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Not using all my food calories allowed. Are my settings off?

stldiving
stldiving Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
ive increased my daily exercise which always suppresses my appetite. Should I force myself to eat my exercise cals?

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  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    stldiving wrote: »
    ive increased my daily exercise which always suppresses my appetite. Should I force myself to eat my exercise cals?

    Not in my opinion. I don't eat them back UNLESS for some reason I am extra hungry, which is rare. Exercise calories are far from accurate. A lot of people say exercise calories burned just provides you with more food that you can eat. I disagree. They are so wildly variable! However, if you exercise a lot and occasionally go over on your eaten calories, don't sweat it.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Depends

    How many calories are you eating

    How many calories are you burning and how are you measuring that burn?

    Also are you focusing on day to day or across the week ...a good workout suppresses my appetite on the day but I'm ravenous the day after if I haven't forced myself to eat adequately and I will never not eat adequate protein on lifting days
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