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Tracking of caloric intake and caloric output should be done contemporaneously...Right Now!
So true! Thanks for the reminder!! I try not to eat the exercise calories because I don't fully trust that I've burned that much.
Bonnie, Nashville TN7 -
Exercise: Yes. 10 mins strength, 70 minute dance class, 15 minute walk, 30 mins interval walking
Calories Under: Yes.
Tracked: Yes
Food: We tend to eat similar things most weeks, so I pre-log my basic food a couple of days ahead, then adjust quantities etc when I weigh food on the day. We mostly cook from scratch, and have the recipes entered in MFP recipe builder for convenience. The recipes can easily be adjusted if I change the ingredients.
Exercise Calories: I log exercises with greatly reduced calorie values as my Fitbit is synced with MFP. I tend not to eat back exercise calories, but I do extra exercise when I want a buffer in case I choose to have some extra treats.9 -
Exercised?: Yes. Cardio in the morning
Calories?: Yes. But was feeling really hungry today
Tracked?: Yes. All water, food and exercise is tracked!9 -
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Exercise? Yes, Leslie Sansone 3 mile walk (45 minutes)
Calories? Under
Tracked? Yes. Have also included the snack I plan to have later this evening.
Typically, I log food as it is consumed, so
is the usual for me; but I acknowledge I also have the luxury of being retired, so my time is my own. I am in maintenance and tend to be on the lean side of an ideal weight range for my height. Accordingly, I eat back most, if not all, earned exercise calories. Often, I'll forgo earned exercise calories for my first 20 minutes of exercise and then consume any earned calories thereafter. The 20 minutes of exercise is my initial cushion. I adjust, up or down, depending on what the measured results are on the scale, as well as what celebrations may be coming up on the calendar! Maintenance requires the same attention as losing. One cannot become complacent simply because the goal was achieved. 7 -
Date: Jan 3
Exercise Tracked In MFP: Treadmill off day, but 20 minutes of activity today
Calories and Water Tracked In MFP: Yes
Within Daily Calorie Range: No
Extra:
Daily Water Goal: Still in process
Pass Day Count: 3rd pass
I am sad to see me at pass #3 so early, however, on the positive side, my calorie intake was less than yesterday! So I am getting there slow and steady.
As for the calorie discussion posted at the beginning, I don't think I would like to eat back my exercise calories since I am trying to lose weight - kinda seems to me that I am defeating my purpose. I do though understand I need to at least net 1200 when everything is completed for the day. But currently, my issue is trying to fix the "blow my calories at dinner" issue I am having. I also have been posting meals into MFP after I eat, and yesterday and tonight's dinner I ate then researched what the calories where. Which caused me to go over, so I think in the future I will look at what is remaining to help with choices. Thank you @RangerRickL for the info in today's post!
Thanks everyone for your feedback and letting me know its ok if I continue my daily postings since I am already disqualified. I am determined to do this and will continue. So thankful for this group : )7 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes .. Cardio and Circuits
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes
I log my calories as I go so I have clear and accurate information. This helps me stay on track and adjust if needed. I will sometimes eat my exercise calories if I'm hungry.6 -
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I track each meal as I eat it. As well as exercise as I do it.
Exersized?- yes
Caleries?-yes
Logged?-yes6 -
Welllll, looks like I'm already having to take a PASS DAY.
I've had a mammoth migraine all day, and the only thing I can do is lie in the dark. 10 -
Date: Jan 3
Thanks everyone for your feedback and letting me know its ok if I continue my daily postings since I am already disqualified. I am determined to do this and will continue. So thankful for this group : )
Not disqualified, yet...hang in there! You have to exceed 3 pass days in the month to not achieve Winner's Circle. We need you to continue with us!6 -
January 3, 2019:
EXERCISE: Yes. 30 minute walk on my lunch break at work, then hit the gym after: ran a half mile for warmup, then lifted weights for 35 minutes.
CALORIES: Yes. 2020 target; 2273 consumed - 495 exercise = 1778 net.
TRACKED: Yes. No snacks today, either!
