How do you add your exercises to your daily log

omgdina
omgdina Posts: 1
edited November 13 in Fitness and Exercise
im new to this and how to input my exercises for the day it shows +0

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  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    If you're adding strength training it expects you to add your own calories. When you add a cardio workout it should estimate the calories depending on the details in your profile (age, sex, height, weight).

    I have a heart rate monitor so am able to add my calories manually. I eat back half of my calories.

    HTH
  • rachsoderberg
    rachsoderberg Posts: 55 Member
    I ended up using an outside calculator to determine the calories I am likely burning each day with how often I work out and eat by that and don't log the calories burned (because they are having me "eat back" the calories basically). The only time I eat back calories from a workout is if I take a long run.

    If you are interested in the calculator I used, here's a link with lots of info: http://www.eattoperform.com/2013/03/26/tdee-calculator-explained/
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    You can log the amount of time for "strength training" under the Cardiovascular section to get an estimate for Calories burned. You can use the Strength Training section to log sets, reps, and weights, but that section does not account for the amount of time or Calories burned.

    Add "Strength training (weight lifting, weight training)" to Cardiovascular to get estimated Calories Burned added to your Diary. Please note that the Calories burned for Cardiovascular exercises are estimates for a general population and may differ for you as an individual. If desired, add individual strength training exercises, such as "Biceps Curl," to Strength Training to have a log of sets, reps, and weights as individual exercises.

    Please see the third article in the list of articles on this topic in the MFP Help pages...
    myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/topics/455842-exercise-diary-and-exercise-database/articles

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