Exercise calories

scotty376
scotty376 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 26 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm trying to lose a lb a week at the moment, mfp has given me just short of 1300 cals a day which I thought was quite low, I'm 5.5" and weight 9st4. I can go with that but not sure if I'm meant to then eat my exercise cals, it seems pointless exercising to lose weight then eating back?

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  • WBB55
    WBB55 Posts: 4,131 Member
    Exercise is for health. Calorie deficit for weight loss.

    If it was me, I'd "eat back" half of my exercise calories with those stats.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Many people here believe/advocate eating back about 50% of your exercise calories under the theory that the stated calorie burn for exercise is overstated. This may be true. My experience, however, has been that if i eat back 50% of those exercise calories I lose weight faster than the 1 pound a week I was targeting. Either the calorie burn for exercise is more accurate than believed, the calorie burn ismore accurate for ME, I am more accurate in logging the correct calorie intake or I'm real lucky.

    Start off eating at least 50% of your exercise calories and check your weight, adjusting accordingly. Your scale will tell you if you are eating enough, eating too little or eating too much.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    WBB55 wrote: »
    Exercise is for health. Calorie deficit for weight loss.

    If it was me, I'd "eat back" half of my exercise calories with those stats.

    I agree totally! :)
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