Saving exercise calories (challenge)
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There are a few days a week that I will burn 1000 or more calories. After next week, I will try to eat half my exercise calories if I burn over 500. Anything under 500, I will consider a bonus.if you are worried about the starvation mode. Go one week without eating the exercise cals. then the second week eat them, and third week don't. on and on. I wonder what would happen? I think I'm going to try that.
Kgaylord, I will be checking back in a week, as well as throughout the week, esp if I need some added motivation. I'll just briefly recap my week and tell everyone how its going. If its harder than I thought, easier, or not much different. Wednesday is going to be really hard for me.
Judy, congrats on your loss!
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I'm going to try this also! After a dissapointing weigh in this morning, I am going to not eat any of my exercise calories this week and see what the result is... I shall let you know next Monday! xx0
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weighed in this morning and was floored by the number. I hope to have a much better week. I won't share the start number, but I will certainly share the difference by next Monday.
I planned out my food for the whole day. as long as nothing horrible goes wrong, I should be fine for day 1.0 -
Starting November 15th (My son's 3rd Birthday)
I am weighing in at 149.8 pounds. Hope to have a big difference next monday!!!
Good luck to all of us!!!!
Leela you will do GREAT I'm sure!0 -
weighed in this morning and was floored by the number. I hope to have a much better week. I won't share the start number, but I will certainly share the difference by next Monday.
I planned out my food for the whole day. as long as nothing horrible goes wrong, I should be fine for day 1.
It's good that you plan your meals for the day!!!! I try to do that as well and I see a bigger difference when I have meals planned. I also try to have all my dinners planned for the week. It helps impulse buying at the grocery store because I know EXACTLY what I am making and what ingredients I need. GOOD LUCK!0 -
day one was a success!! hope everyone else made it through today!! and have a good tomorrow!0
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me too! day one = success! and this last week I lost exactly 2lbs so hoping to see the same or more next Monday!0
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Hi Leela, You know I am in... I have been on this plateau for months now, and I decided to give that a try. I started the 30 day shred with Jillian and its pretty hard, but I actually like it. So I will weigh in tommorrow (16th Nov 2010) Good look to all.0
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I would love to join in! I started out really motivated, and I still am, but I think in a 'group' challenge, it'll be harder to fail at this, cos you have to live up to this!0
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C) to try to end the debate of whether to eat or not to eat your exercise calories.
I doubt this little experiment of yours is going to end the debate. It isn't scientific, there are no controls, and way too many factors that could affect the weight loss. Plus, one week and handful of volunteers is in no way determinative as to what all people trying to lose weight should do.
who's a little black cloud on a sunny day?0 -
girl if i could break 300 this week i will do a happy dance
i bet you can, or you can get really, really close!!0 -
Kristen, Ski, glad you both had a successful first day! So did I!
Thanks for the newcomers. We need all the support we can get!
My meals are loosely planned again today. I will allow for slight variations along the way that will keep me under.0 -
count me in as well0
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How's everyone getting on?
I haven't done any training yesterday or today so had no bonus calories not to eat! Have managed to stay in or around 1200. So far so good. Hoping to get training tomorrow so will make sure I stay away from those exercise calories!0 -
getting on AWESOMEly! haha. I am trying to burn at least 3500 cals this week, so far (since sunday) I am at 1400, havent worked out yet today but I am planning for 600 tonight, then 600 tomrw, thursday too, then friday whatevers left. Sat will probably be a leisurly bike ride as long as I get all 3500 by then
yay. it sounds like a lot but its really not that hard and sometimes I ride my bike to campus (6 miles) so I count that too. but I dont record lifting weights.
does anyone have a calorie goal for exercise, other than just a time goal? I like the calorie goal better because then if I dont have as much time I can just push harder and get it all done in 30 mins instead of 45 (or whatever).0 -
Count me in - i am never sure wheter to eat all my exercise calories!0
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My calorie burn that's set up is 525 daily. Yesterday I didn't burn many and today I'm going to shoot for atleast 525. I know tomorrow I will more than double that number wtih the two zumba classes that I do on Wednesday. So I haven't set up a goal for the week. I just want to try to hit 525 or close daily. I don't want to slack on my exercise because I know I'm not eating those calories. And as someone said, I don't want to get headaches or dizzy from too much exercise and not enough calories being eaten. But I want to stay around what I would do on a normal week when I give myself the freedom to enjoy my exercise calories.
My workout week looks as follows:
Monday- (60 minutes) stability ball class at the gym
Tuesday- (atleast 45 minutes) exercise videos from home
wed- 2 hours of zumba plus 30 minutes of cardio
Thurs- rest or something from home (30 minutes)
Friday- Sunday: 45- 60 minutes of cardio at gym0 -
i made it through day 2 successfully but the rest of this week is going to be a challenge! I'm going to a Caps hockey game tonight and get to go into the free food and drink section before the game (eek!)... Saturday is my fiance's birthday and we're going to another Caps hockey game and then out to a bar after... and then Sunday is my fiance's mom's thanksgiving celebration (yes I have to survive TWO thanksgivings!)... Definitely glad I joined this competition or I would have definitely been going over this week!!
