exercise calories?

allie5199
allie5199 Posts: 240
edited September 18 in Health and Weight Loss
I know that a lot of people tend to ask this question but: what if I don't eat my exercise calories? I always eat my 1200 calories (give or take a 100) but I'm always satisfied with that. I feel like if I ate my exercise calories (which is usually between 500-800) I would be eating even when I'm not hungry -which is how I got here in the first place...what should I do?

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  • allie5199
    allie5199 Posts: 240
    I know that a lot of people tend to ask this question but: what if I don't eat my exercise calories? I always eat my 1200 calories (give or take a 100) but I'm always satisfied with that. I feel like if I ate my exercise calories (which is usually between 500-800) I would be eating even when I'm not hungry -which is how I got here in the first place...what should I do?
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    What did you choose as your activity level? If you chose an activity level that corresponds with your current exercise routine (rather than saying you're sedentary), you'll probably be able to get away with that until you reach a plateau, at which point you'll have to bring your calories up, and then back down. If you chose sedentary, your built-in deficit added to the deficit created by your exercise calories may be too large, and then you'll negatively impact your hormone levels and drastically slow fat loss.
  • psuastro97
    psuastro97 Posts: 125
    i have the same problem! my workday is very light - office job wity walking around a bit - so i chose the light activity selection (can't remember what it is - but the one that closest matched). i did start exercising more outside of work - geting up early. and exercising does curb an appetite....plus you get extra calories back.

    so in this case, do you just eat the calories and protein - things like veggies and turkey?

    tonihgt i lifted weights and got back almost 500 calories. i am not hungry at all. so i just had some celery and p-nut butter (reduced fat) and a few slices of turkey deli meat (98% fat free). figured the protein is what muy muscles need and calories got me closer to the number it says i should have....but i'm still under.

    was that the right way to go???
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