Exercise calories

Grouse1965
Grouse1965 Posts: 8
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Hi according to my exercise machine and garmin I burnt a lot of calories today around 1500 I did what it said on the site to eat what you have exercised that meant today I had to eat 2700 calories ! This is my first day is this correct?

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  • sheedy17
    sheedy17 Posts: 128
    I think this is a debate you are going to start on this post, I see so many people say, yes and others say no... I almost never do, and i am down 65 pounds.. But I am no expert, its important to hit your micro's
  • Shalaurise
    Shalaurise Posts: 707 Member
    It is really an individual call. Each person is different in how they want to approach things. I rarely eat back my work out calories because to me, I think to myself, if I am just going to eat it back, why did I bother walking for an hour and a half? The whole point in walking in addition to eating at a deficit (for me) is to assist in the weight loss and potentially help expedite it. Not going to work that way forever, but at my current weight, I have a LOT left to lose.

    Others claim not eating it back is a disorder akin to anorexia. I don't buy into it, but then again, they have a disorder for everything now days. Don't like mustard, that's got a name. Don't like people messing with your stuff, that has a name too. So spoiled you literally get away with murder, that has a name too.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Hi according to my exercise machine and garmin I burnt a lot of calories today around 1500 I did what it said on the site to eat what you have exercised that meant today I had to eat 2700 calories ! This is my first day is this correct?
    It's possible that your measured calorie burn is on the high side, which is why many advocate eating back a portion of your calories, rather than all of them. If you're going off of MFP's calculations for calories per day, their NEAT method of calculation expects you to eat back your exercise calories, on a theory akin to the notion that your car needs more fuel to go across country than it does to idle in your driveway for the same amount of time.

    Another option is to use a TDEE calculator (there are several online; a popular one is at Scooby's Workshop) to find your Total Daily Energy Expenditure, which figures an average based on your reported exercise routine, and subtract 15 - 20% from that number as your daily caloric allotment.

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