Is better to not "eat back" your exercised calories?

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  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
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    I've lost weight by eating back 50% or more of my exercise calories. I'll stick with it :)
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
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    I eat about 75% of what my polar ft4 gives me (less for weight days). I do this to try and maintain lean muscle. I usually have a protein shake and some yoghurt or ham and eggs and a hot chocolate. the protein shake also seems to help with muscle aches over the next day or 2 if I've been strength training.
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
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    I lost all of my weight (50ish pounds in about 9 months) by eating back ALL of the calories MFP tells me I burn. The only time I don't eat them back is if I really just am not hungry at all, which is very rare. I also use a heart rate monitor, which shows my burns significantly higher than what MFP says they are ( yes they have the exact same age, weight, gender)

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