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MFP calorie logging question?

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overweightcat · 27/05/2020 22:17

I've put myself down as sedentary/lowest possible activity level on MFP and I'm trying to stick to 1200 calories a day.

I put my Fitbit on only when I go out walking or I exercise so I'm only tracking those calories / steps but I haven't been logging them on MFP.
For the past few weeks my week usually consists of

  • jogging 2-3 x a week for 25mins/3.75k
  • 2 x 40 min workout sessions
  • 1-2 15/20min HIIT sessions

If I ever skip a workout/run I do my best to hit 10 000 steps excluding steps done at home (usually walking the dog) e.g. today I did just over 11k steps over a couple of brisk walks and my Fitbit is showing that it's 560 cals burned.
Workouts/jogging burn anything between 200-300 cals.

My question is do I log any of the workouts/calories burned on MFP and let it add cals onto my daily target of do I leave it and just stick to my daily cals and avoid potentially going over them?

OP posts:
Idododoidadada · 28/05/2020 07:02

I made the mistake of logging my exercise in MFP and was thrilled at all the extra calories I could have. I ate them all. Unsurprisingly my weight crept up.

I no longer bother logging activity. You know you are keeping fit and active, it doesn’t need you logging it on MFP. Just stick to your calories - although MFP tends to want you to starve, I did better when I changed my calorie target to 1400 as it was much easier to consistently stick to several months in.

PicklePig31 · 11/06/2020 17:34

I log them but don’t eat them.

Defeats the object!

Stick to 1200 cals a day and exercise is a bonus!

Didntwanttochangemyname · 11/06/2020 17:38

Don't eat the calories you are burning.

ADayAlwaysHasToEnd · 11/06/2020 19:44

I would probably just put my activity level up 1 and not log any exercise

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