For those confused or questioning "Eating your exercise calo

AlbertSchwartz

haha you so funny...

that was written by my own fair mouse hand, in paint lol,

cough

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shorerider

hopeful2

I did not know that you were suppose to eat your exercise calories, thank you for all your time and research on this, it will help me starting today. : :happy:

Fit2btied

I haven't been eating enough! BUMP

Fit2btied

BUMP

tweety3

Definitely oneo f my struggles!! Thanks!:bigsmile:

Glammy

Do I have to eat more calories because I've exercized my right to BUMP? :laugh:

rhonda79

I don't think I'll ever get this. :ohwell: I don't eat my 1200 calories, I'm suppose to in a day and then when I exercise I get more to eat. there's no way :grumble: I can it all that. my prob is eating more fat then I'm suppose to. :laugh: This is going to kill me trying to understand all this.

oh by the way Bump

banks1850

think of it like a car.

If it takes you 1/2 a tank every week to drive to and from work, then that's how much gas you need. But think of exercise as... say a trip to the mall after work, you need to add the extra gas to get there and back. If you put 1/2 a tank of gas in for the week, well, you can't expect to go to the mall right? Cuz you will (literally and figuratively) run out of gas.
The only difference is, in a car, you simply run out of gas. With your body, instead of just running out of energy, your body will start shutting things down (like, organs, metabolism...etc) so that it uses less energy, also it will pull energy from other areas like muscles and other lean body mass (thus reducing your lean mass, which is bad).

That's really over simplistic, but it's close enough to get the idea.

iluvsparkles

very VERY good analogy my man, banks. Thanks again.

lisarae

bump bump bump:happy:

GIGINATOR

BUMP!!:happy:

shorerider

country

Bump!

rosenbss

thank you so much i am a newbie and i have been pretty much putting myself into starvation mode for 2 weeks which explains why i am not loosing anything!!!

banks1850

thank you so much i am a newbie and i have been pretty much putting myself into starvation mode for 2 weeks which explains why i am not loosing anything!!!

Believe it or not rosen, it is more common then you think. Most of the people I know (myself included) have done this at one point. Some because we don't REALLY believe it, and others just because we didn't know. but it's the truth, the good thing to know is, unless you do that for a really long time and do permenant damage, it's pretty easy to get the body back to where it should be and burning cals for you. :happy:

Healthier_Me

GIVE ME A 'B'
GIVE ME A 'U'
GIVE ME A(or is it an) 'M'
GIVE ME A 'P'

KagoBon

I don't think I'll ever be able to eat my exercise calories. I can't even it make it to 1500, the current calories I have to get to! I can't even get to 1200 calories :sad:
Sometimes I only eat 1000...:grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

banks1850

I don't think I'll ever be able to eat my exercise calories. I can't even it make it to 1500, the current calories I have to get to! I can't even get to 1200 calories :sad:
Sometimes I only eat 1000...:grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

Sometimes it takes time, ramp your calories up, a little every week, you'd be amazed at how receptive your body is if you do it slowly. Nothing in weight loss happens over night, if you give your body the time it needs to adjust, it will adjust.

Create a food plan, sit down for a couple of hours and map out your daily intake, make 3 or 4 different plans, every day you can choose the one you like, if you make them up ahead of time, it's easy to stick to them, once a week or so, add 100 calories to your plans, spread that 100 cals through out the day, I.E. instead of 1 serving of carrots, have 1.5, instead of 4 oz of chicken, have 6...etc little things that your stomach won't notice that much, but will get you to where you need to be. Before you know it, you'lll be where you need to. 100 cals isn't a lot of food to add, I'll wager your body won't even notice the change.

age1389

Bump

LadyZen

BUMP!!:happy:

she_red247

Thank goodness you also explained what bumping was. LOL!!:flowerforyou:

Mangoaddict

Thanks for the BUMP explanation. You rock!

ladywalkalot

think of it like a car.

If it takes you 1/2 a tank every week to drive to and from work, then that's how much gas you need. But think of exercise as... say a trip to the mall after work, you need to add the extra gas to get there and back. If you put 1/2 a tank of gas in for the week, well, you can't expect to go to the mall right? Cuz you will (literally and figuratively) run out of gas.
The only difference is, in a car, you simply run out of gas. With your body, instead of just running out of energy, your body will start shutting things down (like, organs, metabolism...etc) so that it uses less energy, also it will pull energy from other areas like muscles and other lean body mass (thus reducing your lean mass, which is bad).

That's really over simplistic, but it's close enough to get the idea.

How about this.....

your body is smart enough that it holds on to "necessities" fat and water first and foremost.....but also "energy sources"
If it senses that it isn't getting enough, it begins to hold onto what it needs....if you cut fat completely out of your diet....your body will hold onto the fat you already have; same thing with water and energy stores; it does take your body (AND EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT) 1-2 weeks to get into TRUE starvation mode......where your metabolism will drop to almost nothing to save the energy and fat stores for survival.....hopefully none of us would get to that point

this is why the body has several organs that produce and secrete glucose....main energy source for our bodies.....protein is to rebuild while glucose (and others) re-store energy so that you can exercise again tomorrow......
Good luck and don't not eat....life is too short....just make good choices!!!!!

rockerchicinnc

*BUMP* Thanks for the post! It's helped me to understand why eating my exercise calories is important.

banks1850

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deciedee

I have never been more confused...except when trying to talk to my teenage daughter ...No, I printed this so I could get a handle on it...
It is just so hard to eat the calories I think I am supposed to burn off...I'll try, but if I weigh 15 lbs more in 2 months than I do now...Banks, you are toast.

sclosson

That actually made sense to me. I will share the info with some others I know that are trying hard to over exercise. I will make sure I am eatin the exercise calories from now on. Thanks!

banks1850

LOL! d. if you follow it, I doubt you will gain anything (besides water weight) and I'm pretty confident you should lose pretty consistantly.

marskids

As crazy as it sounds...it seems to work!!!