I need friends on my fitness pal! I only know 3 people on there (and only 1 active) - and I need people to keep me accountable!
I'm gsprow, if anyone is on there and needs a friend - add me and I'll add you back!
Now the question. Do you log your exercises in MFP, and essentially "eat back" some/all of the calories you burned?
I ask because even though I try to overestimate what I eat and underestimate my exercise, I think it gives way too many calories for the exercise. Even though I'm usually under my goal (with calories set for 1.5lb loss per week), the scale isn't moving at all. I'm wondering if I should just stop putting in exercise (I log all that on Fitocracy anyway - friend me there if you want, I'm MidnightRaven there too!) and just try to stay below the 1300ish calories a day I'm given there.
Some days though, I know I NEED to eat back some calories, but I don't know how much. Right now, I'm just aiming to eat when I'm hungry and avoid snacking on those days. For example, today I had a lot of energy so I spent quite a long time at the gym (went to 3 hour long classes - BodyStep and BodyPump in the morning and spin class in the afternoon). MFP claims that I burned 1541 calories (yeah, right) - but if that's anywhere near true, my daily intake should probably be a bit higher than the 1320 I have as a goal.
TL;DR - Eat back any of the calories "burned" according to MFP? Or just stick to the goal calories and consider anything burned a bonus?