I see what you ' re saying and I do want to get my glider rating at some point in the future . With that said though , I don ' t expect to have enough time to really do much training while I ' m there so what I ' m really looking for is some spectacular mountain flying and if I can get my hands on the controls for a portion of it that would be great . It ' s not every day I ' m in the Alps and I want to take advantage of that , even if it makes me little more than a tourist . Learning glider tow isn ' t really what I ' m after for this trip . I think I ' d save that for when I actually start gilder training . <| sep |> MFP calculates your maintenance needs without exercise included . That is why you log and eat back exercise calories . You can of course do it in the proper TDEE way of adding your exercise average into your activity choice , but that is not how MFP is set up to work in respect to how it markets its product . And to say that NEAT is a method is simply how it is differentiated on MFP . So yes , your nonexercise activity thermogenesis is technically a part of your total daily energy expenditure , but the former excludes exercise while the latter includes it . Which is why they are mentioned as separate methods , and saying your TDEE without exercise is far more convoluted than saying your NEAT . b e s t w a y t o e s timatetdeeandneatvsneatSo when someone says calculate your sedentary TDEE ie your NEAT and don ' t eat back your exercise calories , they are not advocating proper TDEE method .