Do you eat the calories you burn or stick with your original calorie consumption?

Brabo_Grip

Brabo_Grip wrote: »

TavistockToad wrote: »

Brabo_Grip wrote: »

I don’t trust estimated calories burned on any device. I take cals burned from my Apple Watch and log half of that. Then I eat back half the number I logged. Am I leaving cals on table I could eat? Maybe. But like to er on the side of caution.

Why not just use a TDEE calculation then?

I probably wasn't very precise. My input is a my general rule of thumb on an average day. There are days I know the intesity was really dialed up. e.g., moderate sparring vs. hard sparring to make a real difference. Those days, I will allow my self to input a bit more that 50% of what the device says my caloric burn is - maybe 55-60% and then eat half that back I prefer to input that info manually rather than relying on the parameters of the TDEE. The reverse is true. Some days, I know I was less efficent despite the Apple Watch telling me the contrary. I input 45% and again eat half back. It works for me. Others mileage may vary.

I don’t understand why I am getting wooed. Stanford did a study and even the most accurate of fitness trackers were off by 27%. There is nothing commercially available that is going to give you an accurate count so when I eat back I am going to generally stay on the conservative side.

Same with a TDEE calculator. No TDEE calculator I have easy access to is going to be able to precisely measure me because they don’t have exact data on both my body and exercise regime. My regime changes significantly depending on my short term goals and time of the year. I am willing to hear why I am wrong, but it has worked for me for 6 years. (Again speaking only for me.)

Panini911

Good luck with the gym! i got into OTF in April, but kept injuring myself (my own fault) :P I am debating stopping completely, and concentrate on running.

I have never added calories for exercise. I find that if I am exercising a lot and I get random "real hungers" randomly (usually middle of the night) then I eat. It doesn't happen regularly though. Everyone is different (as are our goals) and I see people eating some of the exercise calories. Track and monitor to see what works

I am currently eating 1300, but may experiment with every second day at 1350 or 1400. I am 5'1 (female). I am about 15pds from goal weight.

WilmaValley

Never use calories earned through exercise

cwolfman13

AudreyJDuke wrote: »

Never use calories earned through exercise

That's not how this tool is designed.

I just finished riding 30 miles...MFP would give me about 1900 calories to lose 1 Lb per week...that's my deficit without any exercise...I burned around 1000 calories on my ride...if I didn't eat to support that, I would have a net calorie intake of 900 calories. In what world do you live in that that sounds healthy.

Read up on how this tool is designed...there's like a whole sticky section that will instruct you on proper use of this tool. I seriously don't understand how people can't figure out how this tool works...it's pretty friggin simple.

flowerhorsey

I always eat back the calories..mpf set to lightly active if I remember correctly and I log if I do heavy cleaning sometimes, but always log my weight training sessions, walking, roller blading, and bike riding. I eat over the calorie and excercise alottment many days.. averaging about 2500/day over 18000/week since Jan .. I'm recomping and weight has stayed the same give or take 3lbs since then.

WanderingRivers

I only eat 1/2 of mine back to make sure I don't over eat.

orthodoxgirl

LaurTucker wrote: »

I know it’s a silly question ..... maybe! But I do orangetheory and burn about 600+ calories. Do I eat those calories or stick with my original 1200 calorie goal. Thanks in advance

I think the calories in the fitness pal database are too high. They are way higher than the equipment calculates at my gym. When I ate my exercise calories I did not lose weight. I have stopped eating a 100% of exercise calories.