Eating back burned off calories?

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DannehBoyy
DannehBoyy Posts: 546 Member
edited February 8 in Health and Weight Loss
Am i meant to eat back calories that i have burned off at the gym or do i leave them?

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    If you're using MFP as intended you are meant to eat them back but you'll want to be sure that you are estimating those calories correctly. A safer way is to only eat back 50% of what you think you burned.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    If you're using MFP as intended you are meant to eat them back but you'll want to be sure that you are estimating those calories correctly. A safer way is to only eat back 50% of what you think you burned.

    This is reasonable.
  • DannehBoyy
    DannehBoyy Posts: 546 Member
    Ok thanks guys :)
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