Calories question

Renonelarock

If I’m trying to lose and my calories are set at 1200, but then I burn 465 calories working out, should I or shouldn’t I eat those calories, the Internet is confusing and I can’t figure it out

quiksylver296

Yes, eat at least some of them.

Some people only eat 50-75% of them, just to correct for any inconsistency.

TavistockToad

Yes, eat them

Snowflake1968

I personally eat about 1/2 back to see a steady loss. If I'm hungry though I eat them all. Lots of people do it different ways I believe. You should do what works for you. It may take a a few weeks to figure that out though, don't get discouraged after just one day or even one week. Just my opinion.

Go_Deskercise

Eat back your exercise calories, but you don't have to eat them all back.
1200 calories is very low
Are you trying to be too aggressive?

Back in April you were officially down 21.5 lbs. Keep doing what you have been doing.

mbaker566

yes, i would eat about 1/2 back. if weight falls off, maybe eat more exercise calories back. if you are not losing or gaining and you're logging and weighing your food, eat less exercise calories.
sometimes the calorie estimation is generous. but you want to eat at least 1200 calories, so if you exercise, you are netting less.
did that make sense?

Renonelarock

I’ve lost just a pinch Jess than 30 lbs. I’ve been here 90days, I’m on the home stretch to my “goal” . I was eating back some calories sometimes and still losing but since I think I’m in a weird plateau I should ask if maybe not eating calories back will help.

cwolfman13

Renonelarock wrote: »

If I’m trying to lose and my calories are set at 1200, but then I burn 465 calories working out, should I or shouldn’t I eat those calories, the Internet is confusing and I can’t figure it out

If you're looking around on the internet, you have to understand that there are two methods of tracking calories...NEAT (MFP) and TDEE (most other calculators).

With a TDEE calculator, you would include exercise in your activity level and thus get a higher calorie target to begin with. In that case you wouldn't eat back exercise calories because they're already accounted for in your activity level and you would be double dipping.

MFP uses the NEAT method (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) where exercise activity is NOT rolled into your activity level...only your day to day hum drum. As such, exercise is unaccounted for activity and you account for it after the fact when you log it and get additional calories added to your target.

Eating 1200 and exercising off 465 is the same thing as just eating 735 calories...not very healthy.

Also consider why MFP would give you additional calories if you weren't supposed to eat them back...that wouldn't really make sense would it?

mbaker566

no, it will likely put you under the typically accepted amount of healthy calories.

Renonelarock

I just did the TeeDee I think with that it bumps my calorie allotment including the weight loss to 1400 something . TeeDee is 156 and it said to subtract 20% to find ideal weight loss calories ?

Renonelarock

Here’s what myfitness pal says

0ysterboy

I'm really careful about eating any of my exercise cals. I will admit to sloppy tracking but I do consistently lose so my experience is that not eating my exercise points gives me some cushion. With that said, long runs burn lots of kcals, I commonly eat back <50% on those days.

sijomial

Renonelarock wrote: »

I just did the TeeDee I think with that it bumps my calorie allotment including the weight loss to 1400 something . TeeDee is 156 and it said to subtract 20% to find ideal weight loss calories ?

20% is far too big a cut when you have little weight (5lbs) left to lose.

TDEE estimate already includes estimated exercise, it's not really bumping up your goal as the MyFitnessPal goal is a non-exercise day goal to which exercise cals are added after the event.

Time to think ahead to weight maintenance, how will you prefer to account for your exercise? Because you will have to to be able to maintain.
Same every day goal (TDEE) or a variable goal (MyFitnessPal)?

Go_Deskercise

Renonelarock wrote: »

Here’s what myfitness pal says

You should absolutely NOT be trying to lose 2 lbs/week with that little left.

I am 5 lbs away from my goal and set to .5 lbs/week.
Even 1 lb/week would probably be fine.