Does anyone NOT log exercise?

I don't log exercise in MFP. But, this is not to lose weight more quickly.

Your idea of not logging to give yourself a larger deficit is a road trip to failure. Consistently underrating will have negative health implications and, for many, is a trigger to binge/purge cycles.

My strong advice;

• Set a moderate deficit
• Weigh and log all your food
• Consider you exercise and activity levels and if you are losing too fast tweak your calories in to slow the loss
• Play the long game

I don't log exercise, but I have my activity level set at 'active', so I shouldn't need to.
However that train of thought "to lose faster" I personally think is a slippery slope. It depends on your stats, but you can usually safely increase your deficit to 500 calories, or a bit more if you're severely overweight. However, if the deficit becomes too large for too long it might cause you to do what I did - binge. About a week or so in I just broke and gorged myself sick.
So yeah, just a warning, please be careful the deficit isn't too large.

I dont log exercise , but i just swim a few times a week and walk a bit . the settings in the program ,, mod , light , heavy seem to change your cals . I just try and find a diet i can live with and it seems the closer you get to goal weight the harder it is to lose . Stealth is correct this is more of a life style change so play the long game as long as your moving in the right direction , Thats what counts

Good luck

If you're consistently doing the same workouts, your activity level should be set to active, which includes your boxing workouts and then you don't need to eat back exercise calories. If you do something extra in a week just log that (eg an extra 10km run that you wouldn't normally do).

I personally have mine set to sedentary, and on days when I workout if I need to eat a bit more then I do; if I'm not hungry I dont. I eat within my calorie goal and exercise is either for fitness or strength and I adjust my meals accordingly (eg more carbs around workouts), not to lose weight as such.

I'm not always in a deficit but I've recently found that it is easier for me mentally to stick to it when I don't log my exercise. I also don't weight anything though, so I know there's some error there. I usually burn from 150-300 calories during exercise, 4 days a week and I log it as 1 calorie burned so it still shows up in my diary. I only have a 250 cal deficit anyway and if I am starving then I calculate those calories back in for that day so I can have a good snack or bigger dinner.

I don't log exercise. I don't want to be tempted to eat back my calories. It's set at 1200 and that's all I'm putting in my tummy per day until I go into maintenance in the future

sijomial wrote: »

foiensoi wrote: »

If you're consistently doing the same workouts, your activity level should be set to active, which includes your boxing workouts and then you don't need to eat back exercise calories. If you do something extra in a week just log that (eg an extra 10km run that you wouldn't normally do).

I personally have mine set to sedentary, and on days when I workout if I need to eat a bit more then I do; if I'm not hungry I dont. I eat within my calorie goal and exercise is either for fitness or strength and I adjust my meals accordingly (eg more carbs around workouts), not to lose weight as such.

@foiensoi

Nope that isn't how activity setting works on here.
This isn't a TDEE site - exercise is not included so that's why the calorie goal given is plus exercise calories.

Ok well I personally use it that way. At the moment because I'm not in my usual schedule I have it set to sedentary and if I work out I choose whether or not to eat back exercise calories based on whether I'm hungrier or not.

During a typical month though, I would be strength training with exactly the same routine, several days a week and don't type it in every day, instead I just change my activity level and still don't log exercise.

This is just how I do it, do what works for you. Other TDEE calculators include regular exercise in your TDEE, and I can see why. I just log 'extra' exercise.

I have a Garmin (vivosmart HR) and I have noticed and enormous difference between calories burned during an exercise on MFP vs with my Garmin. I think my Garmin is more accurate, as the heart rate monitor ensures better accuracy. While I DO log my exercise (according to MFP calories burned), I don't take it to heart and just keep a median estimate in mind and strictly focus on my original calorie goal, not including exercise, and it's been very effective for me so far without feeling like I'm sarving.

ginaDDDD wrote: »

I don't log exercise. I don't want to be tempted to eat back my calories. It's set at 1200 and that's all I'm putting in my tummy per day until I go into maintenance in the future

I agree with you, and it's exactly what I do.

I have a calorie goal around 1600 a day. I don't care how active or inactive I am, I still eat the same 1600 every day. I do, however, have 1 cheat day a week where I eat what I want within reason (probably around 2500 calories). And I workout hard for 2-hours 4 days a week, plus walk and bicycle a lot.

If I'm hungry, which is rare, I'll have a handful of nuts or something near the end of the day.

I'm losing 1-2 pounds a week. I don't think I'd lose anything if I ate my workouts. Maybe my cheat day takes care of the workouts?

I don't log exercise - but I also upped my calorie goal to reflect it. So I am eating those calories - just not logging them separate. (TDEE method)

If you used a TDEE calculator to get your goal you should not eat back your exercise calories and if you want to log it you can manually change the exercise burn to 1. But if you used mfp to get your goal you should be logging any exercise and eating back at least some possibly all of your exercise calories. If you don't want to use MFP the way it is designed then you should realize that you are not using it correctly and shouldn't be advising people not to eat their exercise calories. It is a good idea to start with a percentage of the exercise calories and adjust accordingly, but you should eat some of them if using MFP's calorie goal.

Eh, I don't exercise =P My job is outside, and fairly active (crawing beneath planes, dragging heavy hoses, etc) so I just don't do or log any excercising

I don't, because I base my calories off my TDEE from my Fitbit

ginaDDDD wrote: »

I don't log exercise. I don't want to be tempted to eat back my calories. It's set at 1200 and that's all I'm putting in my tummy per day until I go into maintenance in the future

This is a very bad idea, and you'll likely burn out sooner or later

You could always log it to keep a record of what you've done but change the calories burned to zero