Eat Back

JessMahoney1
JessMahoney1 Posts: 86 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What percentage should I be eating back on the calories I burn? I Average around burning 600-800 Cals a day

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  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    Depends....if you're using MFP exercise numbers...they tend to run high. So maybe 50 or 60%. if you're using a HRM so you're getting very accurate numbers, you can use all of them if you want to.
  • JessMahoney1
    JessMahoney1 Posts: 86 Member
    Most of them i am using gym equipment numbers, every so often I use MFP
  • TwelveSticks
    TwelveSticks Posts: 288 Member
    I played around with this and I settled on 2/3rds, which seems fine. It allows for overestimates on the exercise and the calories.

    Plus, I cap my eat-back calories at about 600 per day maximum as eating 2/3rds back on a day when I've supposedly burned, say 1,200 calories on a long hike seems insane...

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