Do you have to eat all the burned calories back?
Wilhellmina
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Just wondering if it is really needed when you for example burn 200 cal, you HAVE to add those 200 cal extra to your menu?
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No you don't HAVE to. It all depends on how many calories you eat that day. Say you've eaten1200cals and burn an extra 200 cals during exercise, that means your body has only received 1000cals. It's up to you if you eat the extra 200 cals, but it's not advisable to go under 1200cals.
But if you've eaten 1400 cals that day and burned 200cals you're still within the 1200cal so you don't need/have to eat them back.0 -
1200? Blimey, I think that's not enough even if you would lay in your bed the whole day
Nope my normal intake is around 1680, after my walk it has been increased to about 1800-1900 and most likely there will be some more burned calories added. Guess it also depands on how much you have burned?0 -
depends if you're doing the MFP default or TDEE - %. I'm doing TDEE - 20% and I don't eat mine back 95% of the time.0
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If your following MFP, try to eat back your exercise calories. It keeps your metabolism firing.
It can be hard to do if you have huge burns, i struggle some days myself trying to fit in another 700cals from a workout, but 2-300cals should be easy. 0 -
depends if you're doing the MFP default or TDEE - %. I'm doing TDEE - 20% and I don't eat mine back 95% of the time.
yup . Do the TDEE -20% usually it accounts for training . Eat your calories back if your net calories are too low0 -
i eat most if not all of mine back because i will bonk during my workouts. when i have hard workouts i'm ravenous and HAVE to eat the cals back. i also did not/do not want to lose muscle and I didn't want to lose too much weight too quickly (right now I'm at .5 lb/week) so eating back calories burned during exercise was critical for me.
just be aware that no calorie counter is 100% accurate so if you're eating 100% of your calories back, you'll want to see how your body is handling that over time (i.e. are you losing, gaining?).0 -
I calculated my intake at a keto calculator which told me about 1680 a day will be fine. MFP told me I should eat only 1300, sounds ridiculously low to me. So no, I do not use MFP, nor TDEE...0
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depends if you're doing the MFP default or TDEE - %. I'm doing TDEE - 20% and I don't eat mine back 95% of the time.
yup . Do the TDEE -20% usually it accounts for training . Eat your calories back if your net calories are too low
Where can I find a good calculator?0 -
depends if you're doing the MFP default or TDEE - %. I'm doing TDEE - 20% and I don't eat mine back 95% of the time.
yup . Do the TDEE -20% usually it accounts for training . Eat your calories back if your net calories are too low
Where can I find a good calculator?
I use http://thefitgirls.com/tdee-calculator.aspx0 -
Thanks! According to the TDEE calculator I should increase my intake with about 200-300 calories a day. That could be a reason I feel a bit sluggish. This morning I woke up with a cracking headache which disappeared after I had my breakfast. I will adjust my goals!0
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Thanks! According to the TDEE calculator I should increase my intake with about 200-300 calories a day. That could be a reason I feel a bit sluggish. This morning I woke up with a cracking headache which disappeared after I had my breakfast. I will adjust my goals!
its allllll about the numbers keep your water up too x good luck! 0 -
Every TDEE calculator I've used gives me a different number ranging from 2000 to 2600 I mean seriously which one is correct?0
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I think that counts for all calculators Helen. I guess it's just to see for yourself a bit what works for you. What I understood you have to calculate your TDEE and then minus weightloss (3500 for 1 lb), when I did that it ended up between 1800 and 1900 calories a day.0
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Every TDEE calculator I've used gives me a different number ranging from 2000 to 2600 I mean seriously which one is correct?
are you putting in exactly the same info every time?0 -
its allllll about the numbers keep your water up too x good luck!
Thanks a heap! 0 -
Every TDEE calculator I've used gives me a different number ranging from 2000 to 2600 I mean seriously which one is correct?
The correct one is the one you follow accurately for a few weeks and get the results you expect. Remember that although they "calculate" they only provide an estimate which gives you a starting point.0 -
I use a fit bit and heart rate monitor, MFP sets my calorie goal, (normally around 1700 ish at the start of the day) and its up to me to get up off my but and move if i want more to eat than that . (fit bit adjusts my calorie goal based on how active i am, )Some days I can get as many as 3000-3500 calories to eat.
MFP already allows for a calorie deficit, so i eat all my calories back...0 -
If you're not overestimating your burns then I'd say definitely eat them all back. You are training your body to respond to extra need rather than want that way. I can't see the point messing about with TDEE when MFP calcs already work everything out for you. All it's doing is spreading your exercise calories across the week - something you can do anyway with the MFP method if you don't mind showing in the red on non-exercise days.0
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Every TDEE calculator I've used gives me a different number ranging from 2000 to 2600 I mean seriously which one is correct?
