Should I be eating more calories on workout days?
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claireswhite8744
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Should I eat more calories on days I work out ?
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You should log your workout, and then MFP will adjust your calorie goal. Try to get close to your goal.0
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Yes, you should. Be realistic with the workout calories though as those tend to me a bit overstated at times. If you're uncertain about calories you can provide us with more information, your current stats and what you did for how long.0
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Assuming you set your MFP activity level as per instructions, i.e., just including your daily life activities (but not intentional exercise) . . . then yes, log your exercise and eat back at least a fair fraction of those calories, too.
Some people worry that exercise calories are over-estimated, so eat back only a certain percent, like 50-75%, until they figure out whether they're losing weight at something around the expected rate as averaged over 4-6 weeks.0
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