Calorie counting

emmasmiles0203
emmasmiles0203 Posts: 12 Member
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
It says my daily goal to lose weight is 2000 cal, but then when I exercise it adds more cals 2 my daily goal. Doesn't this defeat the purpose?

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Nope

    MFP is a NEAT method so doesn't include exercise

    Any exercise you do and log by MFP database or machines, cut in half and eat them

  • emmasmiles0203
    emmasmiles0203 Posts: 12 Member
    OK thanks.
    So eat half the calories that shows up from exercise?
    I'm usually 200 to 300 cals below my daily goal anyway.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    emmasmiles0203 wrote: »
    OK thanks.
    So eat half the calories that shows up from exercise?
    I'm usually 200 to 300 cals below my daily goal anyway.

    Yes
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    What I do and what I recommend to people is to eat at a calorie level that allows you to make good progress towards your goal. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~2000 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for a week. If you lose 1-2 lbs, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few weeks, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.
  • emmasmiles0203
    emmasmiles0203 Posts: 12 Member
    terbusha wrote: »
    What I do and what I recommend to people is to eat at a calorie level that allows you to make good progress towards your goal. If you are trying to lose weight, eat so you drop 1-2 lbs/week. This assumes an average calorie burn from you getting in all of your workouts. This will be different for everyone, so you'll have to do some trial and error to figure it out. I'd start ~2000 cal/day. Hit this goal, along with your macros and getting in your workouts, for a week. If you lose 1-2 lbs, you're good to go. If you lose too much, increase your intake and repeat. If you don't lose enough, reduce your intake a bit and repeat. After a few weeks, you'll figure out what works for you in your situation.

    Thanks heaps:). That sounds like a good plan. I have only just started this week so I haven't done my first weigh in yet.
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