Burn meter, do you log your exercise?

I have my burn meter set to ID me as "moderately active", in that I work out 5 times per week.  I was tracking each work-out and logging it in activities to count how many calories I burned doing it, but now I think that I'm actually double counting it...meaning that my burn meter is higher than sedentary because it's counting what it perceives I most likely burn while being moderately active.  Anyhow, do you/should I be adding my burned calories?  Thanks!

If you have you profile set as "moderately active" you should NOT be logging activities.  You are in effect double counting some of the calories.  If you want to log activities, change your profile to Sedentary.

That is what i did.... i changed my profile to seditary.... and i also changed my frame from medium to small.... that way even on days i have no activity i am still at a deficet.

Yes, you are counting double.. I would suggest setting your activity level as sedentary and then adding your workouts. This is what I do and it gives me a better idea of what a regular non workout day looks like and as well as a good workout day.

I don't log any activities other than workouts.. i.e. walking the dog, cooking, etc.

Hope this helps!

 

thank you all!  Just the info that I needed, makes complete sense, should have asked about a month ago, oops!

Yeah, I wondered the same thing.  I figure I'm somewhere between moderate and lightly active.  I set it to lightly active and only log workouts, not the 1-3 hours of walkinig that I do daily.  I think this gives me a good idea of what I burn in a day.  At any rate, I seem to maintain weight by eating around what this says I burn.  (trouble is, I can't seem to eat any less...)  8)

Thanks!

thank you guys, this was a helpful post.  Maybe you can answer a question for me.

I am assuming that the "deficit" that many refer to is between my calorie intake and my burnometer at any given moment.  If so, what should my deficit be at any moment of the day?  And, I assume that when I work out, my deficit should increase by that deficit.  correct?

I know this is likely such a simple concept...I just do not want to make any assumptions.  thanks for any insight.

Original Post by sha74:

I am assuming that the "deficit" that many refer to is between my calorie intake and my burnometer at any given moment.  If so, what should my deficit be at any moment of the day?  And, I assume that when I work out, my deficit should increase by that deficit.  correct?

 Deficit is really your end of the day difference between the total you've eaten and the total you've burned (from exercise AND from living). At any given time, you could have more or less of a deficit, but by the end of the day, you should have burned about 500 calories more than you ate (to lose a pound a week).

If you work out, and it makes your deficit too large (over 1000, although depending on your size, you might want to keep it to 500 - smaller people can't lose as fast as larger), then you should eat more to keep the deficit reasonable. If the exercise simply brings your deficit to 500, you don't need to eat any more.

thanks!  that is very helpful.

Is there a place where you can find your defict for the day before ?

Original Post by sha74:

I am assuming that the "deficit" that many refer to is between my calorie intake and my burnometer at any given moment.  If so, what should my deficit be at any moment of the day?  And, I assume that when I work out, my deficit should increase by that deficit.  correct?

To calculate your total deficit, you want to look at the "total estimate" number (the smaller number above the as-of-right-now number) on your burn meter, and compare this against the calories you expect to eat for the whole day. So it's really only towards the end of the day (when you're done eating and done exercising) that you'll know your actual deficit, although you can make an educated guess earlier on.