The correct one is the one you follow accurately for a few weeks and get the results you expect. Remember that although they "calculate" they only provide an estimate which gives you a starting point.
I think I'd rather stick to what I'm doing now as I'm loosing weight every week, rather than test loads of different calculators, which all may be incorrect.0 -
Every TDEE calculator I've used gives me a different number ranging from 2000 to 2600 I mean seriously which one is correct?
The correct one is the one you follow accurately for a few weeks and get the results you expect. Remember that although they "calculate" they only provide an estimate which gives you a starting point.
I think I'd rather stick to what I'm doing now as I'm loosing weight every week, rather than test loads of different calculators, which all may be incorrect.
fair enough, but if so, why stress about the calculators? It's all trial and error anyway0 -
If you're not overestimating your burns then I'd say definitely eat them all back. You are training your body to respond to extra need rather than want that way. I can't see the point messing about with TDEE when MFP calcs already work everything out for you. All it's doing is spreading your exercise calories across the week - something you can do anyway with the MFP method if you don't mind showing in the red on non-exercise days.
I think they are more like very underastimated. After all we don't count the house hold, shopping, walking up and down the stairs etc. So the burn will be higher, since I only add real exercise to it. MFP tells me to eat only 1300 calories, that is way too low to my opinion, besides I don't get it either + they keep on changing my settings. Filled in manually and hands off now!.0 -
Every TDEE calculator I've used gives me a different number ranging from 2000 to 2600 I mean seriously which one is correct?
The correct one is the one you follow accurately for a few weeks and get the results you expect. Remember that although they "calculate" they only provide an estimate which gives you a starting point.
I think I'd rather stick to what I'm doing now as I'm loosing weight every week, rather than test loads of different calculators, which all may be incorrect.
That was my point - if you are getting the right results from either a TDEE calculator (which includes exercise by the way...), MFP method and eating back calories, picking a number by trial and error, not feeling excessively hungry or restricted, are full of energy then you have the number that is right for you.0 -
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I personally can not eat all my exercise calories let alone all my daily calories so I eat until I am comfortable and not feel like a bloated goldfish0
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Until last week I wasn't eating back all my workout calories. My weight loss has been quite slow, but steady (averaging a lb a week), so after months of reading about 'eat more to weigh less', last week I ate back practically all my workout calories apart from Thursday where I was so full I really couldn't eat anymore and finished the week 'in the red' (1210 calories averaged, all other weeks have been well under that).
Since my last weigh a week ago today in I have lost 2.4lbs!
Will try this approach this again week and if it works, I'm sticking with it!
As all our bodies are so different, I'd just say give it a go and see what happens!0 -
Aw well, even if it feels like I am fine (now) and I loose weight every week (now)! It doesn't always have to mean you're doing well. I thought the same a few years ago and suddenly I hit rockbottom, became ill, gained weight back on and didn't know why. Reason: I was stressing my body too much for too long, like with undereating. I calculated in the keto and the TDEE now (I forget to set keto to training, oops :blushing: ) and both give about the same results. I increased my intake to 1800...0
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I wouldn't, unless you're absolutely sure how much you burned. You could eat 60-70% back. When I ate 100% back I actually gained weight. I think because my burn estimates were off. It's hard without a heart monitor.0
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That's exactly what I am afraid of Leanne. So I stay somewhat below it...0
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If you're not overestimating your burns then I'd say definitely eat them all back. You are training your body to respond to extra need rather than want that way. I can't see the point messing about with TDEE when MFP calcs already work everything out for you. All it's doing is spreading your exercise calories across the week - something you can do anyway with the MFP method if you don't mind showing in the red on non-exercise days.
I think they are more like very underastimated. After all we don't count the house hold, shopping, walking up and down the stairs etc. So the burn will be higher, since I only add real exercise to it. MFP tells me to eat only 1300 calories, that is way too low to my opinion, besides I don't get it either + they keep on changing my settings. Filled in manually and hands off now!.
The kind of day-to-day activities you list there are already factored into Sedentary. They will change your settings automatically when you enter exercise (upwards) or weight loss (downwards) so that you are eating correctly for your size and exertion.0 -
I personally can not eat all my exercise calories let alone all my daily calories so I eat until I am comfortable and not feel like a bloated goldfish
If that's really the case how did you get overweight to start with? Nuts are calorie dense or you could up your oil intake in cooking to subtly raise your calories without the bulk.0
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