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thekcpiper

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  • 1.7 MET/day seems reasonable. 1 MET for an "average" person should be your BMR. If you were 2 METS, you'd need to eat 2xBMR to maintain your weight.
    in MET Level Comment by thekcpiper August 2013
  • At a minimum, I eat back to my BMR and then 2/3 of the remaining exercse calories above that. I do this to account for food labeling inaccuracies (which tend to slightly underreport) and/or overreporting of calories burned by HR monitors, GPS watches, etc.
    in Eating back my exercised calories! Comment by thekcpiper August 2013
  • It should be close. Do you know your average HR for that exercise session? More info than you probably needed, but I always like to show my work LOL. Also, to account for food labeling inaccuracies and/or possible over-reporting of calories burned, I typically eat back only 2/3 of my exercise calories.
    in HRM overestimating? Comment by thekcpiper August 2013
  • This translates to 10.34 kcal/min or roughly 2L/min of O2 (for the average person). Based on your age, weight and gender your BMR is about 1350 per day. The average person consumes 3.5 mL/min/kg of O2, which makes your resting consumption 0.233 L/min (roughly 1.17 kcal/min rest * 1440 min/day = 1680 BMR, so your resting O2…
    in HRM overestimating? Comment by thekcpiper August 2013
  • Check this out: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/713460--eating-back-exercise-calories-simple-breakdown
    in Eating back my exercised calories! Comment by thekcpiper August 2013
  • I found a good explanation here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/713460--eating-back-exercise-calories-simple-breakdown Short version: Eat the calories back. MFP builds the calorie deficit per week into the plan and assumes you eat it all back. I'm thinking of eating about 2/3 of it back to account for any…
    in Eating Back Calories Comment by thekcpiper July 2013
  • The mistake I made was this: I work an office job (sedentary) but exercise like crazy (2500 cal/week). So I set it to sedentary and got a really low number, but I went with it, thinking MFP would take into account my exercise. I found out it doesn't. It always assumes you eat ALL those calories back (no setting for this,…
    in TDEE -20% and mfp Comment by thekcpiper July 2013
  • To make sure I understand NET BMR: If I'm supposed to eat 1900 cal per day according to MFP, I exercise 500 cal per day, and eat 2000 calories per day. Then my NET BMR for that day is 1500, which means I need to eat another 400 calories, for a total of 2400 eaten that day. Is that correct?
    in Eating Back Calories Comment by thekcpiper July 2013
  • Weight loss. My fat percetage is slowly going down, but it's my understanding that with a calorie deficit, it's very difficult to put on muscle. That's the only explanation I can think of though. I'm putting on enough muscle to replace, weight wise, what I'm losing in body fat. But at a calorie deficit, I've been told this…
    in Eating Back Calories Comment by thekcpiper July 2013
  • I scan the food, and do measure most of the time, so it's accurate as far as I'm aware. As for the exercise, I use the numbers my Nike+ watch provides. I also track it all on a spreadsheet and average about 15 kcal/min of running (pace between 8:00 - 11:00 mile). Should I at least eat back to my BMR if I go under? For…
    in Eating Back Calories Comment by thekcpiper July 2013
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