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Originally Posted by UpDownAround
I have 12372 steps. Most of it was a 91 minute walk for 6.7 miles. Strava gave me fantasy calories of 1084 for that walk.
I ate 2241, which is 443 less than the total with the walk in it using Strava'a numbers, which I let auto post. I feel like it was too much. I am hoping to get in a couple of hours of paddling tomorrow afternoon.
I will weigh in the morning. I feel like I ate too much today and expect it to be above 160, but not much.
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1084 calories? I do not think so! Depending on how much effort I put into my walks, I average 115 calories per mile. But you are in better shape than I am. Maybe you burn off less than 100 calories a mile? So this makes for at most 670 calories, and probably less. So I think your conservative 443 calories that you pegged for the exercise is more accurate than the 1084 calories. I have a similar problem with my watch which overstates the calories for normal daily activity. MFP adjusts it down for me in a significant way which is what it should do.
I am anxious to find out how my weight will change now that I am following MFPs daily goal for calories. This should prove to be interesting. If I continue to gain weight, then I will start taking a percentage off of what MFP states as my calorie goal. I can start by dropping calories stated for normal daily activity. My maintenance calories without exercise calculates to be about 2090 which should include a good part of this.