Eating Back Calories

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lucyholdcroft363
lucyholdcroft363 Posts: 124 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi all! So my goal is to lose weight and I usually eat 1200-1600 a day. However I recently started including exercise into my life and for example, today I burned ~600 calories swimming. Should I then eat back this entire 600 calories?

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  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,376 Member
    What is calculating your exercise calories? Be wary of the source? Is it a reliable source eg properly function hrm update to date with your current age, weight etc vs a machine at the gym?
  • lucyholdcroft363
    lucyholdcroft363 Posts: 124 Member
    I timed myself swimming, then input the data into MyFitnessPal at a low intensity :-)
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    I would eat back 50% and adjust based on how fast I was losing over a month or two. Losing faster than expected? Eat more back.
  • Harold76
    Harold76 Posts: 341 Member
    blankiefinder wrote: »
    I would eat back 50% and adjust based on how fast I was losing over a month or two. Losing faster than expected? Eat more back.
    That's a solid plan.
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,376 Member
    Yes, good suggestion, and on the other side, if not losing about 1lb per week you may need to eat less of them.
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