What do you do with earned calories from exercise?

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  • muamontreal
    muamontreal Posts: 109 Member
    for the TDEE : read this post ! Great info :
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

    I use the TDEE method too : it's so simple ! You eat the same amount of food everyday because you exercise on a regular basis :flowerforyou:
  • lydstil
    lydstil Posts: 16 Member
    I use an HRM so I know exactly how many I have, and I *try* not to eat them. But I generally eat about 100-150 of them. MFP says I should eat 1240 cals a day, and I'm normally around 1300-1350 (on days I exercise). But I normally burn 400-600 a day with my workouts, so I don't feel too bad about it.
  • succeedin2
    succeedin2 Posts: 501 Member
    I try to keep a few hundred and I like to see them and I work for Red Mango Yogurt
  • spammarino
    spammarino Posts: 34 Member
    I found the tracking of exercise calories fairly tedious, although I managed to stay on track with my 1 lb/ week goal, but as others have mentioned, I have also switched to the TDEE method at a 15-20% deficit and have been spot on my first week on this method as well. My calorie goals have my activity level factored in so I have one specific goal to hit (1900 calories for 1.5lb/wk). I do track my cardio and weight training with a HRM and nike+ sportswatch to make sure I am in the ballpark on calories, which is currently about 500-600 burned calories minimum on training days.
  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    I use a heart rate monitor, and if I log the exercise, I use NET numbers (the burn my HRM says minus what I would have burned doing nothing). Calculators are available online. I've used http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/net-versus-gross-calorie-burn-conversion-calculator.aspx.

    I don't make a habit of eating anything back--maybe just a bit if I'm really hungry. A lot of my activity comes from landscaping--which lately has included moving large boulders. I know I'm burning a lot of calories, but I have no idea how many, so I don't eat anything over original goal. I want to get a Bodymedia Core 2 when they come out so I have a better idea of my lifestyle burn.

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