I'm sure it's been asked 1000 times but...

ChristyP0303

I have my calorie goal set to 1800. I usually burn 300-350 calories per day which gives me a net of 1500 or so. If I burn a little more that day, I'll eat a little more.

charlene77

My daily goal is 1360. Sometimes I burn a couple hundred calories and don't eat them, sometimes I burn 500-600, don't eat them back, BUT sometimes I feel super hungry afterwards, so I eat to give my body the fuel it needs! There's so many conflicting opinions. If you read, there is so many doctors and nutritionists that will tell you eat a minimum of 1200 calories and you don't have to eat your exercise calories back....then there's some that'll say the oppisite. It's really up to you and your body. Give your body the fuel it needs to do the job you require of it! The last big weight loss journey I had, I knew nothing of exercise calories. I lost 60 pds in five months. Now, looking back, I realize I was around 1200-1500 a day, ate only three meals and never six, and burned about 400-500 calories day......I never ate exercise calories back and never went into "starvation mode". I kept the weight off for a long time.....until I had kids and let myself get lazy and just ate a little too much, so I gained the weight slowly. Find what works for you and do it.

JennsLosing

My daily goal is 1360. Sometimes I burn a couple hundred calories and don't eat them, sometimes I burn 500-600, don't eat them back, BUT sometimes I feel super hungry afterwards, so I eat to give my body the fuel it needs! There's so many conflicting opinions. If you read, there is so many doctors and nutritionists that will tell you eat a minimum of 1200 calories and you don't have to eat your exercise calories back....then there's some that'll say the oppisite. It's really up to you and your body. Give your body the fuel it needs to do the job you require of it! The last big weight loss journey I had, I knew nothing of exercise calories. I lost 60 pds in five months. Now, looking back, I realize I was around 1200-1500 a day, ate only three meals and never six, and burned about 400-500 calories day......I never ate exercise calories back and never went into "starvation mode". I kept the weight off for a long time.....until I had kids and let myself get lazy and just ate a little too much, so I gained the weight slowly. Find what works for you and do it.

this is basically what i do too, if im hungry i eat them back, if im not i dont eat them back.

dea5311

I was told by a dietian that you should not eat the calories back. The whole purpose of losing weight is to burn more then you eat.

joejccva71

Or you could make it super easy on yourself.

Drive to store. Buy a Bodybugg or Bodymedia FIT. It is WORTH the investment.

Wear the armband for 1-2 weeks every day as it gets adjusted to your body and it will be pretty accurate as to how many calories you burn in a 24 hour period.

You have to remember that it's not just when you are in the gym when you burn calories. You burn calories when you eat, sleep, walk around the house, sit on the couch, play ball outside.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE EVERY ACTIVITY YOU DO THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO ACCOUNT.

Yes it matters.

Then, once you have that number of how many calories you burn each day on AVERAGE. (Some days you might burn 1800, some 1500, some 2000 depending on what you are doing):

Then you eat at a 500 to 1000 calorie deficit every day.

You will lose weight.

kimmerroze

I was told by a dietian that you should not eat the calories back. The whole purpose of losing weight is to burn more then you eat.

BUT what your doctor and you are failing to communicate is that MFP already makes it so you are burning more than you eat.. where as your doctor wasn't taking into acount that fact...

anu_6986

it's been asked more than 1000 times.

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or, you could just be nice and answer the question/concerns. thanks.

The answer is yes. I made a website about it: http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com
Love,
Taso

LOL.... Atleast all the links are in one place :laugh:

LoveMy3Boys

I'm sorry people are being rude!

1200 calories, at least for me is so hard to just eat. I always feel like I am starving! Listen to your body, in my opinion, there will be days you cannot satisfy that hunger! Then there will be days where you eat like a bird. Eat them sometimes and sometimes don't.

emmaleigh47

Or you could make it super easy on yourself.

Drive to store. Buy a Bodybugg or Bodymedia FIT. It is WORTH the investment.

Wear the armband for 1-2 weeks every day as it gets adjusted to your body and it will be pretty accurate as to how many calories you burn in a 24 hour period.

You have to remember that it's not just when you are in the gym when you burn calories. You burn calories when you eat, sleep, walk around the house, sit on the couch, play ball outside.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE EVERY ACTIVITY YOU DO THROUGHOUT THE DAY INTO ACCOUNT.

Yes it matters.

Then, once you have that number of how many calories you burn each day on AVERAGE. (Some days you might burn 1800, some 1500, some 2000 depending on what you are doing):

Then you eat at a 500 to 1000 calorie deficit every day.

You will lose weight.

Love it 100% agree! I have just dropped weight like magic since I got my BMF!

dimplz1965

I'm still trying to figure that out myself - trial and error - though neither seems to be working for me! Eat them, don't eat them, the scale does not budge an inch, but the inches are moving as far as the tape measure, so I'll take it. Eventually I will figure it out for my own body. Wish it was just easy. Now, where's that easy button????

MAG2010

I don't.....I don't feel like I work out hard enough to say that I earned them. If I was doing a Biggest Loser workout that would be one thing. I get that you need fuel but I don't feel like 45 minutes on the treadmill warrants an extra 200 calories. So I stick to my 1200 a day regardless of if I work out or not. Instead, I make that 1200 calories a day count. I get in 60-90 grams of protein, fruits and veggies and make sure I get in 80-100 oz of water.

Millie77

Thank you! People are so mean sometimes!

Ultima_Morpha

In my opinion and experience, it is not so cut and dried. It depends a lot on how close you are to an optimum body weight and fat percentage. The further you are away, the less important it is for you to eat back those calories since your body has plenty of highly accessible fat stores--think about Biggest Loser contestants. Eating at least 1200 is also to ensure that you get sufficient nutrition...not just calories. As you increase muscle mass and reduce body fat, you need to provide energy and nutrition in the source of regular food intake. Two people can weigh exactly the same and yet have very different composition when it comes to lean muscle and fat.

StarryEyedGirl

it's been asked more than 1000 times.

Click on Search

or, you could just be nice and answer the question/concerns. thanks.

Or just don't answer the post.....

tamiller93

i am to be eating 1260 calories a day, when I exercise should I be eating my calories back? And if I dont eat them back am I getting enough calories in for the day?

exercise-calories">http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/279449-a-very-very-simple-thought-on-exercise-calories

madworld711

wow. i've never understood why people feel the need to be so smart-assy.

anyway, I tend to eat mine back. I need the fuel to workout the next day. Some people don't eat them back, but I just get too weak & tired. If I get too weak and tired to workout, then my progress will be stalled anyhow.

AmyParker979

bump (since the original post is locked :ohwell: )