I have a question for yah.

dianaramirez1220
dianaramirez1220 Posts: 52 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
in order to achieve your personal weight loss goal, do you eat the extra calories you get from MFP for working out?

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  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Yes
  • lemonlionheart
    lemonlionheart Posts: 580 Member
    Yes, BUT it's commonly accepted that the calorie burn amounts given by the MFP database or from gym machines can be overestimated. Many of us stay on the safe side by only eating back half.
  • dianaramirez1220
    dianaramirez1220 Posts: 52 Member
    lemonlionheart wrote: »
    Yes, BUT it's commonly accepted that the calorie burn amounts given by the MFP database or from gym machines can be overestimated. Many of us stay on the safe side by only eating back half.

    Thank you
  • dianaramirez1220
    dianaramirez1220 Posts: 52 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Yes

    Ok . But is it necessary to eat what you earn from working out or not necessarily.
  • MinmoInk
    MinmoInk Posts: 345 Member
    i do sometimes. if you use a HRM for cardio workout you can have a better idea of how much you burned. generally you should eat back, and you'll probably feel hungry after a good workout anyway!
  • dianaramirez1220
    dianaramirez1220 Posts: 52 Member
    MinmoInk wrote: »
    i do sometimes. if you use a HRM for cardio workout you can have a better idea of how much you burned. generally you should eat back, and you'll probably feel hungry after a good workout anyway!
    I see it this way. If I eat the calories I burn I won't loss the weight. But maybe I'm wrong what do you think?
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    lemonlionheart wrote: »
    Yes, BUT it's commonly accepted that the calorie burn amounts given by the MFP database or from gym machines can be overestimated. Many of us stay on the safe side by only eating back half.

    This.
  • MinmoInk
    MinmoInk Posts: 345 Member
    edited June 2015
    dianaramirez1220 wrote: »
    MinmoInk wrote: »
    i do sometimes. if you use a HRM for cardio workout you can have a better idea of how much you burned. generally you should eat back, and you'll probably feel hungry after a good workout anyway!
    I see it this way. If I eat the calories I burn I won't loss the weight. But maybe I'm wrong what do you think?

    the point of dieting is that you're eating less to lose weight- so you will already lose weight at a deficiency.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    edited June 2015
    dianaramirez1220 wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Yes

    Ok . But is it necessary to eat what you earn from working out or not necessarily.

    It depends. If you have a pretty significant deficit, then yes you should because otherwise you are not properly nourishing your body. The other thing is, the more calories you can have, the easier adherence to your plan will be.

    Remember, MFP builds your calorie deficit in BEFORE exercise, so any exercise creates an even greater deficit. So, you could potentially not exercise at all, just maintian a calorie deficit, and still lose.
  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    dianaramirez1220 wrote: »
    MinmoInk wrote: »
    i do sometimes. if you use a HRM for cardio workout you can have a better idea of how much you burned. generally you should eat back, and you'll probably feel hungry after a good workout anyway!
    I see it this way. If I eat the calories I burn I won't loss the weight. But maybe I'm wrong what do you think?

    This is how MFP works.
    Lets say living your life, just doing your normal every day things like going to work, driving your car, walking around your house, burns 2000 calories.
    Let's say you told MFP you wanted to lose 1.5 pounds a week. A pound is around 3500 cals. So to lose 1.5 pounds a week you need a daily deficit of 750 cals.
    So MFP will say, eat 1250 cals a day.

    2000-750=1250
    So your net calories are 1250.

    Now lets say you exercise and burn 200 calories

    1250-200= 1050
    So your net calories are now 1050
    1050 is too low of calories for a person's body to run on (most people anyways, maybe the most petite people it could be ok) so you want to eat those calories back so your deficit isn't too large. Otherwise you probably won't have the energy to do your daily activity and exercise because you just aren't eating enough to healthily sustain yourself.

    MFP is set up so you EAT for weight loss, and you EXERCISE for health.


  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    One of the main reasons I exercise is so I can eat more :smiley:
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    lemonlionheart wrote: »
    Yes, BUT it's commonly accepted that the calorie burn amounts given by the MFP database or from gym machines can be overestimated. Many of us stay on the safe side by only eating back half.

    This until you get a better way to measure
    dianaramirez1220 wrote: »
    MinmoInk wrote: »
    i do sometimes. if you use a HRM for cardio workout you can have a better idea of how much you burned. generally you should eat back, and you'll probably feel hungry after a good workout anyway!
    I see it this way. If I eat the calories I burn I won't loss the weight. But maybe I'm wrong what do you think?

    Yes if you're following MFP method you're wrong
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    No.
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