How much of my exercise. Slotted should I eat back?

halimaiqbal00

I have5 pounds to lose and my bmi is 22.7. I typically burn 500 calories 3x a week through exercise and then on a Saturday, I perform steady state cardio for 2 hours and burn 1000 calories. I do this for fun while watching a movie. How much of these calories should I eat back to still lose approx 1 pound a week? I'm on 1700 calories a day btw. I hope this makes sense.

halimaiqbal00

The title is meant to read 'how many of my exercise calories SHOULD I eat back'

duddysdad

As machines and MFP over estimate calorie burns from exercise, start with eating 50% back, weigh weekly, and evaluate your loss accordingly. If you are losing slower, eat less back.

halimaiqbal00

I wear a polar heart rate monitor watch which is more accurate. Should I still eat half back?

mitch16

HRM aren't meant to measure caloric burn during anything other than steady state cardio--if you are 'earning' calories by wearing your HRM while lifting you shouldn't eat many of those back, if any.

poorlittlefish

If you are running there are pretty accurate calorie predictors online, I use those and eat them all back because running makes me hungry!