Calories !!

[Hannah861]

Anyone calorie counting? How many do you know is right ?? And how do you find out how many calories in frisky/veg??

[Sussex13 Graduate]

I am using My Fitness Pal app which links to the garmin I wear when I do my run. The calories burned during the exercise automatically pull through into MFP and you can create a plan for yourself which MFP will then give you an amount of calories you should be sticking to to lose the target weight you want (that you enter at the beginning when you create your profile). You can also look up almost any food item in MY Fitness Pal to find the calorie content and it will automatically add it if you select it... dead easy 🙌🏻

It’s very satisfying to see that the calories burned add to your total so you can eat a bit more than you’d normally (without the exercise).

Hope this makes sense. If you have a fitness watch, like a Fitbit or garmin, it is very inspiring.

Good luck 👍.

[Hannah861 in reply to Sussex13]

That sounds good - I have an Apple Watch ...gonna have a look at my fitness pal see if that helps

[Sussex13 Graduate in reply to Hannah861]

It will, I guarantee it! I’m obsessed now with my calorie counting! 😂

[shsoga Graduate in reply to Sussex13]

I use MyFitnessPal too, it’s really good for tracking calories and macros and will help you to work out how many you need to achieve your weight loss/maintenance goals. It works with my Fitbit but I track my runs and walks on MapMyRun which is part of the same family as MyFitnessPal so works really well.

One word of warning though, most apps and trackers, MMR and MFP included, usually overestimate calorie burn from exercise by a considerable amount. They also don’t take into account that you could have burned some of those calories by lying in bed so they don’t count over and above normal daily calorie burn. So if you eat back all your exercise calories, you could easily find you are eating too much.

Have fun and good luck!

[Sussex13 Graduate in reply to shsoga]

Ah food tip re over estimating calories. Will definitely bear that in mind as I use it religiously! Thanks 😊

[Sussex13 Graduate in reply to Sussex13]

Good tip not food tip 😂

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Welcome to the forum.

This guide to the plan is essential reading healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

and includes advice on minimising impact, stretching after every run, hydration and strengthening exercises, all of which will help.

Enjoy your journey.