Calorie intake

senior20142014

Ok so now I’m confused, I knew the answer and I thought I was right but I’ve seen many posts on here saying I’m wrong. Ok I’m wanting to lose weight I’m on a 1,400 calorie diet I’m aiming to burn at least 1000 calories a workout, am I supposed to eat more if I burn that I’m confused. Someone said that if I burn 1000 calories then I need to take in more than 1400 because it’s like I’m only taking in 400. Someone please explain if you understand what I mean. I’m confused I thought you should burn more than you take in

livingleanlivingclean

Your body burns calories just by being alive. You burn calories just going about daily life.

If you did no exercise, you would be eating less than your body requires to do these things. Exercising makes your body burn extra calories. Not eating more to compensate can mean you're not providing sufficient nutrients to keep your body healthy

lynn_glenmont

You're always burning calories, even when you're sleeping. Most people burn more calories just to keep their bodies running than they do for all of their activity. MFP calculates how many calories you would need without intentional exercise. When you work out, you need to fuel that activity to maintain the intended deficit.

That said, what are you doing to burn 1,000 calories in a single workout? That's pretty unusual. Not impossible, but unlikely.

Ready2Rock206

It you're using MFP as intended you would eat back exercise calories. With that said - it should be a realistic amount of exercise calories. 1,000 calories isn't very realistic for most people unless you're spending several hours a day in the gym, hiking long distance, maybe running a marathon, etc...

thunderztormdk

If you're rather heavily overweight, you can easily burn 500-1000 calories in an hour of cycling. You'd need to be doing a pretty intense hour on the bike though.