Do you eat your caloires gained from working out????

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  • Newfiedan
    Newfiedan Posts: 1,517 Member
    my question is...... how in the world do you eat all those calories while still keeping it healthy? after dinner last night i still had 1100 exercise calories to eat (after eating 1600 calories for the day)! though i do understand atleast eating back until your net calories are where they are supposed to be, i can't imagine eating 2700 calories a day and still losing weight!
    You spread them out over 6 meals a day if you can swing it or go for caloric dense healthy foods like almonds, bananas, etc. Here are 2 posts that I put up that should help you out:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/210894-feed-to-shed-fat
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/212510-how-to-zig-zag-cals-properly-caloric-cycling-properly
  • slindsey137
    slindsey137 Posts: 214 Member
    There are so many long winded opinions to this question! The simple answer is eat when your hungry, eat slowly and consciously, and stop when your full. Your body knows what it needs, the reason so many of us are overweight is because we dont pay attention to our bodies. Talk to your doctor if you need to, you know your body better than anyone else, and everyone is different!
  • WinKitty
    WinKitty Posts: 119
    if you have more to lose then no, if you are close to your goal weight you should be eating those.

    I agree here.
  • dyiaane
    dyiaane Posts: 271 Member
    I don't eat all of them because then I will never loose...but I do dip into them as often as possible. If you only eat your 1200 on workout days you probably won't loose. Good luck. You need to play around with it and see what works for your body.
  • write2sonya
    write2sonya Posts: 165 Member
    WOW I didin't think I would get so many responses and very mixed opinions I must say!!
    Thanks to all of your responses, I will listen to my body amd take it day by day....
  • WeCallThemDayWalkers
    WeCallThemDayWalkers Posts: 259 Member
    I've been taking the approach of eating them back...and not having ANY weight loss. In the past, when I've been successful, I was sticking to total intake of 1300-1400 no matter what I burned exercising. Apparently deviating from that has caused a stagnation for me. I'm sure everyone is different though.
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