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Do you eat up all your calories burnt while exercising?

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  • Loperinnen
    Loperinnen Posts: 8 Member
    Wow, a lot of answers! Love it, allthough I am not getting any wiser :smile: :wink:
    I guess everyone will have to find their own way.., just worried I eat too few calories on my work out days.

    and yes; I better not start eating on the treadmill ;) Best advise ever! :smiley:
  • debradugas9
    debradugas9 Posts: 162 Member
    I try to never do that. I always just eat what my daily calorie goal is.
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    Azdak wrote: »
    I wait until I'm finished, otherwise I get peanut butter on the treadmill.

    Finally somebody replied to the erroneous title of this thread!!!
  • Loperinnen
    Loperinnen Posts: 8 Member
    SingingSingleTracker wrote: »
    Azdak wrote: »
    I wait until I'm finished, otherwise I get peanut butter on the treadmill.

    Finally somebody replied to the erroneous title of this thread!!!

    Haha, ups, my bad!
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    nope i dont - as i do the tdee method also..
  • Josh_lol
    Josh_lol Posts: 317 Member
    I don't eat exercise calories. I just eat something a little before working out for energy. But as far as my exercise calories go, I don't try to eat them back if I'm not hungry.
  • Snow3y
    Snow3y Posts: 1,412 Member
    of course
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    I eat back most of them - currently in maintenance. If I'm a bit heavier - I go by my clothes and the tape measure primarily - I cut back my total calories and aim to have a few left at the end of each day for a more relaxed weekend. But I never eat just because I've got some calories "spare", and on days when I'm exercising later (like today), then I put the "bonus" calories on to the next day, as I'm always hungrier then anyway.
  • ConicalFern
    ConicalFern Posts: 121 Member
    Posting because I seem to be in the minority - I pretty much always eat back my exercise calories and I find it very difficult on non exercise days to not go over my allowance. I get very similar calorie estimates from Trendweight and MFP, with the former only having my weight go on, so I don't think I'm under/over eating. For calorie expenditure I use HRM for gym workouts, Strava for bike ride and swimming watch with acceleromoters for swimming. I typically have pretty intense workouts and without proper nutrition I don't think I would be able to do them to the same intensity.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    leahcollett1 wrote: »
    nope i dont - as i do the tdee method also..

    So yes you do. TDEE includes exercise.
  • mystgrl1604
    mystgrl1604 Posts: 117 Member
    Erm...yes? Lol. I eat all of my exercise calories back. Reason: i set my activity level as sedentary with no exercise, and eat back calories earned from steps and exercise. I figure, even if mfp has overestimated my caloric expenditure, as long as im still losing weight (which i am), then everything seems to be going fine. I'd be starving if i dont eat my calories back.
  • farmerpam1
    farmerpam1 Posts: 402 Member
    Usually no. But after reading these replies I think I shall start. ;)
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I eat therefore I am.
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