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exercise calories

smillermom
smillermom Posts: 38
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I was wondering how many of you use the extra calories earned by exercising. I have weight watchers drilled in my brain and the extra calories were not added in. Are those of you finding success with this site using the extra calories?

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  • smillermom
    smillermom Posts: 38
    I was wondering how many of you use the extra calories earned by exercising. I have weight watchers drilled in my brain and the extra calories were not added in. Are those of you finding success with this site using the extra calories?
  • PedalHound
    PedalHound Posts: 1,625 Member
    It's ESSENTIAL!!! Eat up :wink:
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
    Yes, eat them--MFP takes the deficit from your maintenance calories.
  • mommyskis
    mommyskis Posts: 277 Member
    I always ate my exercise calories and lost 20 lbs. Getting to eat more is my biggest motivation to exercise!
  • douganl
    douganl Posts: 283 Member
    Definitely eat them!!! With the point system on WW you do get extra points for excercise, so go ahead and eat them ~ you've EARNED them :wink:
  • KatWood
    KatWood Posts: 1,135 Member
    I was on weight watchers and at least for the flex program you do add in extra points for exercising and you are encouraged to eat them. I always eat as much of my exercise calories as possible. Why not? I love to eat and this way I don't have to feel quite so bad about it :happy:
  • KatWood
    KatWood Posts: 1,135 Member
    I forgot to add that it definitely works. 70 pounds lost so far!:smile:
  • AlbertSchwartz
    AlbertSchwartz Posts: 810
    All we're after is, for a 2lbs loss a week, a weekly calorie deflection of 3500 cals. (7 days times by 500 = 3500)

    If your daily allowance, is 'x' amount which includeds a daily deflection of 500 cals, by just following the cals you'll end up with a 2 lbs loss, if you did 500 cals exercise then you daily deflection becomes 1000 for that day and that is too high a deflection for your metabolismn to remain unchanged.

    Have a read of this, written by the man himself

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

    Al :smile:
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