Calories

nop2008
nop2008 Posts: 66 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi,
I'm new to this so hi! This has probably been asked a million times but how many of you eat some or all of your exercise calories? I feel it makes sense not to touch them but I'd like to get your opinion? x

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  • DresdenSinn
    DresdenSinn Posts: 665 Member
    Well it's up to you and your personal goals, if your looking to maintain a calorie deficit for weight loss don't compensate for exercise calories, if your looking to maintain or gain weight..eat!
  • nop2008
    nop2008 Posts: 66 Member
    I wish!! Lol. I'm looking to lose ... A lot. I won't touch the exercise calories! Thank you x
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Yes it comes up several times a day - the search function works by the way.
    Yes you should be eating them as that's how this site works and your calorie goal assumes you will, whether losing, maintaining or gaining weight.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1

    If you aren't losing weight over an extended period of time then your food logging is more likely to be the problem.

    You will have to account for exercise calorie expenditure at your goal weight so learn the skill now.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    DresdenSinn wrote: »
    Well it's up to you and your personal goals, if your looking to maintain a calorie deficit for weight loss don't compensate for exercise calories, if your looking to maintain or gain weight..eat!

    MFP sets you up to lose without exercise, so you're already in a deficit. It's expected to eat a portion of them back to both fuel your body and keep said deficit consistent.
  • nop2008
    nop2008 Posts: 66 Member
    Thanks everyone
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,559 Member
    When I was on a mission to lose my first 15 kg, I only ate half my exercise calories back.

    These days I eat most of them.

    The only time I might not eat my exercise calories is if I have a particularly sedentary day ... maybe only a short 2km walk or something. Otherwise, I need the fuel.
  • JinjoJoey
    JinjoJoey Posts: 106 Member
    I eat back about 50% of my exercise calories, not always but frequently enough. I've lost 92lbs since Oct. Your body is going to probably get more hungry if you workout a ton, you're burning extra calories to fuel those exercises, so eating some back is natural to do. As long as you're weighing your food and staying in a deficit, you're fine.

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