Survey NOT a Debate - Exercise Calories

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  • amy_p
    amy_p Posts: 82
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    Yes and yes!

    ( in fact, the only time my progress slows is if I don't eat my exercise calories!)
  • mdgracia
    mdgracia Posts: 20
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    1. I usually eat some back but I too am zig-zagging my calories so I go a few days eating them back and a few days not eating them back. If I have a high bad carb day, I do not eat them back.
    2. Yes. I am consistently losing weight each week. But even better I am losing inches too.
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
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    Yes, unless I burn 700+ calories because my tummy doesn't like 2,000 calories in a day.
    Yes, 1-1.5 lbs/week.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,554 Member
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    Yes I eat my exercise calories.
    Yes, I'm losing consistently - averaging out at 1kg per 10 days or about 1.6 pounds a week.
  • Anoble17
    Anoble17 Posts: 37 Member
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    1. My calorie intake is reduced for weight loss, so eating back my exercise calories is almost required so I don't make myself sick. If I'm plus or minus 200 calories from my goal, I take it as a good day.

    2. I've lost 10 pounds so far. Lots of boxing. Little carbs.
  • cc2r1511
    cc2r1511 Posts: 127 Member
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    No, I don't eat my calories back.
    Yes, I have been losing weight consistently. :) 33lbs gone so far
  • HeatherMarie1174
    HeatherMarie1174 Posts: 355
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    No, never eat them back
    Yes!!!!
  • astrosnider
    astrosnider Posts: 151 Member
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    1. I eat back about half the exercise calories.
    2. And no, I am not losing much weight yet.
  • singer201
    singer201 Posts: 560 Member
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    Yes, I eat my exercise calories, otherwise I'd go under 1200 net calories.
    Yes, I've been losing 1-2 lbs. per week over the past 5 months (Primal Blueprint/low carb).
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
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    1. Yes I eat them back (90%+ of them anyway)
    2. Yes I lose consistently (25 lbs in 25 weeks!)
  • joanneeee
    joanneeee Posts: 311 Member
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    1. Do you eat back your calories
    YES
    2. Are you losing weight consistently.
    I've already reached my goal weight.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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    YES I eat them.
    YES I lose consistently.

    BTW, eating them is the only way to break that last 10-20 lbs. and live your life maintaining.

    blessings.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
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    Yes, unless I burn 700+ calories because my tummy doesn't like 2,000 calories in a day.
    Yes, 1-1.5 lbs/week.

    My tummy LOVES 2000 calories a day! :)
  • sweebum
    sweebum Posts: 1,060 Member
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    Yes and yes. I plateaued 6 months by not eating them.
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
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    1. Yes, at least 50% of them.
    2. Yes.
  • skyls
    skyls Posts: 69 Member
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    So far I have tried eating them ...that didn't go well, gained and lost the same 1 lb. I tried cutting sugar ... nothing ..watching sodium ..nothing, I'm exercising 5 to 6 times a week, most days burning around 400 cals, or 300 on weight days.

    Now my plan is to only eat back half and see what happens. I am short so maybe I need less.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
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    1. NO
    2. YES

    However, I think I should definitely let you know that I do not use MFP's recommendations for my calorie goals. They are severely low. They think I should only eat 1200 per day. I eat around 1500 for 3 days straight and the 1 day around 1800 (and repeat) because I am calorie cycling. But I average about 1520 daily during any given week.

    If I was sticking with MFP's guidelines, I would probably eat those exercise calories so I didn't starve to death.
  • Eve1972
    Eve1972 Posts: 297
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    No, not really.
    Yes.
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
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    1. Most of the time I eat them
    2. Losing but verrrrrry slowwwwww :)
  • Persipan
    Persipan Posts: 85 Member
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    1) Not usually, but I don't do massive workouts (only 200 calories or so a day) and I'll happily eat them if e.g. I'm going out.
    2) Yes.

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