Hope everyone else is doing well!0 -
Kristen, I'm glad you made it through day 2. Wednesdays and Saturdays are going to be my hardest challenge too. Have fun at the hockey games. Maybe you can have a light breakfast and lunch (don't skip them entirely), so you can have some calories left for the event. This has definitely made me more aware of everything I eat. I have been mindful of every calorie, and usually I'm an emotional eater or mainly just eating out of boredom. So I have to lock the kitchen up and only drink water the rest of the night Went to bed early last night, probably for the reasons I mentioned aboved. It was the only way I was going to survive yesterday successfully.0
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Thanks for the support Leela! I went over by 50 calories (not too bad since I only get 1200) and I'm actually very proud of myself because before I started MFP I would have eaten probably twice my total calorie amount. It was hard to resist eating all of the free food and I probably shouldn't have had the bite of cookie (at least I didn't eat the whole thing!), but overall still very proud of myself!
I hope you did well last night also! And I've put myself to bed to stop the eating before too! Or I go brush my teeth!0 -
Today is thursday and I've stayed at 1200, but last night was the first actual exercise that I've done............ Besided cleaning. SO I don't really know how all this is going to pan out for me, but I'm still on it. I'd like to exercise tonight but depending on what time the construction guy leaves will determine that. I am so glad to see everyone doing such a GREAT JOB!!! And I'm so glad the smoke has finally cleared with this debate................ Now lets get to it!!!!0
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Jess- go for it! I think you'll be fine.
Kristen, I'm only at 1200 calories too. I actually ate about 300 over yesterday because I burned almost 2000 and I was getting stomach pains. I ate and felt fine. Also went to bed early to avoid late night snacking.
Here's to a successful Thursday. We're more than half way through the challenge. Getting ready to log my food to calculate how many calories I have left over for dinner!0 -
Evening all! I had 1210 cals yesterday and 1182 today and stayed clear of my exercise cals. Cal burn for those two days was 1091. Didn't feel like I needed to eat the extra calories but could easily have snacked on something just because I had earned extra calories. Thought about this challenge though and that was enough to make me avoid the extra unnecessary food!
Going to try and train at the weekend and get a walk in tomorrow.0 -
i'm totally falling apart! not going over with my exercise calories but it's just been too busy of a week and the rest of the weekend isn't looking much better! spent al day today laying laminate flooring and my brother's new girlfriend is making us home made lasagna for dinner... definitely going over tonight! tomorrow is my fiance's birthday and sunday is his mom's thanksgiving!...
still going to try my best but it's not looking good :-P0 -
Kristen-I am having the opposite problem. I'm ONLY eating 1200 calories, BUT not really geting the chance to exercise. So I feel like I'm not doing this very well either........ Eh well we all have good intentions.
We can try next week?!?!?!
I'm starting the 30 day Shred tonight so yall watch OUT!0 -
I would SERIOUSLY LOVE if we could do this challenge again next week since I have commited myself to the 30 day shred.
YAY
Anyhow I only ate 40 of my exercise cals last night. burned 365.0 -
Great jobJess! Sorry I don't have much time to read any of the comments. Jess, I would like to try this again next week too. With the exception of Thursday. I think it would be good to "bank" my exercise calories, leading up to the big day (Thanksgiving).
I have found a system that works and it doesn't leave me hungry. I only get 1200 calories too, so this is how I'm going to distribute them.
B: 250
S: 100
L: 300
S: 150
400
Still haven't gotten on the scale. Excited about Monday!0 -
Well I weighed in this morning, have now reached my goal weight, so this week, for me, was a huge success. The push was joining in with this, the OPs suggesting not to go over our daily calories, not to even go into our exercise calories and for me, it worked a treat.
I had just under 3lbs to go when I started this Monday just gone, I weighed in this morning and am half a pound UNDER my goal weight, so now it is on to maintenance.
I would like to say, thank you to the OP, because it was only them posting this thread that made me think "perhaps that is what I should do to try and shift these last three pounds", so I posted on this thread that I would like to join in and pride kept me from falling - oh my, sometimes pride has its place and is a wondrous thing!
Just wanted to report in xxxxxxx0 -
Well I weighed in this morning, have now reached my goal weight, so this week, for me, was a huge success. The push was joining in with this, the OPs suggesting not to go over our daily calories, not to even go into our exercise calories and for me, it worked a treat.
I had just under 3lbs to go when I started this Monday just gone, I weighed in this morning and am half a pound UNDER my goal weight, so now it is on to maintenance.
I would like to say, thank you to the OP, because it was only them posting this thread that made me think "perhaps that is what I should do to try and shift these last three pounds", so I posted on this thread that I would like to join in and pride kept me from falling - oh my, sometimes pride has its place and is a wondrous thing!
Just wanted to report in xxxxxxx
That is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooooooooooooooooooo friggin proud of you!!!!0 -
Exercise burned 706 calories, I only ate 44 of that. Pretty good for me!!! YAYAY then we're on for next week? That's GREAT0
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