extra calories from exercise?

rdaraz
rdaraz Posts: 103
edited September 25 in Health and Weight Loss
do you eat them? are you supposed to? will it make you lose weight faster if you do or don't? thank you!

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  • puggleperson
    puggleperson Posts: 740 Member
    bump
  • Sirhijinx
    Sirhijinx Posts: 22 Member
    Great question!! :smile:
  • riesa00
    riesa00 Posts: 9
    If you want to lose weight faster, don't eat them. Instead, just eat your goal calories. One pound equals 3500 calories, so the more calories you burn, the more weight you will lose.

    Best of luck!

    I'm an ACE Certified Personal Trainer, so feel free to message me with questions!
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    MFP is set up so that you're meant to eat your exercise calories, as they have already figured a deficit for you to lose weight at your desired rate of loss (assuming you set one) 1/2 lb, 1lb, 1 1/2 lb or 2 lbs a week. The caloric deficit is already there. Losing 1 or 2 lbs a week is a healthy sustainable rate of loss, losing more may not be as sustainable long term.
  • annaalvarez
    annaalvarez Posts: 2 Member
    OMG, I thought I was the only one who was wondering that!!! Thanks....
  • sarahs440
    sarahs440 Posts: 405
    i hear both sides, that you should eat them and that you shouldnt. For right now I am only eating back about half of them, since I dont have a HRM and I;m not positive how many calories I am actually burning. Some days, like today, it was too hard for me to eat that much cuz I just wasnt hungry. I am averaging 2 pounds lost a week so I will stick with what I am doing for now! Good Luck!
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    I don't have a lot of faith in the calories burned calculations so I don't eat them. That also gives me an allowance for error in measuring, forgetting to record something, or guessing nutritionals when I'm in a hurry and the right one isn't in the database.
  • starboardzor
    starboardzor Posts: 312
    Personally I think you should because like people say, MFP already gives you a deficit before exercise. If I work out two hours one day and I don't eat more to compensate? I'm going to feel tired and brain dead. I can feel the loss of energy. It makes my day more difficult and in turn I make poor decisions. I'd rather eat my exercise calories and perform at my best all day, every day. It helps me more in the long run. I'm not in this to push my body and then not even have the decency to fuel it!
  • NanoReefDiver
    NanoReefDiver Posts: 153
    I eat them. I take birth control continuously and when I didn't eat them back I would break through nonstop. Couldn't have been good for my body if not eating them caused it to go that haywire (and I tested the theory a couple times!)
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    Eat part of them (maybe 70% depending on how many there are). That way your deficit isn't too large and you're able to continue this plan for as long as it takes to lose ALL of the weight you want to, and then to keep the weight off. There is already a deficit built in to MFP, follow it as it is designed and it will work for you.

    Be aware that under reporting calories eaten and/or over reporting calories burned can totally throw off the deficit. Be precise and accurate.
  • Celo24
    Celo24 Posts: 566 Member
    do you eat them? are you supposed to? will it make you lose weight faster if you do or don't? thank you!

    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/188509-my-take-on-exercise-calories-please-read-if-you-are-new

    That is just one of MANY helpful threads on this topic. Do a search in the forums for more of them if you like. Good luck!!!
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