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question about settings

fitoverfifty
fitoverfifty Posts: 192 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
So, I was wondering, I had originally set my daily activity as " moderate", considering I walk my dog every day. So, that gives me the extra calories. If on top of that I log my daily dog walk, I would get the same added calories again......So, should I just put "sedentary" in my settings, and then log all my activities and get credit as I go? If that is true, then everyone who works out should still set their original setting at sedentary, or, if they don't, not log their activity, as it was already calculated in?

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  • ErikThaRed
    ErikThaRed Posts: 139 Member
    edited April 2015
    Keep the moderate setting and eat back calories you burn on the walks
  • Babbs1977
    Babbs1977 Posts: 42 Member
    I work out a lot and chose to keep my setting as sedentary, so that I know exactly how many exercise calories I can eat back. I don't eat them all back, but some days I do. For me it's just a preference so that I can be extra aware of what I'm eating vs. burning.
  • jasonraygagnon
    jasonraygagnon Posts: 86 Member
    Sounds like you are double dipping with the calories ;-) If you have a sedentary lifestyle, you may want your MFP settings reflect just that. I would however be careful with logging "everything". Personally, if I do a 15-30 min walk with my dog, it doesn't get logged. I only log the cardio sessions and the strength training. Time will tell what works best for you as everybody is different :-)
  • fitoverfifty
    fitoverfifty Posts: 192 Member
    Thanks for the answers, I changed my settings to sedentary so now I can log my workouts and walks. I walk 80 minutes, but I take the " calories burned" they give me with a grain of salt :-)..........According to them, I burned more on the elliptical for 40 minutes than I burn when I walk for 80.......I know from the way I feel that that is not correct.......So I'll go easy on the extra calories :-)
  • vicky1947mfp
    vicky1947mfp Posts: 1,509 Member
    fitoverfifty wrote: »
    Thanks for the answers, I changed my settings to sedentary so now I can log my workouts and walks. I walk 80 minutes, but I take the " calories burned" they give me with a grain of salt :-)..........According to them, I burned more on the elliptical for 40 minutes than I burn when I walk for 80.......I know from the way I feel that that is not correct.......So I'll go easy on the extra calories :-)

    I think they are correct. I burn way more calories on the elliptical than I do walking at a brisk pace. My weight loss results show that to be true for me.
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