Can i eat calories i burned by doing exercise?

sw33tn3ss07

Hi everyone im new to this. So i went to the gym today and burned 1100 calories! I am allowed to eat 1200 calories a day. I see that it says "calories remaining 2300" so my question is : if i burned 1100 calories i am allowed to eat 2300 instead of 1200 for the day?
Thanks i really appreciate your help!

zacherybinx

Correct but obviously with that said do your best to eat them back in a healthy manner with multiple meals throughout the day.

HoopFire5602

Yes. Always eat your exercise calories back.

taso42_DELETED

the answers lie within
http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/

livlinde

Dang, what did you do in the gym??? I'd love to burn that much!!!

sw33tn3ss07

Wow thanks! Thats great news!

danielleeeee

Yes. BUT machines and the mpf database tend to over estimate calories burned during exercise (in my opinion) so I shoot for eating about 2/3 back, or so.

sw33tn3ss07

hahahaha! Lets go to the gym together! :-)
--1hr treadmill
--45 elliptical
--30 mins strength

JillSymes

Yes you should eat most of your exersise calories back. I didn't to begin with because i thought i was defeating the object of exersise and my weight loss was really slow but since reading a really good article on MFP i started eating those burned calories and the weight started coming off again. So when you have a day with lots of exersise, treat yourself but try and stay in the foods that are healthy. Good luck.

mamagooskie

Yes you can eat them and still lose weight doing so.