Workout Calories!?!?

keilhouse
keilhouse Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hello! So today is my day 1 and I walked a lot at work for part of my lunch and will be going to the gym soon. From walking, it added calories back on my available for the day!?! Do I have to use them?

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  • YaGirlMaddi
    YaGirlMaddi Posts: 88 Member
    I never use them unless it's a HUGE deficit because I don't want my body going into a starvation mode. But any calories I burn from walking I never add them into MFP. They should already be factored into your activity level in your settings.
  • keilhouse
    keilhouse Posts: 4 Member
    Perfect! Thanks for replying! I didn't want to use them either and wasn't sure if you needed to in order to lose weight. So they are like an added bonus in case you want to use them basically.
  • jaga13
    jaga13 Posts: 1,149 Member
    If it's intentional exercise (a walk during your break) and not part of your routine day, then yes you're supposed to eat some back. Many people only eat back 50-75 percent to offset inaccuracies. Keep this in mind: if your walk leads to a small amount of calories (let's say 100) it's probably not wise to eat it back. But if you intentionally take many walk breaks and it leads to a large calorie count, a few hundred, you could certainly eat some of those calories.
    It also depends on your hunger. If you are not hungry then just don't eat it. My calorie goal is simply too low without eating back some exercise calories so I make a point to exercise every day to earn a little more food.
  • keilhouse
    keilhouse Posts: 4 Member
    Thanks Jaga13! :)
  • leesc59
    leesc59 Posts: 2 Member
    I rarely eat much back from my workouts but there are times when it is nice to have that cushion.
  • tamgoal
    tamgoal Posts: 1 Member
    Is there a setting to not add exercise on your calories for the day?
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited January 2016
    tamgoal wrote: »
    Is there a setting to not add exercise on your calories for the day?

    No - if you know workouts will be a regular thing, then use a site that INCLUDES workouts before calculating a deficit. Plug this starting value in MFP. This way your daily deficit will not be larger than planned.

    http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

    Large deficits help you lose weight faster HOWEVER, there is often a trade-off. Larger deficits make it hard for your body to support existing lean muscle mass. Unless you have lots of weight to lose, fast weight loss doesn't lower your body fat percentage as much as moderate paced weight loss does.
  • ridge4mfp
    ridge4mfp Posts: 301 Member
    maddipasto wrote: »
    I never use them unless it's a HUGE deficit because I don't want my body going into a starvation mode. But any calories I burn from walking I never add them into MFP. They should already be factored into your activity level in your settings.

    Not quite. Your activity level should be set to reflect how active you are excluding exercise. For example, if you have a desk job, you are "sedentary". The OP took a walk at lunch, intentional exercise. Those calories (or at least a portion) should be eaten. If the calorie count comes from a source known to over-estimate, such as the MFP exercise database, eat back 50% or so. If you have a Fitbit synced, those calories are much more accurate, and all of them can be consumed.

    Remember, those that eat the most and lose weight win!

  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    maddipasto wrote: »
    I never use them unless it's a HUGE deficit because I don't want my body going into a starvation mode. But any calories I burn from walking I never add them into MFP. They should already be factored into your activity level in your settings.

    your body will not go into starvation mode,you really have to be starving to be in starvation mode.not eating all your exercise calories will not cause starvation mode. MFP has it set to where you are supposed to eat back all,but most people eat anywhere from 25-75% back,depends on the person though and what they prefer.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    tamgoal wrote: »
    Is there a setting to not add exercise on your calories for the day?

    no there isnt. not the free version anyway.not sure about the paid one.
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