EDIT: Just noticed the question in the thread. I always have to eat back some of my exercise calories because I have found that I end up feeling starving if I don't and that leads to bad snacking decisions. Living in New York means walking around a lot, so I tend to rack up a decent amount of walking calories on work days, even aside from exercise.6 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes - 60 minutes on the mini-trampoline (closed out this round so HAD to keep going! Also did a 5 minute HIIT on my bike this morn PLUS a 7 minute HIIT after supper. Bike takes care of the timing of the resistance changes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes - very much so .... had to increase post supper snack so that post-exercise net wasn't getting too low
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? YesRangerRickL wrote: »... If you have been with the UAC for awhile, please share your own personal choices in how you treat exercise calories.
Being on the shorter side (between 5'2" and 5'3" ... told MFP the taller number) my available pre-exercise calories for a sedentary job and a 0.5 lb loss per week keep shrinking and I am down to 1250 pre-exercise calories/day. For now, I have to eat all my exercise calories to "exceed my calorie budget for the day". That way, the exercise calories act as ~ a 125 => 150 calorie buffer beyond just shuffling numbers between meals on special occasion days (which are actually rare for me)
On most days, my evening snack has been determined by what choices will leave plus-or-minus 100 POST-exercise calories in the bank.
If MFP shrinks my base calorie allotment much more as I move through the normal BMI range towards wherever I end up settling as a Maintenance Zone, I expect that I will (first) start aiming to eat back all but 50, and then maybe end up eating back all. It will be whatever keeps the net intake up at a reasonable, healthy threshold. Especially as I am starting to explore doing harder calorie burns as of today.5 -
Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, a 60 minute Hatha yoga class, 60 minutes weight lifting, and a 60 minute Barre class.
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes7 -
Did 40 minutes walk today.
Stay with in calorie goal.
Logged every bite and sip.7 -
Exercise: yes, weights in the morning, walk at lunch
Tracked everything: yes
Calorie goal: yes
I prelog because I like to make sure my breakfast and lunch will be suitable (calories and protein wise) as I just eat what I pack.
I also eat back most of my exercise calories. When I stick to it, I lose predictably.5 -
Exercise - yes
Within calorie budget - yes
Keep track of all I ate and drank - yes
I find it extremely useful to track immediately when I eat, then as was mentioned by Ranger Rick (is that really your name?), I make eating adjustments for my evening meal if needed, or I do an afternoon workout; I LOVE the ability to add calories by working-out. I use them often and am steadily losing the weight I want to lose while building muscle. On another note - is there a way to reply directly under someone’s post? This is new to me - happy for any help.3 -
Date: January 3, 2019 - 3 day streak!
Exercised?: Yes: another slippy slidey walk on icy sidewalks.... 33 minutes. Hoping to get to the gym tomorrow to mix it up a little, but grateful I'm at least getting out for walks
Calories?: Yes, under goal
Tracked?: Yes - everything... including those tempting chocolate cookies I couldn't resist after supper3 -
Jan 3
Exercise: Yes strength PIT (PIT Partner interval training) 65 min
Calories: yes stayed at budget
Tracking: Yes... as I go it helps keep the Macros balanced.
Eat back calories? Not at the moment as it is a cut cycle. Maintenance weeks I will eat back some if I can...4 -
Exercise. Yes morning workout
Calories. Yes
Tracking yes
I don't log my strength training as with my instructor it is different every time. I wear a fit bit and I will use up to half those calories but I find the estimates frustrating as they often go down during the day as I tend to get most of my activity in early. I am thinking that I will try using the exercise calories on the following day so that I know for sure what the number is but then I would have to manually adjust the calories every day so still not a perfect solution4 -
On another note - is there a way to reply directly under someone’s post? This is new to me - happy for any help.
Alas, no. The best thing you can do is "quote" ... (press the quote at the bottom of the post). That creates a new post with the "quoted" post in a shaded box. I will then sometimes (as I have here) remove the parts of the original post that are not related to.my response.
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Exercised: Yes. Two Jazzercise classes.
Calories: Yes.
Tracked: Yes.3
