opinions please! This the ONLY issue/concern I have with eat

NoAdditives

there are NO rules that says you MUST eat those back..all that is, is just a bunch of bunk thrown around the diet world. its all based on what someone else said. like many other myths thrown around with little to no truth or science behind them.

you just need to go on what your body tells you. we are ALL different. if you dont feel like eating those back, dont. dont force feed yourself, this can make you feel sick, bloated and tired. plus..we tend to over estimate the amount we burn, and under estimate the amount we take in..so to stay on the safe negative side dont eat back.

What is "bunk"?

NoAdditives

there are NO rules that says you MUST eat those back..all that is, is just a bunch of bunk thrown around the diet world. its all based on what someone else said. like many other myths thrown around with little to no truth or science behind them.

you just need to go on what your body tells you. we are ALL different. if you dont feel like eating those back, dont. dont force feed yourself, this can make you feel sick, bloated and tired. plus..we tend to over estimate the amount we burn, and under estimate the amount we take in..so to stay on the safe negative side dont eat back.

No, it is not a "rule".... but it is logic based on how this website is designed (and has nothing to do with the "diet world" - and in fact works quite differently than most of that world.) A moderate deficit provides for healthy weight loss. Eating at least some of the exercise cals is the way to achieve a moderate deficit.

Most people who are relatively new to this site have NO idea how to listen to their bodies. If they did, they wouldn't be in the situation they're in. Most people who are at an unhealthy weight cannot rely on appetite or hunger cues to determine when or how much to eat - their bodies have adapted to bad habits and no longer send reliable hunger or satiety cues.

EXACTLY! Hunger signals are subjective. You can eat much less than your body actually requires and if you do it for long enough your body adjusts and doesn't send hunger signals because it doesn't expect food. And in the opposite situation, if you're used to eating much more than your body needs you'll get hunger signals more often because your body is used to getting so much food, even if it doesn't need it.

A lot of people here actually have to retrain their bodies to want the proper amount of food before they can safely rely on what their bodies tell them.