I AM PROOF, It works like a charm!!

Pebble321

Guys, don't feel guilty about eating your exercise calories - remember that MFP has calculated a calorie deficit into your basic goal amount. When you excercise you need to eat so your net calories come back up to your goal amount.
Otherwise your body will be running on very little fuel - not good over a long period of time.

kwardklinck

Great work you! How can we expect to work out effectively if we're not giving ourselves enough energy to do it?

tracyd25

Great post and 100% accurate...Right now I'm trying to convince my sister who SHOULD BE on 1770 cals a day to lose 2lbs per week she burns about 1000 odd cals at the gym at least 3-4 times a week. But she only eats lunch and maybe occasional dinner and has put on 9lbs in two months and can't figure out why and all she says is 'but I'm not hungry so why should I eat'...She just can't get with the idea of eating more to lose.

I have copied and pasted your post and emailed it to her, hope she now realises what I have been telling her from day one....eat eat eat lol.

Thanks

Tracy D xoxo

kwardklinck

Great post and 100% accurate...Right now I'm trying to convince my sister who SHOULD BE on 1770 cals a day to lose 2lbs per week she burns about 1000 odd cals at the gym at least 3-4 times a week. But she only eats lunch and maybe occasional dinner and has put on 9lbs in two months and can't figure out why and all she says is 'but I'm not hungry so why should I eat'...She just can't get with the idea of eating more to lose.

I have copied and pasted your post and emailed it to her, hope she now realises what I have been telling her from day one....eat eat eat lol.

Thanks

Tracy D xoxo

Bless her little heart. Oh my gosh. She works so hard and gains weight. I hope she will take this to heart and change her eating habits. That's the saddest thing I ever heard.

thesimsisters

I am going to try this, eating back my exercise calories. I think this might be my problem with those last pounds that I need to lose to go to goal. I'm of course scared to try it since I don't want to gain back, but this past week i was perfect and gained 2 pounds! And I'm so close to goal that it has gotten so hard!

So I think I've been under-eating with saving those "burnt" calories up. I'm also of the pat myself on the back club for those exercise calories. I had been doing about 1450 calories, then I dropped it to around 1200. I also added more exercise to what I was already doing to try and boost my losing. It worked for a few weeks with good weight loss then only like .2 then boom...2 pound gain. From what I'm reading here, it sounds like my body had slowed down and was holding on to everything.

I started it yesterday evening after reading about it on here and it was weird eating those back, I had so much food lol! It just seems so wrong to burn those calories and eat them back...I guess that why so many resist it. I know that I still am fighting the idea of it!

Crossing my fingers...let's see how this goes.

Lacy1981

I am SOOO glad you posted this! I've been asking around to all of my "fit" friends...and they all weren't sure or gave be contradicting answers. I'm going to try eating the calories I burn too!

nursestewart

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aussie_nic_getting_fit

thankyou, i need this..

i had been netting between 650 & 1000 for about a year.. Oblivious to the fact i really needed to be eating my exerscie calories, coupled with the fact, i just couldnt get my head around the eating more.

I worked so hard & have remained the same weight.. WELL NO MORE.. Last week, i upped my calories, started netting 1200 & increased my strength training.. I gained 0.5kg, but i am not discouraged...
i had been unintentially under feeding my body for so long, i am sure that my body, is just holding on - until it realises, i am going to continue to "feed" it..

hoping for success this weigh in, but i will continue. i LOVE reading everyones success stories with eating more, its really helping me, not go back to undereating.. Thankyou

Contrarian

OP, thank you. I also had to learn this the hard way. You said it in such a kind and gentle way, that I know you have helped countless people.

You are excellent.

MB_Positif

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

RikanSoulja

I'm glad that you actually did it like you were suppose to and have seen the proven results unlike many others for lack of better words. It just works. Congratulations and good luck on the rest of your journey

jennifer783

Thanks so much for posting this!! I love that you tried both ways and found your solution

Larry0445

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FammaMel

I have been reading and reading about this and I get that it works but I am struggling to get all those calories in. It's really crazy how much more actual food you have to eat when eating healthy.

cressievargo

Honestly, you would probably be far better off eating even more.

You really need to research your BMR - and NOT eat below it.

Yanicka1

Once I did a survey of those here who has been successful long term. 99% of them eat more than 1200 calories and eat there exercise calories. It work!!!!

nadiafox

my head hurts

solicit

I too workout in the evenings before bed due to my work schedule and mommy duties. Do I still need to eat back my calories after working out or should plan the extra calories into my day meals?

Thanks in advance

austindog2

MFP started me out at around 1400 calories/day, and I was struggling to eat those! I was always hungry and although I had lost a few pounds originally (probably just my body being shocked that I was eating so little!), it plateaued off for 3 weeks. I was hungry and frustrated, so I upped my daily calories to 1600 and have been eating back my exercise calories... I broke the plateau, lost another 8 pounds in the following few weeks, and have felt full and energized all day!

My only issue with eating more calories is that I've struggled with eating 'good calories' instead of just using those extra 200 calories for some thin mints :bigsmile: It's getting better though!

Congrats on figuring this out sooner rather than later, it'll go a long way with helping you to lose fat, build muscle, and keep your body fueled!

angelz_love

Helpful for me! I'm day two here and am skeptical bout how many MORE calories I'm being told to eat but SIGH I gotta try it!

Fridayafternoon

Today is my first day. This post is helpful. Thanks for the insight. :flowerforyou:

coconutbuNZ

Thank you for sharing your story with us. It is good to know that!

BeetleChe13

Thank you for sharing this with people who are too scared to try eating more! It works great for those last few pounds too.

nszocinski

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aw1968

Thank you for your post. I increased my calories from 1200 to 1400 a few days ago, and I already lost 1.3 pounds! Now I don't feel guilty eating more than 1200 calories!

ZumbaBeast86

I've been reading all about eating your exercise calories, and I understand it. But what if I burn 1000 calories in a day (I tend to burn 1100 in one Zumba class)? That would make my total calories for the day 2600. I don't think I could eat that much even if I wasn't dieting. Can someone honestly tell me that if I eat 2600 calories in a day, it will still allow me to lose weight?

I never did well in biology or chemistry classes back in high school. I just don't get it.

nelsaphine

This all makes sense and sounds right but...I just can't convince myself to do this!! I mean, if I burn 1000 cals (I don't..but if I did) am I really supposed to eat 1000 more cals so I can net 1200?? How does one do this??

darlilama

Yeah for you!! :drinker:

SPNLuver83

I too workout in the evenings before bed due to my work schedule and mommy duties. Do I still need to eat back my calories after working out or should plan the extra calories into my day meals?

Thanks in advance

You guys should probably change your daily goal to account for the extra end of the day activity so you get those calories in. Like the 1200 is for sedentary people. Depending on your workout goals you should change it to lightly or moderetly active and eat those calories, and not eat back the next day.

Like sedentary is 1200 calories. Let's say you work out 2-3 times a week which is light activity. That would up to somewhere around 1500 (i think). So change your net calorie goal to that, and don't log your calories burned during workout out, and don't eat them back, so that way you are getting enough during the day.

Abigaillee15

Today is my first day trying this! Hoping it works! I have been eating 1300 for the past few months, and exercising 300-400 a day. Scale actually went up and I started binge eating. Guess that's my body telling me I need more food!