Do you eat your fitness calories?

JeromeBarry1

At this time, my workout calories will be chosen among a variety of foods. It'll depend how many grams of protein I need, with an egg offering 6, 1/2 cup of ice cream having 4, a granola bar having 10, a slice of ham having 14, and a protein shake having 34.

zjpq

I do bc I'm on 1200 so try to stay above that for my net

starryphoenix

I try to eat half. If I'm super hungry I'll just eat them all back. I try to eat something with high protein and fiber.

lorrpb

Yes you should, especially see once you're only at 1200. Eat back half to 2/3 because they can be overstated.

TonyB0588

BootyEvolve wrote: »

Do you eat your fitness/workout calories? I'm set at 1200 calories but on a good workout I can burn 500. I'm not sure if eating those calories can inhibit my weightloss.

Yes. MFP put me at 1910 calories per day, and if I burn extra calories through exercise or unusual work, them I eat more calories. Half of workout calories has been suggested as a good amount to aim for as extra.

SCoil123

Yes I eat them. If I didn't I wouldn't be able to support my workouts properly and would risk excessive muscle loss.

Polo265

Yes - I eat most of them. I'm also on 1200 calories to lose only .7 lbs a week. While I mostly trust my Fitbit, the exercise calories I earn aren't very strenuous. I mostly walk around to gain steps - sometimes I jog in place. So, I don't eat them all - just most.

Graelwyn75

I eat most or all of mine and always have. It always worked fine for me in terms of maintaining my weight and/or reducing body fat. I see no point in joining a site then ignoring the way in which it is meant to work. This 1200 is not some sort of magic number. Eating the bare minimum IF you have another option is not an achievement. It is a needless punishment judging from the number of people who post about how hungry they are and how hard they are finding it. How is that sustainable for any length of time ? If you can eat back your exercise calories and still lose weight then I strongly suggest doing it.

BootyEvolve

Thank you all for your in put! I enjoyed reading all of your posts. I'll try to eat back some of my calories and see where that takes me and adjust where necessary.

texteach66

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I'm a teacher and it's summer, so I'm more sedentary and have tended to let my exercise calories help my deficit because I don't want to switch my setting to sedentary.

Having said that, it's rare that I eat all of them anyway, more likely to eat half or less.

SmithsonianEmpress

No. I stick to my 1800 calorie daily goal. When I workout and burn a few hundred calories that's GREAT!...added bonus I guess.

bikecheryl

I'm on 1430 cal/day. I usually don't but their nice to have just in case I'm off on my food measuring.
I plan to use them as my fitness level and exercise time and effort increases.
I'm 45lbs down with 80 to go.

NikosEspada

I don't, I see it as an added bonus.

MegaMooseEsq

JerSchmare wrote: »

Why would you not? I just don't understand the mentality of some of you. Eat every Goddamned f'ing morsel while still achieving the results you want.

Some people are just masochistic I'm sure, but I know that for me, my main exercise is 20 minutes of brisk walking a day, which isn't really intense enough to noticeably effect my appetite or caloric needs. I mean, I guess I could eat another 100 calories, but that's within standard deviation most days anyhow. I suspect many people who are only modestly active don't bother for similar reasons.

estherdragonbat

I do, but then I generally walk at least 2 hours daily and strength train three times/week. And many days I walk more. I eat back half.

Lillymoo01

I used to eat back 50-75% of my exercise calories, depending on my hunger, to allow for inaccuracies in logging and estimated calorie burn. Now that I am maintaining I eat back all of them, unless I will explode from overeating if I do.

lalepepper

Not generally. My adjustment for activity tracker info is always wildly high. I may go slightly over my usual limit, but not often.

Nmork21

BootyEvolve wrote: »

Do you eat your fitness/workout calories? I'm set at 1200 calories but on a good workout I can burn 500. I'm not sure if eating those calories can inhibit my weightloss.

A weight lifting body of mine always jokes. He says "dude, I love working out because I love to eat!" Meaningless to say, my friend spends up to 2 to 3 hours in a gym almost every day. So, I'd say he really loves to eat...and he is in really good shape!