Eating my exercise calories?

ellykay7

I was just wondering why I would want to eat the calories I burned off during exercise? Say I start out with a max caloric intake of 1200 and then workout and burn 250 calories. Why does it add those calories to my caloric intake for the day? Wouldn't I just want to keep them gone?

Thank you for any feedback!

TheMaidOfAstolat

Read the sticky notes...it will answer this question in depth.

HaveADaisyDay

What and where are the sticky notes? I wondered about eating those calories too. I try not to eat them sometimes but I'm happy to have them at other times!

lesliejsilva

Read the sticky notes...it will answer this question in depth.

whats a sticky note and where do I find it?

❤B☩❤

Hi, and Congrats on losing the 7 pounds!!! I was wondering the same thing. Then Chalene Johnson (TurboJam) writes that if you don't eat the calories you are allotted (that includes exercise-earned calories), your body will think it is starving and store any fats, etc. It's hard to eat all the calories, but once I started, I DID lose. Crazy, huh?

LittleSpy

"Sticky" topics are "pinned" to the top of this forum
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/9-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help
Those first few topics with the red push pin next to them are the ones recommended.


In short, you want to consider eating your exercise calories because having too high of a calorie deficit can not only be very unhealthy but also can cause your metabolism to slow down.

cward2010

Read here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-questions?page=1

TheMaidOfAstolat

"Sticky" topics are "pinned" to the top of this forum
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/9-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help
Those first few topics with the red push pin next to them are the ones recommended.


In short, you want to consider eating your exercise calories because having too high of a calorie deficit can not only be very unhealthy but also can cause your metabolism to slow down.

Ha, you beat me to it. yep, these are the ones with the red push pins at the beginning of the catagory under the message boards.

rob1976

You can also use the highly effective "Search" function to find more info. Between exercise calories and the HCG diet, both of these subjects have been flogged to death in NUMEROUS threads.

run_way

Here is the direct link to an in-depth explanation.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

misslizz6958

Its a split topic. No one agrees and everyone thinks they are right