Does anyone NOT log exercise?
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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)0
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I used the Scooby calculator and set my activity as light. But I do 3 heavy lifting sessions a week (Strong - like NROL4W) and 4 cardio classes a week. But I have the same calories per day even though 3 days a week I don't exercise specifically. So I don't log exercise since those cals are taken into account in my daily. MFP gives me 1210 per day as sedentary - so I figure it works out the same. I use 1590 per day and just the cardio classes are generally 350 - 400 per session. Hope that helps.0
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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.0
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I do not log exercise because for me it is so irregular. I'm still working on establishing a solid exercise routine. You can always log it, just don't eat back those calories0
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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 excercising0
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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 know 1200 is the lowest setting. If you are exercising too this is a huge deficit are you sure this is safe?
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lean...muscle...loss
I keep my deficit moderate because I want to minimize lean muscle loss. Eating enough protein and strength training are important too.
Healthy weight loss should help you lower your body fat %.2 -
I don't, because I base my calories off my TDEE from my FitbitI 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 later1 -
You absolutely CAN choose to set your activity level higher and then not log exercise separately. It's either-or - build the exertcise into your base caloric recommendation and don't track, or don't include it and DO track.
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You could always log it to keep a record of what you've done but change the calories burned to zero0
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you lose via exercise only 30% of calories, diet is 70%. So more exercise don't matter that much as enough of food. If you're not undereating your calorie goal than it should be fine. Apparently human body is very efficient in conserving energy, probably has something with finding food in food deficient enviroment.0
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i stopped logging exercise because it grossly overestimates. i have a hard time believing i'm burning near 300 calories in 28 mins from low impact aerobics *eye roll*2
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I find it much easier to set my activity level higher and eat a fixed and consistent number of calories each day. Starting the day with only 1200 and adding more in based on exercise was too loose for me. I pre-log my meals and stay right around my goal. My primary exercise is walking on hour per day.0
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