burning more calories that eating

LizzyK1983
LizzyK1983 Posts: 44 Member
edited November 20 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all. I have a new fit bit and have synced with mfp. My calories per day to eat are 1450. Now that ive synced with fit bit it says i have burned 900 calories and i havent even exercised yet. What happens if i exercise more than the 1450 i have to eat? Is this good? Or should i eat lots more? Sorry if this is a dumb question!

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  • tasheabarnes
    tasheabarnes Posts: 4 Member
    From what I have worked out its OK to eat back approx 50% of exercise calories burned. But it depends how you have burned that 900 calories off.
    I'm just starting out and I don't add my 10,000 steps to my fitness pal but the workouts I do. Hope this helps a little.
  • mudmonkeyonwheels
    mudmonkeyonwheels Posts: 426 Member
    From my understanding, no, you should only eat back your specific exercise calories. If you are wearing your fitbit all the time and its just recording calories burned from daily activity, it is already counted into your deficit from your activity level.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    KristinG83 wrote: »
    I have a new fit bit and have synced with mfp. My calories per day to eat are 1450. Now that ive synced with fit bit it says i have burned 900 calories and i havent even exercised yet. What happens if i exercise more than the 1450 i have to eat?

    Your Fitbit burn is TDEE, the calories necessary to maintain your current weight. Your default MFP calorie goal (1,450) is activity level minus deficit. Adjustments are the difference between your Fitbit burn & your MFP activity level.

    If (and only if) you enable negative calorie adjustments in your diary settings, eating back your adjustments means you're eating TDEE minus deficit: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

    You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users
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