fun" stuff like HIIT, biking etc.

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