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eating back your calories

xlbeaner
xlbeaner Posts: 3 Member
edited February 23 in Fitness and Exercise
Just a quick question, but do you eat back the calories that you burn off during exercising?

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  • liz_walkerrr
    liz_walkerrr Posts: 38 Member
    Yes, or most of them. Pay attention to your "net" calories. You should never have any less than 1200 net calories, and even that is quite low.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    If you're using MFP's calorie goals then yes, the site is designed to give you a lower goal than many other calorie-counting programs expecting that you'll eat back the extra calories you earn through exercise. With the caveat that this assumes you have a fairly accurate estimate of how many calories you're burning during workouts.

    To learn more: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    Om nom nom.
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