
It can be useful, for a person doing NEAT method, who plans to continue, to learn to account for exercise calories with reasonable accuracy during weight loss, while there's that cushion of deficit to soften any mistakes along the way. which is not exactly a great idea, here in year 5 of maintenance, y'know. If I didn't eat the 250 or so calories of exercise (today, 288), I'd lose weight at around half a pound a week. Since OP is asking about TDEE, the idea of estimating exercise separately (and adding or not adding it) isn't really a consideration.Īs an aside, If someone's doing MFP's NEAT method, as it sound like you are, and I definitely am, then not eating 300 calories of exercise (or somewhat less) is. It's not as sexy as abs and biceps but it will keep you alive. The reality is that cardio exercises your heart which is the most important muscle. Walking is very underated as a cardio exercise. I jog twice per week and I love walking so it's literally a walk in the park for me. I burn between 400 to 500 calories per cardio session which is usually about an hour 7 days per week. Unless you are burning more than 300 calories per cardio session I honestly wouldn't even count it. Every mile burns between 100 to 150 calories depending on your size and level of effort.

You burn more calories by walking than most strength training exercises. I don't even count strength training as calories burned.
