Eating back calories...

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  • Spliner1969
    Spliner1969 Posts: 3,233 Member
    Shazr2 wrote: »
    Today I've ate 1128 calories but burned 412 calories. My total calories per day is 1200, so I then think I have 72 left so how many should I aim to eat back??

    If you feel that estimate of 412 calories is correct, then you can eat the 412 calories back. How were the 412 calories calculated? App? Fitbit? If it were me, I'd figure on eating back 60% of them, so 60% of the 412 = 247, plus you had 72 calories left before the exercise, so you can easily eat back up to 319 of them. Here's the rub. Don't do it with a candy bar. Eat within your macros, if you're low on protein for the day, eat some protein, if you've got a ton of carbs left, eat some carbs or a combo of both. Think healthy foods. I say that, and I just had a piece of Coconut Cream Pie for 425 calories lol! I just don't do that every day, and it fit within my macros, but you get the point.

    If you are doing a regular amount of exercise; For instance I work out for 60 minutes each morning 6 days a week. I work out as hard as I can handle, hell I can't even hold a conversation while I'm doing it. I use the free calculator at iifym.com to calculate that exercise plus my age, weight, etc. to see what I should be eating without worrying about the exercise calories. Then I know when to stop. IIFYM.com's calculator will tell you how much to eat 7 days a week without constantly worrying about how much exercise you do. But it doesn't really work unless you're on a set exercise schedule. If all you are doing is counting steps you may want to stick with MFP and eat back 60-70% of exercise calories.


  • Shazr2
    Shazr2 Posts: 33 Member
    Spliner1969 wrote: »
    Shazr2 wrote: »
    Today I've ate 1128 calories but burned 412 calories. My total calories per day is 1200, so I then think I have 72 left so how many should I aim to eat back??

    If you feel that estimate of 412 calories is correct, then you can eat the 412 calories back. How were the 412 calories calculated? App? Fitbit? If it were me, I'd figure on eating back 60% of them, so 60% of the 412 = 247, plus you had 72 calories left before the exercise, so you can easily eat back up to 319 of them. Here's the rub. Don't do it with a candy bar. Eat within your macros, if you're low on protein for the day, eat some protein, if you've got a ton of carbs left, eat some carbs or a combo of both. Think healthy foods. I say that, and I just had a piece of Coconut Cream Pie for 425 calories lol! I just don't do that every day, and it fit within my macros, but you get the point.

    If you are doing a regular amount of exercise; For instance I work out for 60 minutes each morning 6 days a week. I work out as hard as I can handle, hell I can't even hold a conversation while I'm doing it. I use the free calculator at iifym.com to calculate that exercise plus my age, weight, etc. to see what I should be eating without worrying about the exercise calories. Then I know when to stop. IIFYM.com's calculator will tell you how much to eat 7 days a week without constantly worrying about how much exercise you do. But it doesn't really work unless you're on a set exercise schedule. If all you are doing is counting steps you may want to stick with MFP and eat back 60-70% of exercise calories.


    Was calculated with a Fitbit, I ate back 113 calories.

  • lauracups
    lauracups Posts: 533 Member
    I've lost 60 lbs eating back exercise calories. Depending on the intensity of my workouts will determine how many I eat back. Now that I'm almost to goal and given my age , my allowance is low, I post usually half of what a machine or app tells me I burned so I automatically decrease the bank.

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