Exercise= Eat More?

Elisabeth2016
Elisabeth2016 Posts: 21
in Food and Nutrition
I'm a little confused by gaining more calories for food by exercising. Does that mean that I have to eat more because I have those extra calories and if I don't will it still tell me that I am going in starvation mode because I didn't? Help Please! And Any other advice for this newbie is welcomed!

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  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    Yes, you should eat more. MFP gives you a total calorie goal based on zero exercise. It is always meant to be a net goal, though. Exercise is good. You should exercise... and eat what you need to meet your net calorie goal. :wink:
  • Elisabeth2016
    Elisabeth2016 Posts: 21
    Ok Thanks!:smile:
  • Gatus98
    Gatus98 Posts: 93 Member
    Yes, you should eat more. MFP gives you a total calorie goal based on zero exercise. It is always meant to be a net goal, though. Exercise is good. You should exercise... and eat what you need to meet your net calorie goal. :wink:

    I learned this the hard way. Everybody who was eating back their excercise calories lost weight, and I did in fact go into "starvation mode" and stopped losing after a couple weeks. However, I think this applies more to those with less fat to lose. If you're truly overweight, your body won't resist the weight loss as much.
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    Yes, you should eat more. MFP gives you a total calorie goal based on zero exercise. It is always meant to be a net goal, though. Exercise is good. You should exercise... and eat what you need to meet your net calorie goal. :wink:

    I learned this the hard way. Everybody who was eating back their excercise calories lost weight, and I did in fact go into "starvation mode" and stopped losing after a couple weeks. However, I think this applies more to those with less fat to lose. If you're truly overweight, your body won't resist the weight loss as much.

    In my opinion, you should still eat them back. Your body may have lots of fat stores to pull from, but (from what I've learned here) it will actually take away from your muscles first, as that is more easily converted to energy than fat. So, while you'll lose weight more rapidly, it will be more muscle lost than actual fat. (When I was eating at 1200 calories, I lost 7 pounds in 1 one month... but GAINED 0.5% in body fat. Once I started eating at TDEE, I started losing the body fat again.)
  • Elisabeth2016
    Elisabeth2016 Posts: 21
    Thanks I will definitely use all this advice!

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