Eating Exercise Calories and Proteins !

simply_healthy

Hey All,

I am wondering how many exercise calories should I eat....I have noticed that I kinda eat 50% of my exercise calories... and incidentally I eat all the proteins from the exercise calories Is it healthy ? Help Please.

My diet composition is - 45% carbs , 30% proteins, 25% fat

My dairy is open.. Please feel free to have a look....

Thanks in advance.

Luv n Hugs,
S.K.B

Egger29

The system sets up your daily needs based on what your goals are at. In other words if you require 1500 calories a day as your BMR, and aim to lose 1 lb a week, it will give you a daily goal of 1000 Calories/day.

As such, it's already incorporated a 500 calorie deficit into your diet for every day based on your food intake and lifestyle habits.

When you add exercise to the mix, you're increasing the deficit where you'll have to eat more to make up the difference from the workout.

In general, a healthy carb/protein mix post workout is highly recommended by the majority.

ashlee954

I eat all my exercise cals. And your carb/protein/fat ratio is the same as mine.

4lafz

You have to find what works for you. Try different things. I do not eat ALL my exercise calories - almost always eat some. Just depends on how hungry I am that day. Good luck!

NoAdditives

The general "rule" is that you don't want to get fewer than 1200 net calories (calories consumed minus calories burned) per day. So if your calorie goal is low, say around 1200, you do want to eat all of you exercise calories. If it's higher, around 1500, you don't need to eat them all, just enough to get you up to 1200 net calories for the day.

That said, everyone's body is different. I've found that I need to eat 1400-1500 net calories at day in order to lose 1-1.5 pounds a week. Some people may need a little less than 1200. So you'll need to experiment a little to figure out what works best for you.