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should I use the fitness pal calorie adjustment ?

tenchbunch1
tenchbunch1 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have it on now, but 1 day it took my calories down to 800 for daily intake after exercising for 4 hours! what have some of you experienced? Do you like it or not and why.
Thanks!!

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Why are you exercising for 4 hours? What kind of exercise and how often do you do that?
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Not sure why you wouldn't fuel 4 hour of exercise.

    That would be the same as just eating 800 calories...not remotely healthy
  • tenchbunch1
    tenchbunch1 Posts: 6 Member
    very rare lol I did heavy cleaning for 3 hours and circuit training for 1 hour.
  • tenchbunch1
    tenchbunch1 Posts: 6 Member
    malibus927---it took calories away! Trust me....I wanted them lol
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Are you looking at net calories? Because that's what is supposed to happen.

    I wouldn't log the cleaning personally. Maybe just eat back the circuit training calories and be mindful of the amount given. Some people find the number given is too high.
  • tenchbunch1
    tenchbunch1 Posts: 6 Member
    my problem...it took my calories away.......I couldn't figure out why it didn't even give me my basic calories for the day.
  • KarySti
    KarySti Posts: 4 Member
    What is the fitnesspal calorie adjustment do?
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    KarySti wrote: »
    What is the fitnesspal calorie adjustment do?

    Are you using a FitBit or other activity tracker synced with MFP? If so it provides an estimate of your calories burned from exercise and other activity and MFP adjusts the amount of cals you should intake that day accordingly.
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