How can I prevent the goal food calories from increasing after logging an exercise?

dstraus891
dstraus891 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Do I need purchase the premium plan in order to have the ability to keep my food calorie goals the same when I exercise? It seems the default in this app, is to add the calories back into your budget calories. I don't want that.

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  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    if you are using the calories MFP gives you, then it is designed to have you eat back exercise calories - it only calculated non-purposeful exercise

    you could edit the calories in the workout to zero when you upload; otherwise if you want to track and not do autoadjust, then yes, you need premium
  • dstraus891
    dstraus891 Posts: 4 Member
    edited October 2017
    Hi @deannalfisher. Thank you for responding.

    I actually put in a custom exercise. But it stinks, that I have to set my exercise calories to 0. Doesn't really feel like progress does it? It feels like the app is punishing you for not upgrading.

    There is another app I am using that does not do this. It doesn't require premium for budgeting out your intake vs. outtake the way you would like it. It does require an upgrade for other features that make much more sense to include in a premium plan.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    dstraus891 wrote: »
    Hi @deannalfisher. Thank you for responding.

    I actually put in a custom exercise. But it stinks, that I have to set my exercise calories to 0. Doesn't really feel like progress does it? It feels like the app is punishing you for not upgrading.

    There is another app I am using that does not do this. It doesn't require premium for budgeting out your intake vs. outtake the way you would like it. It does require an upgrade for other features that make much more sense to include in a premium plan.

    Are you following TDEE? Just don't log your exercise. But if you're following MFP's calorie goals it's expected that you eat at least a portion of those calories back. That's why it's a premium feature to not add the calories back.
  • dstraus891
    dstraus891 Posts: 4 Member
    Hi @malibu927. Thank you for the explanation.

    I understand perfectly. "MFP expects you to eat a portion of those calories back", unless you're a Premium member. :D:D It is exactly what I had stated in my question.
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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    dstraus891 wrote: »
    Hi @malibu927. Thank you for the explanation.

    I understand perfectly. "MFP expects you to eat a portion of those calories back", unless you're a Premium member. :D:D It is exactly what I had stated in my question.

    You are supposed to eat back your exercise calories, regardless of whether you are premium or not. If you told mfp you want to lose 1 lb per week, the calorie goal you got will cause you to lose 1 lb per week if you do no exercise. If you exercise and don't eat those calories back, you will lose too fast.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,808 Member
    dstraus891 wrote: »
    Hi @malibu927. Thank you for the explanation.

    I understand perfectly. "MFP expects you to eat a portion of those calories back", unless you're a Premium member. :D:D It is exactly what I had stated in my question.

    No that's not what it means at all.
    Both the MFP method and the TDEE method involve eating back exercise calories.
    The first varies daily, the second gives you an average and they both end up in the same place over time.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    edited October 2017
    dstraus891 wrote: »
    Do I need purchase the premium plan in order to have the ability to keep my food calorie goals the same when I exercise? It seems the default in this app, is to add the calories back into your budget calories. I don't want that.

    If you don't want to eat back exercise cals then you need to change your calorie goal to account for that.
  • nexangelus
    nexangelus Posts: 2,080 Member
    dstraus891 wrote: »
    Hi @deannalfisher. Thank you for responding.

    I actually put in a custom exercise. But it stinks, that I have to set my exercise calories to 0. Doesn't really feel like progress does it? It feels like the app is punishing you for not upgrading.

    There is another app I am using that does not do this. It doesn't require premium for budgeting out your intake vs. outtake the way you would like it. It does require an upgrade for other features that make much more sense to include in a premium plan.

    So you came here to moan about mfp? Why not just use the app you already have, if it does what you want it to do?

  • dstraus891
    dstraus891 Posts: 4 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »

    You are supposed to eat back your exercise calories, regardless of whether you are premium or not. If you told mfp you want to lose 1 lb per week, the calorie goal you got will cause you to lose 1 lb per week if you do no exercise. If you exercise and don't eat those calories back, you will lose too fast.

    Hmmm... I've only been doing this 2 weeks, have lost 5 pounds by NOT adding back exercise calories. That's about the rate I would like to stay at, give or take 1pound/week, if muscle loss doesn't become a problem.
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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    dstraus891 wrote: »
    kimny72 wrote: »

    You are supposed to eat back your exercise calories, regardless of whether you are premium or not. If you told mfp you want to lose 1 lb per week, the calorie goal you got will cause you to lose 1 lb per week if you do no exercise. If you exercise and don't eat those calories back, you will lose too fast.

    Hmmm... I've only been doing this 2 weeks, have lost 5 pounds by NOT adding back exercise calories. That's about the rate I would like to stay at, give or take 1pound/week, if muscle loss doesn't become a problem.

    It is common to lose some water weight when you first start out. Losing 2.5 lbs per week is really aggressive if you have less than 100 lbs to lose. If you stay at that pace, you would most likely be losing far more muscle mass than you'd want.
  • Sunna_W
    Sunna_W Posts: 744 Member
    Under HOME / Food and Exercise Diary Settings / Calorie Adjustments (leave blank / unchecked)
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    premium will not change that
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