[Laureedee]

I meant to type "myplate" into the title.

I really like it for keeping track of my calories and what not, but one thing that annoys me is that when I enter exercise, it ups my 'calories remaining' by whatever I burned. I exercise everyday, so I adjust my caloric intake to a level that works for me without adding in my exercise burns. I don't eat back all of my exercise calories and I don't see why anybody would eat them all back unless they're maintaining.

So, do you guys just not enter your exercise? Ignore the calories remaining number? Or do you guys eat those calories back? I hate seeing that 0 calories burned in the box, but I'm not going to enter my exercise if it's going to mess with my daily totals.

[DaughterOfVenus]

LoseIt! does the same thing. I hate it, but at the same time, I usually stay pretty far under what they allow me anyway. *shrugs*

Doesn't WW do the same thing, where they give you more points as reward for exercising? Doesn't make sense to me.

[dudesmom]

I just pay attention to the number or calories I'm allowed, not counting exercise, and make sure that my calories consumed stays under that number. It is annoying that it adds my exercise to my calories remaining, but that's my way around it. I like to keep track of my exercise too, so I just shrug it off.

[JenMusic]

I love MyPlate (I still think of it as TDP, too!) but really dislike this. I feel like it overestimates the caloriues burned through exercise and I wouldn't eat all those calories back anyway.

I just don't track my exercise on it - I have a wall calendar that I use to mark exercise on, in a special red pen. I love looking at the calendar and seeing all the red on different days. It's very visual and motivates me to keep exercising.

[refinnej]

Man, you guys are tough! I use DP, and on days when I have a good workout I definitely eat those calories! But not all of them, as I agree that they seem high. I guess it depends if you've built your workout into your calorie count already using the activity level. Mine is set for moderate, as my day involves lots of moving, which is why I never count my daily walking, which is always >15,000 steps. However, some weekends I go trekking for 20+ miles in a day. If I didn't eat more calories those days (or some that day and some the next day) I'd be ready to gnaw my arm off.

But I'm contemplating a Go Wear Fit so I have a better idea how many calories I actually burned...

[Breannaj1215]

i dont put my exercise in because i dont eat more if i exercise

[Mommysince21505]

I don't put exercise in either. I normally write it in my daily food diary though.

[QuilterInVA]

I do put my exercise in. If you exercise much, you need to eat a little of it back or your weight loss will stall because you aren't eating enough.

[Shannon in ATL]

I put my exercise in, but don't eat the calories back.Even with my HRM I just don't trust the calories burned numbers. I just look at them as more of a deficit on TDP.

[Laureedee]

Like I stated before, I exercise everyday, so I've adjusted my calorie intake to that. If I only exercised 3 days per week, I'd only eat more on those days, so I see what you guys are saying there, but when it's a daily thing then you eat what you eat and that's it. No adjustment needed.

I guess I'll just keep track of my exercise in my journal and leave it blank on there. I use my HRM to gauge my calories and don't trust choosing their options anyway.

[Mama2Five]

I stopped putting in the exercise because it was confusing me, and no I don't "eat back" the calories either.

[ElizabethG]

It doesn't bother me, I just look at Consumed calories.

The only time i eat up what I burned off is if i went out to eat or something. I try not to though but that's the only time i ever have.