Eat back exercise calories when following 80% TDEE

suppakana
suppakana Posts: 307 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know, I know this question has been asked before. I even used the cool search function to try to find it. I had a hard time =(

Female, 20 y/o, 166 lbs, 5'5". Using this site <http://thefitgirls.com/tdee-calculator.aspx&gt; I have a BMR of 1583, and my TDEE is 2730. 80% of my TDEE is 2184. I've been eating about 1800 lately.

I'm currently doing a home workout program by the company Beachbody (think P90X & Insanity) called Focus T25, in which I burn about 300 calories a day, 5 days a week; and about 600 calories on the sixth day.

Should I be eating back my exercise calories on top of my usual 1800? Or should I be eating my exercise calories on top of the 2100? I have been having a hard time imagining eating more than my current 1800 without eating all sorts of "bad" stuff with it...

Help is appreciated!

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    If you included exercise in your TDEE calculation you don't eat them back at all.

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