After dinner calorie question

mikefromhaddonfield

So I just found out on MFP that it is the calorie intake not carb counting that make u lose weight. If I work out, Burn 1000 calories then go home eat dinner and go lie in bed. How does the affect the continuation of the burning of calories. Should I always walk after I eat even though my just had a great workout. Or can I sit and lounge and relax. Thanks in advance.

shadow2soul

Your body constantly burns calories. Even at rest. Your heart beating, food digesting, ect that all burns calories.

mikefromhaddonfield

Thanks.

AnnPT77

mikefromhaddonfield wrote: »

So I just found out on MFP that it is the calorie intake not carb counting that make u lose weight. If I work out, Burn 1000 calories then go home eat dinner and go lie in bed. How does the affect the continuation of the burning of calories. Should I always walk after I eat even though my just had a great workout. Or can I sit and lounge and relax. Thanks in advance.

Timing of eating and moving makes very little - unobservably little - difference to weight loss rate, to the average person. Do what whatever timing makes your life happiest and most workable for you.

Obviously, a workout plus a walk burns more calories than the workout alone, but only because the walk itself burns more calories than lounging . . . but I don't think that was what you were asking.