When I log exercise, I just put 1 calorie burned, but add the time as a record that I worked out. That way, I don't get confused about the calories.

I log my full exercise calories. What I do is ignore MFPs "calories remaining" and only look at "food consumed" (to make sure it reaches my TDEE) and "net" (to make sure my exercise doesn't take it below BMR). That way I don't have to do any math in my head.

Phew... good to know. It's hard being dyslexic with a learning disability (wish I was kidding)

maybe keep a little cheat sheet in the notes function of your phone. something really simple like this...

TDEE = ????

BMR = ????

whatever else you need noted here.

color code if needed. TDEE in green. BMR in red.

round your numbers a little up or down to numbers that are easy to remember.

Witrixie posted this and I have also mentioned this as well in some of the topics, hope this helps:

Here's what I did to keep it simple.

Ignore all of MPF fitness settings and use the custom settings to set how many calories you want to eat. (click on Goals - Change Goals - Custom - Continue - change calories & macros here - click on Change Goals at the bottom to save)

This is what my home screen looks like w/out exercise:
Goal 2074
Food 2066
Exercise 0
= Net 2066

After I exercise this afternoon this is what it will look like:

Goal 2074
Food 2066
Exercise 300
= Net 1766

As long as my NET calories stays above my BMR I don't have to worry about anything.

Make sense?

I'm famous!! :drinker:

This post is very helpful guys!!!! i was getting conofused!!!!!! My BMR is 1349, TDEE is 2328 and my daily cals is 1978, but i feel like i cant eat that much, what about on days that i exercise a lot..... i end up with like 849-900ish calories as my net but i had already eaten like 2100 for the day..... any suggestions???? Please feel free to message me, as i have class later and might not be able to check this.

I am with you on the eating. It has felt like a neverending Thanksgiving dinner for the past few days. I am still not reaching my goal calories. I am just doing everything I can to at least net my bmr.

what would you suggest for someone who exercises and does not even net their BMR but cannot eat anymore than they are already eating?

As Lucia suggested, I'm cutting back on my cardio for one thing. I'm using that scooby workshop site to start a beginner workout plan. I'm changing it up a bit to fit my needs better. I have pretty limited equipment at my disposal with not having a gym membership or much room.

The other thing I'm doing, is to look for more calorie-dense foods. It sort of goes against my programming, but it is the most logical way to go. I've been eating pecans for one thing. They can be pricey, but they give you some healthy fats. Also protein shakes in the morning. I'm going from 1 to 2 scoops now. Then there is always peanut butter. I'm really still trying to figure it all out.

It's been a week since I posted this originally and I can tell you that it sure doesn't feel like as much food on day 7 as day 1 and 2.

hah so true. I went from " I cant eat this much food" to "More food, now!"

That's good, it's a sign your metabolism is increasing which makes you hungry more. I can eat a large meal and in 2 hours be hungry again lol.

I only started on Saturday and yesterday although I'd had a 600 cal lunch by 5pm I was hungry..... So I blew it with a chow mein :grumble: Was still only 40 cals over though :laugh:

For those of you having trouble getting your calories in, I don't know what your diaries look like but try eating full fat versions of things instead of low fat or fat free. Eat greek yogurt, peanut butter or almond butter, eat nuts, eat a slightly larger portion at each meal, eat whole eggs instead of just the whites, full fat cheese, butter etc. Those will help bump up your intake.

i've doubled my cals since using this app in February and for me it's definately been a struggle. With most of the adjustment being mental and learning to prepare "all that food". I'm definately still struggling with it, but must admit, it's getting easier as time goes on. Even though it still feels like i'm always eating...probably cause I am...I expect at some point it won't be such a struggle. Waiting patiently for that time.