How many of you eat back your exercise calories?

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  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
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    i bank my exercise calories, and have 2 days a month where i eat what i want. i call it a wash... weight loss has gone great!
  • florentinovillaro
    florentinovillaro Posts: 342 Member
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    Since I started eating back my calories (70% of net calories according to HRM), I've actually been losing faster than expected and have been slowing uping my base calories week to week. Of course to eat back exercise calories you need a fairly accurate estimate, many of theestimates on the site are a good bit off, so if you don't have a HRM or other activity tracker, you may need to experiment with percentages to find what works for you.

    I've had the same experience. In my first month, I did not eat back my exercise calories, towards the end, I started to plateau. 10 days into this month, I started carb cycling, so basically, on my workout days, I do eat back exercise calories. In addition, I added a cheat day on Sunday and dropped another 5 lbs just like that.

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