Eating them back

tschaff04

How many of you eat back your exercise calories when you run? Currently I am on week 5(starting w5d2 today), and have been burning close to 350 cals a run so my polar ft4 says. I was eating back most to all of those calories I burned but I am noticing a stall in weight loss and have just been feeling really heavy and blah. :frown:

So my question is, do you eat them all back, just a few of them, none of them...and why? Thanks!

likitisplit

All of the running calories. You need the fuel to go fast and far.

How long have you been stalled? Anything under 4 weeks I'd just wait out.

RBXChas

Yes, you should eat them back:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/383956-exercise-calories-explained

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

IowaJen1979

I never eat back all of my exercise calories unless I feel like I need some extra fuel that day. I usually eat 1200-1400 calories a day. If I don't exercise it's closer to 1200. That's what my doctor recommended.

I stalled recently so I started adding 2 strength training workouts per week and I started losing again. Just try different things and see what works for you to get you past the plateau.

tschaff04

Thanks everyone! I know in my head I *should* eat them, I just start freaking myself out about "what if" this is why the weight loss is slowing. It's been about two or three weeks now I would say.