For those confused or questioning "Eating your exercise calo

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  • Tani316
    Tani316 Posts: 28
    Bumpity, bump, bump!!!

    So glad I stumbled across this. :love:
  • boucekkine
    boucekkine Posts: 3
    Hey everyone, first post so be gentle with me!!

    I am finding it really hard to eat my initial 1600 calories, add to that an extra 700 that I burn in the gym (that's what the machine says I burn) and I really do struggle to eat 2300 and alot of the time my net calorie intake is around 400-700 which I know is way to little. I try to eat more but then I just feel like I am scoffing my face and I don't actually feel hungry! Can someone please help me! Or any suggestions of healthy foods that I can eat that have high calories!

    P.S does 750 calories burnt doing 60 minutes on a bike machine seem too high?

    Thanks in advance!

    google calorie dense foods. And no, 750 calories for 60 minutes doesn't sound like to much, it is perfectly reasonable.


    thanks for the reply, so if i ate 1200 calories then burnt 600 at gym i could just eat 1000 calories of nuts and that would be ok?
    or would eating that many all in one go be a bad idea?
  • lizgreenhill
    lizgreenhill Posts: 185
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  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member


    thanks for the reply, so if i ate 1200 calories then burnt 600 at gym i could just eat 1000 calories of nuts and that would be ok?
    or would eating that many all in one go be a bad idea?

    well, no, I doubt it, I don't know your macro numbers, but 1000 calories of any 1 food is going to leave you nutrient deficient in other categories. That's why I said to google calorie dense foods, you can't just have 1 food you rely on.
  • cjtx2
    cjtx2 Posts: 12 Member
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  • ChellieIrish
    ChellieIrish Posts: 593 Member
    :heart: Bump :drinker:
  • akuzman
    akuzman Posts: 5 Member
    Bump and thanks for breaking it down!

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  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    Simply stated MFP has already figured out your total calories you need to eat per day to lose 1lb etc. a week. That's WITHOUT exercise. You'll notice that when you actually add exercise in, the calorie limit goes up. Why? Because it's telling you to eat your exercise calories. Large deficits aren't really good to do because while you will lose weight, what kind of weight will it be? In many cases you'll lose lean muscle tissue which LOWERS your metabolic rate even more. Then you have to eat even less to compensate for less of a calorie burn to continue to lose the same amount of weight each week.
    Be efficient. Exercise hard and eat back the calories. The hard exercise will RAISE your metabolic rate and burn more fat at rest.
  • lisasmith1968
    lisasmith1968 Posts: 13 Member
    you must have been reading my mind....I was wondering the same thing last night and feeling guilty because I had almost eaten back all the calories I burned during my work out :-( but feeling better about it now ;-) Thank you for posting
  • DDBeard
    DDBeard Posts: 50 Member
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  • auntlooloo
    auntlooloo Posts: 25
    Great info. Thanks!
  • easfahl
    easfahl Posts: 567 Member
    A must-read! Thanks!
  • harleenarang
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    CinJay Posts: 157 Member
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    :-)
  • Savyna
    Savyna Posts: 789 Member
    This has been very helpful. Thanks Banks. I went to see if their profile was still around and it said the user had deactivated -.-
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,420 Member
    This has been very helpful. Thanks Banks. I went to see if their profile was still around and it said the user had deactivated -.-

    "Banks" is now using the username SHBoss1673. He's still here. He's a moderator.
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
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    paledi Posts: 56 Member
    Thanks!
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  • BrandiD56
    BrandiD56 Posts: 103
    Thanks for the info.
  • ivansmomma
    ivansmomma Posts: 500
    Thanks Banks!
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    Great explanation!!
  • Rachaimee
    Rachaimee Posts: 9
    BUMP!

    Thanks for posting this. I'm a newbie and haven't been eating back my exercise calories (and consequently, have slowed down in my weight loss). After reading this, I am now going to make sure I do!

    Thanks for explaining it so clearly :)
  • deezee313
    deezee313 Posts: 1
    how do i read this article? and what does bump mean? thanks
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    You'd go back to the beginning, which would link you to here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo?page=20


    "Bump" is just people making a quick post to bump it back to the top of the page.
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