Long exercise purely to eat more?
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JaydedMiss
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I do this alot ill walk 10-15 miles just so i can eat more, Lots more with that many miles.
Never really considered if this is normal or healthy or not. Anyone else do this? Sometimes i just really like to eat bulk food instead of 1200 calories. And i like walking so why not really. -shrugs- Been working for me so far. Kind of like planned indulging
Anyone know if this could be bad for me going from 1200 to closer to 2,000-2500 with walking some days at random.
Never really considered if this is normal or healthy or not. Anyone else do this? Sometimes i just really like to eat bulk food instead of 1200 calories. And i like walking so why not really. -shrugs- Been working for me so far. Kind of like planned indulging
Anyone know if this could be bad for me going from 1200 to closer to 2,000-2500 with walking some days at random.
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Exercise bulimia is a thing (people who exercise a lot to burn off calories) and it can be damaging, but just being active isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Is it interfering with other parts of your life? Is it putting you at risk for injury or causing you to skip appropriate rest days?
I would just look at where it fit with the rest of my life. There is nothing inherently wrong with increasing your TDEE.12 -
Walking that much would make me starving. Then I'd overeat and defeat the whole purpose. I can see doing some exercise to eat more - but that would be too much for me.8
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It probably takes a professional to diagnose a real problem. Although it is extremely common for people to exercise so they can eat more or as punishment for indulging, I really don't like that mindset. Exercise should mostly be done to improve fitness and make your quality of life better. Calorie burn and it's helpfulness to weight loss is a bonus. I know every now and then an extra hard or long workout to offset and indulgence isn't a big deal, but it shouldn't be the norm.8
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janejellyroll wrote: »Exercise bulimia is a thing (people who exercise a lot to burn off calories) and it can be damaging, but just being active isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Is it interfering with other parts of your life? Is it putting you at risk for injury or causing you to skip appropriate rest days?
I would just look at where it fit with the rest of my life. There is nothing inherently wrong with increasing your TDEE.
Nah i just do it sometimes when i feel like binge eating ill walk extra long to get the calories for an extra meal. Havent been working so had alot of free time. I did just get a new job as a mover though so all that walking leg strength is going to work out well for me anyway lol.4 -
I like to only eat back half of the calories I burn. Either way as long as it's manageable it sounds healthy. The word "binge" is concerning, but I don't think you meant it like that.2
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The bold is what is concerning though. Maybe binge eating is not the same for us, but when I hear "binge eating" I think disordered. (Because it is for many, and I have struggled with it myself.)JaydedMiss wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »Exercise bulimia is a thing (people who exercise a lot to burn off calories) and it can be damaging, but just being active isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Is it interfering with other parts of your life? Is it putting you at risk for injury or causing you to skip appropriate rest days?
I would just look at where it fit with the rest of my life. There is nothing inherently wrong with increasing your TDEE.
Nah i just do it sometimes when i feel like binge eating. Havent been working so had alot of free time. I did just get a new job as a mover though so all that walking leg strength is going to work out well for me anyway lol.
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Personally I wouldn't walk that much just to earn 800 cals more for the day.
There is nothing wrong with the distance or the walking per se, but I would look at my calorie goal, macros, micros and see where I could find the calories and foods that would satiate me.
Can you change your goal for a lower loss per week?
I would also look for something that gave be a higher calorie burn per hour than walking. I don't have the inclination or time to walk that amount.
If it suits you long term, into maintenance and beyond, fine, carry on. Personally I would increase my calorie goal, my daily activity level, find a higher burning exercise, and learn to manage my portion sizes.
Cheers, h.1 -
I get it, lol. I typically spend 1.5 hour on my exercise bike, and might go for a 3.5 mile walk too (when it's nice out. Hasn't really happened lately). I need the extra calories.
However, I agree that some days it seems to make me much hungrier than the calories I gain from it.2 -
middlehaitch wrote: »Personally I wouldn't walk that much just to earn 800 cals more for the day.
There is nothing wrong with the distance or the walking per se, but I would look at my calorie goal, macros, micros and see where I could find the calories and foods that would satiate me.
Can you change your goal for a lower loss per week?
I would also look for something that gave be a higher calorie burn per hour than walking. I don't have the inclination or time to walk that amount.
If it suits you long term, into maintenance and beyond, fine, carry on. Personally I would increase my calorie goal, my daily activity level, find a higher burning exercise, and learn to manage my portion sizes.
Cheers, h.
