Stopping exercise calories adding onto daily calories

lisabobczuk
lisabobczuk Posts: 115 Member
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Hi. Can someone help me.
How do I stop my exercise calories adding onto my daily calories.
I just want to see the countdown of what I've eaten and what's left.
Thanks

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  • pmm3437
    pmm3437 Posts: 529 Member
    Log the activity, but put in 1 for calories burned. This will stop the site/app from adjusting your macros and calories.
  • lisabobczuk
    lisabobczuk Posts: 115 Member
    Thank you.
    I use my phone to log how many steps I take a day and that automatically adds the calories onto my calories left.
    I guess I'll have to stop using my phone to log steps taken?
  • RhondaDesiree120
    RhondaDesiree120 Posts: 16 Member
    How do I reset my daily calories ?
  • veganbaum
    veganbaum Posts: 1,865 Member
    You're meant to eat those calories.
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Eating exercise calories will help prevent fatigue later, regardless of whether your body's sense of hunger is still in line with your actual needs or not. That being said, there are good reasons to log separately including that calculating macros as percentages of daily calorie use will yield unusable numbers when the total gets high enough. Just pop the exercise in your daily notes.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    lisabobczuk wrote: »
    Thank you.
    I use my phone to log how many steps I take a day and that automatically adds the calories onto my calories left.
    I guess I'll have to stop using my phone to log steps taken?

    You have your step count synced to MFP. Un-sync it.
  • lisabobczuk
    lisabobczuk Posts: 115 Member
    Thankyou for your help.
    That's what I've done, I've un sync my phone to it. :-)
  • lisabobczuk
    lisabobczuk Posts: 115 Member
    I didn't think you are supposed to eat your exercise calories? Would I still lose the weight?
    Sorry for sounding so dumb!
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    A lot of people eat back a percentage of their exercise calories - anywhere from 25-75%.
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    lisabobczuk wrote: »
    I didn't think you are supposed to eat your exercise calories? Would I still lose the weight?
    Sorry for sounding so dumb!

    From the MFP Help pages...
    When you create your profile, we ask you for your age, height, weight, gender, and normal daily activity level. We use these factors to determine the calories required to maintain your current weight. We also ask how much weight you would like to lose or gain per week, and with this goal in mind we subtract calories (for weight loss) or add calories (for weight gain) to determine your daily calorie and nutrient goals.

    We also ask you for your weekly exercise goals (which should not be included in your initial activity level), in order to provide an incentive for you to reach. However, we do not account for additional exercise outside of your reported daily activity level, until you actually perform and log exercise to your diary under the "Cardiovascular" section.

    Reference:
    https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/410332-how-does-myfitnesspal-calculate-my-initial-goals-
  • lisabobczuk
    lisabobczuk Posts: 115 Member
    I see. I've done everything that is asked and it's all worked out.
    But any extra I do, I don't want to eat them if you know what I mean.
  • tryin2die2self
    tryin2die2self Posts: 207 Member
    I try not to eat back more than 50% of my exercise calories. Part of only eating back a portion is because getting an accurate reading for actual calories burned is not exact. Also, I am out to lose weight. The few hundred extra CICO for the day is a boon. Also, I try to "eat back" my calories immediately after my workout session, an easy to digest protein is key. So if I walk during lunch, I make a protein drink the first thing I consume when I get back.
  • spmcavoy1
    spmcavoy1 Posts: 60 Member
    I only log a portion of my exercise calories (currently 1/3, I had success on 2/3, but need a kick start) because I'd rather underestimate my calorie burn JIC I over estimate my food intake (I don't measure/weigh my food). Depending on your activity settings and additional activity, you should eat back some of those calories.
  • ncfitbit
    ncfitbit Posts: 1,058 Member
    Just FYI that is one of the features you get with premium membership. You can adjust your account settings so that it doesn't automatically add exercise calories. This way you can keep logging your exercise and feel motivated by the calories burned on your feed without it affect your calorie goal.
  • lisabobczuk
    lisabobczuk Posts: 115 Member
    I'm finding all your info so interesting and I really appreciate you taking the time out to answer my question!
    I'm in the early stages of this and really learning how it all works! :-)
  • robindea
    robindea Posts: 1 Member
    I walk daily and it syncs back to the app but I don't want it to add the calories back to my daily calories. Is there not something in Settings that I could change this?
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    robindea wrote: »
    I walk daily and it syncs back to the app but I don't want it to add the calories back to my daily calories. Is there not something in Settings that I could change this?

    Just undo whatever you did to link whatever step counter you're using to MFP.
  • bernadettekiser1
    bernadettekiser1 Posts: 1 Member
    I log my exercise daily in mu fitness pal app. Instead, can I log my calories burned as shown in my fit bit, minus exercise burned in daily exercise?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,622 Member
    bernadettekiser1 wrote: »
    I log my exercise daily in mu fitness pal app. Instead, can I log my calories burned as shown in my fit bit, minus exercise burned in daily exercise?

    @bernadettekiser1, I don't mean this as a criticism, but your question isn't directly related to the title of this post. I mention that because you're therefore less likely to get helpful answers to your specific question.

    I'm curious: If you want to log exercise and you do have a Fitbit, is there some reason you haven't synced your Fitbit to MFP? If you do that, it should do all the arithmetic for you.

    I don't exactly understand your question.

    Here's the thing: Your MFP calorie goal includes some calories for daily life stuff (like job and home chores) based on your "Activity Level" setting in MFP. Assuming you followed the setup guidelines and didn't include intentional exercise when you set your Activity Level, you'd then either:
    1. Log your exercise when you do it, in MFP, or
    2. Sync your fitness tracker (Fitbit in your case) and let it do the arithmetic.

    #2 has the advantage that it can also adjust if your fitness tracker sees you as more active in daily life than your Activity Level setting would predict. (If you turn on Negative Adjustments in MFP, it will also adjust if your fitness tracker sees you as less active than your Activity Level setting would predict.)

    I'm sorry that I don't have a clear understanding of what you mean when you say "can I log my calories burned as shown in my fit bit, minus exercise burned in daily exercise?" If you're asking if you could somehow set your MFP goal to your total non-exercise calorie burn as shown in Fitbit, and let your exercise create your calorie deficit . . . yes, you could do that by setting your calorie goal manually in MFP, and changing it every day at the end of the day when you have the total burn from your Fitbit. To me, that seems like a lot of work (and frankly a little micromanage-y), so I'm thinking that's not the right interpretation of your question.

    Bottom line: I'd like to help, but I'm confused. Apologies!



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