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Exercise Calories

ianfish458
ianfish458 Posts: 35 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I workout 2 hours per day. Combination strength training and cardio. My goal is to lose last 10-12 lbs, lean up and increase strength and endurance for a technical mountain expedition in Sept/16.

Should I be including my exercise calories in my total calorie count? My goal is 30-30-40 (protein-fat-carbs).

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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    most of us eat back around half of our calories.
  • adkin1wm
    adkin1wm Posts: 2 Member
    There is a workout style called high intensity training. Less time but potentially great results. I'd give it a look.
  • ianfish458
    ianfish458 Posts: 35 Member
    Thx! I do HIIT at least 2x/week. It definitely is a good addition to any workout. Thx for the feedback.

    50% seems reasonable. The HIAL I guess is to ensure you keep your macro targets for the additional 50% versus adding a bunch of carbs.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    Eat them back and monitor your weight over a few weeks to check that the guestimator of calorie burn you are using matches your body. You can then adjust a little if required. You may want to adjust your macros a little when you do big sessions to give yourself a bit more carb to fuel the session and keep the protein high if you are in deficit. Good luck , sounds like you are going to kill it :-)
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    After a few weeks of consistent logging extrapolate your burn from the data you collect from MFP and eat that back. Until you have that info eat back 59-75%.

    Cheers, h.
  • ianfish458
    ianfish458 Posts: 35 Member
    Wow, some very helpful input. Thank you so much. I will follow the advice.

    As always, it is the quality of the people that make this such a cool service. The tech just enables the connection. Pls do add me if you are interested in staying in touch. I will post some pics from the last expedition.
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