Im fine with eating 1200 a day just lately iv discovered a few hours walkign i can eat an entire thin crust pizza. Its a delicious way to waste time
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I do this, initially it was just to lose weight but now technically I should be at maintenance. I have decided, I want to eat chocolate etc. again so I make sure I have more than enough cals to eat whatever the hell I like at night2
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I do this, initially it was just to lose weight but now technically I should be at maintenance. I have decided, I want to eat chocolate etc. again so I make sure I have more than enough cals to eat whatever the hell I like at night
Cool so its semi normal im hearing as long as it doesnt effect my life. I started as a way to increase my defecit, And ensure i had enough calories for a few beers a week. Maybe a pizza or something. I love pizza ;D1 -
I posted this on another thread - I think it applies here too
Lot of good posts above. What I have always found to be true is that your diet (meaning what you eat - not some diet program) is 90% of controlling your weight. Exercise is a nice complement to creating a calorie deficit - but the heavy lifting comes from how many calories you consume. Exercise is 100% if your FITNESS. Balance, strength endurance. In my personal experience, focus on diet for weight management and exercise for physical fitness.
You can eat in 5 minutes what will take an hour of hard work to exercise off. That is a losing equation if you ask me. If you depend on burning 800 calories a day via exercise so you can eat more - that probably works for some people, but it always seemed risky to me. What if I was injured, what if I got sick or just missed some days for whatever reason. Now I am accustom to eating many more calories than I need in the absence of working out.
I am not anti-exercise - I just think the focus of exercise is mainly fitness and just complementary to weight loss. There are a million great reasons to exercise.
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JaydedMiss wrote: »I do this, initially it was just to lose weight but now technically I should be at maintenance. I have decided, I want to eat chocolate etc. again so I make sure I have more than enough cals to eat whatever the hell I like at night
Cool so its semi normal im hearing as long as it doesnt effect my life. I started as a way to increase my defecit, And ensure i had enough calories for a few beers a week. Maybe a pizza or something. I love pizza ;D
For me that's satisfying. Having that fear of logging something like a whole pizza or something pretty big but realising you still have plenty of room for something else big and nasty...... especially if you get the 'low cal' pizza options0 -
ME!, I do 2 to 3 hours, eat and drink what I want. it works for me!7
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I do the same thing sometimes. Occasionally I like to indulge at an all you can eat fish fry with my family or some other meal or outing where I know I'm gonna eat way more than my allotted 1200 calories.
If I know I'm going out, I'll shave off less calories the days leading up to it (do 1000-1100 per day) and also do an extra work out.
I don't see it as a problem unless you let it control your life.0 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »I do this, initially it was just to lose weight but now technically I should be at maintenance. I have decided, I want to eat chocolate etc. again so I make sure I have more than enough cals to eat whatever the hell I like at night
Cool so its semi normal im hearing as long as it doesnt effect my life. I started as a way to increase my defecit, And ensure i had enough calories for a few beers a week. Maybe a pizza or something. I love pizza ;D
For me that's satisfying. Having that fear of logging something like a whole pizza or something pretty big but realising you still have plenty of room for something else big and nasty...... especially if you get the 'low cal' pizza options
A thin crust pizza (decent size) from the store is under 800 calories. Sucks if you only have 1200 a day, But super doable if you burn a few hundred off walkign for another m eal in your day. Yum. I don't really get any guilt over it. Just work to make it fit Helps that i walk 4 miles just to buy it from the store when i want it 3 -
I do it from time to time too, also i will sometimes bank my macros so i can eat more of one thing in a larger portion in a given week.
Idk if its unhealthy or a problem but i know i love it and haven't had any issues or set backs2 -
CharlesScott78 wrote: »I posted this on another thread - I think it applies here too
Lot of good posts above. What I have always found to be true is that your diet (meaning what you eat - not some diet program) is 90% of controlling your weight. Exercise is a nice complement to creating a calorie deficit - but the heavy lifting comes from how many calories you consume. Exercise is 100% if your FITNESS. Balance, strength endurance. In my personal experience, focus on diet for weight management and exercise for physical fitness.
You can eat in 5 minutes what will take an hour of hard work to exercise off. That is a losing equation if you ask me. If you depend on burning 800 calories a day via exercise so you can eat more - that probably works for some people, but it always seemed risky to me. What if I was injured, what if I got sick or just missed some days for whatever reason. Now I am accustom to eating many more calories than I need in the absence of working out.
I am not anti-exercise - I just think the focus of exercise is mainly fitness and just complementary to weight loss. There are a million great reasons to exercise.
Charles
Yeah it's a good point, lol. But in my experience, if I get sick or have to miss a few days, it doesn't make any difference in the long run (if I'm too busy to get a workout, I still typically get a lot of activity, and I usually end up eating less anyway).
The key always is to make sure that your habits are sustainable though.5 -
Yeah it's a good point, lol. But in my experience, if I get sick or have to miss a few days, it doesn't make any difference in the long run (if I'm too busy to get a workout, I still typically get a lot of activity, and I usually end up eating less anyway).
The key always is to make sure that your habits are sustainable though.
That is a little nugget of wisdom right there.
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