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How to make it stop adding calories to my daily goal- I don't want to eat back calories i've burned!

cjolliff9
cjolliff9 Posts: 1
edited November 2024 in Getting Started

For example
i have my calorie goal set to 1400 calories total a day with 123C/140P/39F
It adds up at the top how many calories i have eaten and subtracts it from my total goal of 1400 to show how many I have left for the day. Perfect.
Now that I have it synced with my fitbit it also adds in more calories for exercise so in total it's telling me to eat 1986 calories and 200grams of protein instead of 140!
HOW DO I MAKE IT STOP?!
I do not want to eat back those calories I have burned.
I have already tried checking the box in settings allowing negative adjustments to calories but that didn't do anything.
Please help!

Replies

  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    You don't...MFP is a NEAT method calculator...that's how you account for exercise with the NEAT method.
  • jenchamb1
    jenchamb1 Posts: 73 Member
    Maybe don't link it with Fitbit? And then just put exercise in the notes section rather than logging it if you still want to have a record of it.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,876 Member
    I don't want to eat back calories i've burned!

    Then don't.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Don't follow the MFP NEAT method then which is designed for you to lose weight if you don't exercise but if you do for you to eat those calories back.

    Overwrite your goals with a cut from TDEE instead - manual setting

    and unsynch your fitbit

  • Docbanana2002
    Docbanana2002 Posts: 357 Member
    Unsync your fitbit....though I don't know why you wouldn't want to use the info to guide you. The fact that it keeps adding calories is telling you that you've underestimated your activity levels (probably you are calling yourself sedentary?) in determining how many calories you need to eat for weight loss.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    like others have said, unsync your fitbit. then, log your exercise as 1 calorie burned, or don't log it at all. easy peazy.
  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    cjolliff9 wrote: »
    For example
    i have my calorie goal set to 1400 calories total a day with 123C/140P/39F
    It adds up at the top how many calories i have eaten and subtracts it from my total goal of 1400 to show how many I have left for the day. Perfect.
    Now that I have it synced with my fitbit it also adds in more calories for exercise so in total it's telling me to eat 1986 calories and 200grams of protein instead of 140!
    HOW DO I MAKE IT STOP?!
    I do not want to eat back those calories I have burned.
    I have already tried checking the box in settings allowing negative adjustments to calories but that didn't do anything.
    Please help!

    I understand your frustration. I am in the same boat. I use the excel extraction tool and pull all of my info out, along with exercise, into an excel sheet that tracks everything. I need to have my exercises logged for it to be accurate but I don't like to eat back my calories either. Sadly, there's no option for that in MFP. You will just have to remember what your goals are and stick to them. yeah it's a PITA but not much we can do about it. or you can just unlink your fitbit...
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