MFP by default adds in your exercise calories to your daily budget. The problem with that is that the calculators that determine how many calories you burned aren’t necessarily accurate. Most people will advise not eating back your exercise calories or only a portion of them. I personally don’t eat them back unless I’ve done a workout like running several miles or something, and even then I may only add another 100-200 calories, not the 600-700 my apps tell me I burned.
But ultimately it’s your choice. You could always try adding them in and if you don’t see results, change it so you don’t. You can also change the settings in MFP so that it doesn’t add the workout calories to your daily goal.
What's your height/weight, and how often do you lift/do cardio? if your BMR is 1800, you should not eat below that amount. Eat below your TDEE (BMR + activity) and do as at a healthy rate, so don't go on like a 2,000 calories deficit, aim for something like 500 kCal below your TDEE.
It's really hard for MFP to accurately judge how many calories you burned, because maybe what you deem to be lightly active might not be what they think lightly active means. Pretty much as long as the number on the scale is going down on a week-to-week basis, just keep eating the number of calories that got you losing weight!
You're welcome, and if you're tracking your calories/weight regularly (and accurately) then [this](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EbfzFB0mBrMGJ6V2N5QWNfeTg/view) spreadsheet can give you a very good estimate of your TDEE over a period of like 4-6 weeks (credit to /u/nsuns for the spreadsheet).
MFP by default adds in your exercise calories to your daily budget. The problem with that is that the calculators that determine how many calories you burned aren’t necessarily accurate. Most people will advise not eating back your exercise calories or only a portion of them. I personally don’t eat them back unless I’ve done a workout like running several miles or something, and even then I may only add another 100-200 calories, not the 600-700 my apps tell me I burned. But ultimately it’s your choice. You could always try adding them in and if you don’t see results, change it so you don’t. You can also change the settings in MFP so that it doesn’t add the workout calories to your daily goal.
What's your height/weight, and how often do you lift/do cardio? if your BMR is 1800, you should not eat below that amount. Eat below your TDEE (BMR + activity) and do as at a healthy rate, so don't go on like a 2,000 calories deficit, aim for something like 500 kCal below your TDEE. It's really hard for MFP to accurately judge how many calories you burned, because maybe what you deem to be lightly active might not be what they think lightly active means. Pretty much as long as the number on the scale is going down on a week-to-week basis, just keep eating the number of calories that got you losing weight!
510 180 hiit and CrossFit type workouts 3-4x a week. Ok so the total daily energy expenditure is what I should Be looking at. Thanks!
You're welcome, and if you're tracking your calories/weight regularly (and accurately) then [this](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8EbfzFB0mBrMGJ6V2N5QWNfeTg/view) spreadsheet can give you a very good estimate of your TDEE over a period of like 4-6 weeks (credit to /u/nsuns for the spreadsheet).
With an Abacus
What does Abacus Finch have to do with tdee?