Exercise Calories?

Go4Me2
Go4Me2 Posts: 34 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
My nutritionist told me to not add in the exercise calories into mfp. She told me that it's not good because I'll just eat them back.

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  • ariana_eatsandlifts
    ariana_eatsandlifts Posts: 197 Member
    MFP is designed for you to eat back your exercise calories.
  • vespiquenn
    vespiquenn Posts: 1,455 Member
    Although I don't agree with not adding them in at all, you shouldn't be eating all of them back due to inaccuracies. As stated, MFP is programmed for you to eat back exercise calories because you deficit is already included. It is recommended, however, that you eat only 50-85% of those calories that you ear through exercise because machines and MFP often overestimate a burn.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Are you following MFP's recommendation for your calorie goal or one from your nutritionist?

    If from your nutritionist did they take your exercise into account when working out your calorie goal?
    (If not that's pretty poor advice.)
  • Go4Me2
    Go4Me2 Posts: 34 Member
    They know I exercise
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Go4Me2 wrote: »
    They know I exercise
    That wasn't the question.
  • ariana_eatsandlifts
    ariana_eatsandlifts Posts: 197 Member
    Are you using the calorie goal from MFP or did your nutritionist give you a calorie goal factoring in your exercise?
  • Go4Me2
    Go4Me2 Posts: 34 Member
    I'm using a calorie goal from my nutritionist. 1500 a day.
  • Go4Me2
    Go4Me2 Posts: 34 Member
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  • jdleanna
    jdleanna Posts: 141 Member
    Go4Me2 wrote: »
    I'm using a calorie goal from my nutritionist. 1500 a day.

    Then I assume your nutritionist took exercise into account in setting your goal. So if so, don't eat exercise calories. You should eat exercise calories only if you use MFP'S calorie goal.

  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Go4Me2 wrote: »
    I'm using a calorie goal from my nutritionist. 1500 a day.

    Well that was simple in the end.
    They have worked out your goal already factoring in your exercise. Stick to 1500.

    Either don't log exercise or log it as 1 calorie only.
  • Go4Me2
    Go4Me2 Posts: 34 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    Go4Me2 wrote: »
    I'm using a calorie goal from my nutritionist. 1500 a day.

    Well that was simple in the end.
    They have worked out your goal already factoring in your exercise. Stick to 1500.

    Either don't log exercise or log it as 1 calorie only.

    Sorry for the confusion!!! I'm learning disabled.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Go4Me2 wrote: »
    sijomial wrote: »
    Go4Me2 wrote: »
    I'm using a calorie goal from my nutritionist. 1500 a day.

    Well that was simple in the end.
    They have worked out your goal already factoring in your exercise. Stick to 1500.

    Either don't log exercise or log it as 1 calorie only.

    Sorry for the confusion!!! I'm learning disabled.

    That's perfectly OK - happy to help and we got there in the end.
    Best of luck.
  • Go4Me2
    Go4Me2 Posts: 34 Member
    Thanks!!

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