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Paul290672
Paul290672 Posts: 7 Member
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Hey guys.
Just wondering if it’s absolutely necessary to eat the calories you gain back after exercise? Any advice welcome.

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    Why wouldn't you want to eat them?

    Unless you're not at all active, considering how to properly fuel your activity is important both to progress with your fitness goals and to avoid excessive hunger.
  • MidlifeCrisisFitness
    MidlifeCrisisFitness Posts: 1,106 Member
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    you are talking about BMR and TDEE. Depends how close you are counting.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    When you got your goal calories from completing your goal setup and selecting a desired rate of weight loss exercise wasn't taken into account. Did you notice the activity setting you picked didn't mention exercise at all?

    The idea is to keep exercise calorie neutral. Partly to keep to the rate of loss / calorie deficit that you selected and also to reinforce that exercise is a healthy habit for life and not just a limited-duration weight loss tool.

    It's totally usual and sensible for exercise calories to be taking into account whether you are using a TDEE calculator, an all day tracker or MyFitnessPal. If you are calorie counting then it doesn't make sense to ignore a significant part of your calorie balance.
    MyFitnessPal just does that in a slightly different way.


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