Do you still do cardio if you consumed more calories than you should have?

SuccessHere

I suppose it depends on how many calories you consumed over your caloric goal for cardio to make a difference. What is the caloric limit you allow?

AnnPT77

Huh?

If someone does cardio, and they set up their calorie goal correctly via MFP, they can eat *more*.

If I eat more, without any specific idea of cardio in my head, my usual habit would be for that to have zero effect on how much cardio I do, because my exercise plans are about health and fitness, not about calorie burn per se. Admittedly, if I dramatically overeat, I could reach a point where it would be dumb to do cardio because of probable stomach distress that would result.

I almost never do cardio to "make up for" eating extra calories. If I were trying to do such a thing - which I personally think generally is a Really Bad Idea - I'd do more cardio if I ate more, trying to balance the books on calories in/out as needed for my weight management goals.

I don't understand your question, the way you're asking it.

SuccessHere

You pretty much answered my question.

AliNouveau

If I know I'm going to have a big dinner, like today, I might do a little extra workout to make room for the extra calories. But as Ann mentioned doing extra cardio after eating is a recipe for not feeling well.

Diatonic12

There's a better life and we all think about it, don't we. We can't outexercise our food.

sal10851

I do cardio no matter what. Everyday. Exercise is for fitness and one of the benefits is a caloric deficit. Low impact cardio such as walking is a great recovery activity and helps with better recovery during resistance training. It's just all around awesome and should not be skipped. It's nice to have biceps and abs but the heart is the most important muscle and should never be neglected.

VeryKatie

What? You exercise... to exercise...
I'm not sure i understand the question.

But I could never do enough cardio to make up for one of my indulgence days so I typically just move on with life like it didn't happen lol.

Machka9

I do cardio just about every day of the year.

I try not to overeat too often because it's uncomfortable.

But if I did overeat, I would likely be doing cardio that day.

charmmeth

I decided the other evening to do a bit of extra rowing because due to some unexpected interventions, I had not exercised that day but had eaten as though I had. Normally I row/workout in the morning before breakfast. Even more than two hours after my meal, rowing in the evening was not the same experience, so I won't be trying that again. A walk after a meal, yes; rowing, no. I do an evening ballet class some weeks, but those evenings I plan things so that I can eat afterwards.

ninerbuff

I do cardio everyday REGARDLESS of how I eat. People try to use exercise as the offset to BAD EATING. If you overate by 1000 calories, that's a lot of damn cardio to do to make it up.

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Dogmom1978

I might do some extra cardio if I know I want to eat a particularly high calorie dessert. But I know I can’t do enough cardio to negate said dessert unless I also deprive myself of some foods throughout the day.

I enjoy both weight work outs and cardio though, so I normally just do however much I have time for (IMO never enough time).

elisa123gal

yes.. you can use exercise to burn more calories so you can eat more calories and still lose.. or not gain. You could do extra cardio during the day before you eat a meal with excess calories. Or, simply exercise more the following days to burn off the calories you over consumed.

the slippery slope is thinking that exercising means you can go off your eating plan all the time.. because you usually end up losing that game.

Just use it as a tool for once in a while.