Do you eat exercise cals ?

Commander_Keen

cwolfman13 wrote: »

Commander_Keen wrote: »

Not all bodies are the same.
Not every weight loss method will work with everybody.
Just because you did or did not eat your exercise calories back, does not mean it will work for every body else.
Just because MFP tells you something, doesn't mean that its setup correctly
You can setup MFP that you exercise, or that you do not exercise. -- I set it up, that I do not exercise

If I use the MFP method I will get 1900 calories to lose 1 Lb per week. If I go on a 30 mile bike ride, which I do regularly, I will burn in the neighborhood of 1,000 calories leaving my net intake at 900 calories. You find that to be healthy and acceptable. Are you pro-ana? Exercise Bulimic?

As to your previous coma question, patients in a coma are fed BMR calories...Do you know what that is?

That depends on you, are you over weight by 100 lbs ?
Have you tried everything, that you could imagine, to make the scale move, but it just wont?
Have you tried logging your food to the best of your ability?
Is your heart rate monitor 100% accurate ? Yes/No - How do you know?

WinoGelato

Commander_Keen wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

Commander_Keen wrote: »

Not all bodies are the same.
Not every weight loss method will work with everybody.
Just because you did or did not eat your exercise calories back, does not mean it will work for every body else.
Just because MFP tells you something, doesn't mean that its setup correctly
You can setup MFP that you exercise, or that you do not exercise. -- I set it up, that I do not exercise

If I use the MFP method I will get 1900 calories to lose 1 Lb per week. If I go on a 30 mile bike ride, which I do regularly, I will burn in the neighborhood of 1,000 calories leaving my net intake at 900 calories. You find that to be healthy and acceptable. Are you pro-ana? Exercise Bulimic?

As to your previous coma question, patients in a coma are fed BMR calories...Do you know what that is?

That depends on you, are you over weight by 100 lbs ?

Netting 900 calories isn’t healthy for anyone. It’s 600 cals below the minimum recommended for men. Why are you trying to justify such aggressive deficits?

bobshuckleberry

If I am hungry or doing a physically taxing or involved task where I will need the fuel.

Nanoosh92

size102b wrote: »

Hi I had some nice people help me with my issues about exercise calories. Would you mind telling me what’s been most successful for you ?
1. Not eating exercise calories ?
2. Eating all exercise calories ?
3. Eating % exercise calories ?

Thanks 😁

Well it depends on how much weight you want to lose. If you set yourself on a 1200 calorie diet to lose 2 pounds weekly, then if you don't exercise at all you will lose 2 lbs/week. But when when you exercise you lose more than the expected, provided that you didn't eat the exercise calories or ate only a percentage of it. For example, if your exercise calories were 200 cal, then if you only eat 1200 that day, by subtracting them both, it will appear as if you only ate 1000 cal that day and thereby you will lose more that week, but if you eat the 200 cal, it will appear as if you ate only the 1200 cal of the day and you will be on the same track of the 2 lbs/week goal. In other words, eating the exercise cal will leave you moving on your weight loss goal, while not eating it or eating only a portion of it gives you an additive loss above your weight loss goal.

lemurcat2

Commander_Keen wrote: »

cwolfman13 wrote: »

Commander_Keen wrote: »

Not all bodies are the same.
Not every weight loss method will work with everybody.
Just because you did or did not eat your exercise calories back, does not mean it will work for every body else.
Just because MFP tells you something, doesn't mean that its setup correctly
You can setup MFP that you exercise, or that you do not exercise. -- I set it up, that I do not exercise

If I use the MFP method I will get 1900 calories to lose 1 Lb per week. If I go on a 30 mile bike ride, which I do regularly, I will burn in the neighborhood of 1,000 calories leaving my net intake at 900 calories. You find that to be healthy and acceptable. Are you pro-ana? Exercise Bulimic?

As to your previous coma question, patients in a coma are fed BMR calories...Do you know what that is?

That depends on you, are you over weight by 100 lbs ?
Have you tried everything, that you could imagine, to make the scale move, but it just wont?
Have you tried logging your food to the best of your ability?
Is your heart rate monitor 100% accurate ? Yes/No - How do you know?

You've been posting here enough that you should know the answers to these questions:

No
No
Yes, and now at goal he does not log.
He has been biking enough to estimate accurately how much he burns.

It's not a good idea for anyone not under a doctor's care to net 900.

mattig89ch

I learned not to eat the exercise calories. Just use them as a bonus weight loss.

thanos5

i mean...to each their own...but after months at a -1500 daily calorie deficit from exercise and not eating enough, it started to destroy my body.

phred_52

My workout and eating is crazy, lol. My goal is 200lbs to 160lbs. Unsure this is what You're after, but I've included totals of 4 main items. Should be 5/23 thru 5/31. As You see, my daily intake is extremely poor, but I feel great, hmmm.

Maxematics

I eat them as one should but I also log as accurately as humanly possible.

I could see why someone says not eating them back worked for them because they're probably poor at logging their food intake accurately so the exercise calories are a buffer. However, citing bonus weight loss as a reason or saying not to eat them "just because" is horrible advice.

The recommendation I see frequently is to start by eating back 50% of your exercise calories, compare your deficit to your actual rate of loss after four to six weeks, and then readjust your exercise calorie percentage in either direction as necessary.

Danp

Nanoosh92 wrote: »

size102b wrote: »

Hi I had some nice people help me with my issues about exercise calories. Would you mind telling me what’s been most successful for you ?
1. Not eating exercise calories ?
2. Eating all exercise calories ?
3. Eating % exercise calories ?

Thanks 😁

Well it depends on how much weight you want to lose. If you set yourself on a 1200 calorie diet to lose 2 pounds weekly, then if you don't exercise at all you will lose 2 lbs/week. But when when you exercise you lose more than the expected, provided that you didn't eat the exercise calories or ate only a percentage of it. For example, if your exercise calories were 200 cal, then if you only eat 1200 that day, by subtracting them both, it will appear as if you only ate 1000 cal that day and thereby you will lose more that week, but if you eat the 200 cal, it will appear as if you ate only the 1200 cal of the day and you will be on the same track of the 2 lbs/week goal. In other words, eating the exercise cal will leave you moving on your weight loss goal, while not eating it or eating only a portion of it gives you an additive loss above your weight loss goal.

No no no no no...

Sorry if it feels like I'm picking on you somewhat but a few of your posts have been filled with information that's at best incorrect and at worst downright dangerous and they MUST be responded to lest someone actually listens to the terrible information and advice you're providing.

You don't set yourself at 1200 calories per week. MFP sets your calorie target based on the information you enter. More if you're getting a 1200 calorie target at 2lb per week I'll bet my last dollar that a 2lb weekly target is too aggressive for the amount of weight you have to lose. 1200 is the lowest MFP will go.

More, recommending someone not eat exercise calories back (which is how the app is designed to work), particularly when eating the bare minimum 1200 calories in order to speed up weight loss is grossly inappropriate information and is advocating for VLC dieting and extremely dangerous practices.

Please don't take this as an attack on you personally, it's not but the information you're providing could lead to some people getting very very sick and trigger some extremely harmful behaviour.