Should I eat back exercise calories (not eating enough?

victoria6h
victoria6h Posts: 30 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm 5'2 135 pounds losing .5 per week. I eat 1500 calories a day but today I exercised a fair bit like enough to burn about 1,100 calories (1.5 hr zumba, 1h walk and a jillian michaels workout video) I know I should probably eat some back but I'm not sure. Am I burning too much? Should I be eating more? I don't understand the concept of eating back calories. Thanks

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  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    It's very simple. MFP does not factor exercise calories into your daily intake goal. It is built around the concept of eating back your exercise calories.

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