how to keep on track with weight training log

Thanks for helping me try to figure this journey out. It gave me a number so it worked I guess. I don't want to get bogged down with a bunch of calculating and numbers so upping my activity level may do the trick paired with the Strength training under cardio exercise, and I did try that yesterday. My plan would be to leave the treadmill off for the most part and focus more on my muscle retention. I may do a number of things differently to try to get a more accurate count of these calories.

I have to eat some of these calories back in order to slow that loss rate down (as I have heard that I may be causing damage to my body and loosing my muscle), or I will need to get rid of some of the calorie burn. My problem is that I am loosing too fast (if that is possible). Many MFP users start by eating back a percentage such as 50-75% of the exercise Calorie estimate, then adjust the percentage eaten back based on actual results after 4 to 6 weeks.Īnother option is to get a daily Calorie burn estimate from an outside TDEE calculator that factors in your planned weekly exercise, then custom set your MFP daily goals based on a reasonable deficit from that TDEE number. I would recommend logging the full time spent strength training. If you are using MFP goals, which do not include purposeful exercise, you should log any exercise which burns Calories. The only wrong estimate is zero Calories burned, which some people mistakenly continue to recommend for any strength training. If you are doing light weight, high repetition, and minimal rest between sets, you are definitely burning more Calories than just going about your normal daily activities. If I workout for an hour would I subtract the rest time or will it automatically factor that in?

My question is this, I rest for a timed minute or minute and a half between sets. I do sometimes get heavy but mostly just high reps and 5 sets or so. (so says all the muscle heads) I do it that way because I am working to burn fat and tone muscle at the same time. I lift medium weight 15/20 reps and 5 sets. Would any of you happen to know how it works.

How to keep on track with weight training log