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Eating workout calories back -- 1200 calorie edition

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  • brownb65
    brownb65 Posts: 5 Member
    The Dietician told me I should be eating 1600 calories a day, but I can't even eat 1200.. If I'm not eating enough calories, does that mean I'm not going to lose weight?...
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    brownb65 wrote: »
    The Dietician told me I should be eating 1600 calories a day, but I can't even eat 1200.. If I'm not eating enough calories, does that mean I'm not going to lose weight?...

    Why cant you eat 1600 calories? And yes, you will lose weight eating 1200 calories, but it is unnecessarily low..
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    brownb65 wrote: »
    The Dietician told me I should be eating 1600 calories a day, but I can't even eat 1200.. If I'm not eating enough calories, does that mean I'm not going to lose weight?...

    Nope. People lose weight on medically supervised 800 calorie diets.
  • pgray007
    pgray007 Posts: 47 Member
    I tend to "eat back" 50% or less of what I burn through exercise. I'm training for some endurance events, so a ~1500 calorie burn is not uncommon for me (as measured via a Garmin HRM). However, when I "eat back" all the calories, I usually gain weight. My theory is that I'm losing electrolytes, so I crave salty foods post-workout, which then leads to water retention. I've been trying to consume more electrolyte-rich sports drinks and more closely watching what I eat, although it is occasionally amusing to eat a bunch of pizza and a few beers and have MFP tell me I'm under my calorie goal for the day...
  • 100df
    100df Posts: 668 Member
    I eat back 50% of the step calories from Fitbit Zip and MFP. I log other exercise (if I do any) and input 1 calorie for the burn. Yesterday I shoveled snow. MFP gave me an extra 150 calories to eat. There is no way I burned that many. I was not extra hungry. I don't trust any of the numbers besides Fitbit. I consistently lose what MFP says I will.lose following this method.

    Probably not a good method for someone that burns a lot through exercise.
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