Does anyone else find themselves exercising just to enjoy something extra?

cwolfman13

In my early days (fall 2012), that's basically how I got back into fitness and I think it is one of the aims of this particular tool. Move more, you get to eat more. My calorie targets were unacceptable for me without exercise.

Eventually, I just got into fitness for the sake of fitness and started establishing fitness goals and training to achieve those...additional energy expenditure is just a nice bi-product at this point.

ccems1634

AnjaliSD wrote: »

ccems1634 wrote: »

I have my daily allotment broken down into breakfast 300 (includes my coffee) , lunch 400, and dinner 800 (includes usually don't use all these at dinner because I like to have something small before bed or I wake up in the middle of the night starving). I find myself exercising everyday just to be able to add that 2nd cup of coffee. Does anyone else do this?

Maybe consider setting your baseline slightly higher? How tall are you? I recently got my body fat assessed by a fancy $10k machine at the gym and was told that at 5'4, with 38% body fat, I could easily be eating 1600 calories a day (to lose weight).

In terms of snacks, green peas are relatively high in protein for the amount of calories and fiber they also contain.
Veggies like broccoli and cauliflower and hummus will make you full, give you tons of fiber and a bit of protein, and save you calories for better snacks later!

My baseline is already set higher. It's set at 0.5 lb per week. When I initially set it at 1 lb per week it wanted me at 1280 calories. No way can i stick to that so I changed it to allow 1500. I'm 5'2" and 160 lbs.

Machka9

Does anyone else find themselves exercising just to enjoy something extra?

Every day.