Can I really eat the extra calories if I exercise?

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  • mengqiz86
    mengqiz86 Posts: 176 Member
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    I don't eat back those calories - with the only exception being my weekly 10-mile runs (which burns ~900cal for me) - then I add an extra 300 cal or so. For most days when I burn below 500cal - I pretend it didn't happen. It doesn't bother me. I do plan my meals around my workout schedule so I allocate calories carefully for the hour post-workout.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,996 Member
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    MFP uses the NEAT method, and as such this system is designed for exercise calories to be eaten back. However, many consider the burns given by MFP to be inflated and only eat a percentage, such as 50%, back.

    My FitBit One is far less generous with calories than the MFP database and I comfortably eat 100% of the calories I earn from it back.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1
  • AmyOutOfControl
    AmyOutOfControl Posts: 1,425 Member
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    I eat exercise calories back. I have lost 31 pounds so far.

    For example, I ran 9 miles this morning - That's like 1000 calories of yummy goodness. I hear the ice cream in my freezer calling my name. :)

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