Eating your exercise calories??

Lets_Do_It

So i ate around around 1000 calories today, then burned around 300 then ate about 500 so my net calories is 1242 (i think) is this healthy? Like is that what i am suppose to do, like eat the calories that i burned and then eat til i ate 1200 calories? (That's my cal limit) thanks

fatboypup

NikkisNewStart

YES. You've got it exactly friend! Good job!!!

johnson1978

I was wondering the same thing?

rachelw16

This made my night

abbigail_r

So many people ask if you are to eat your calories back...some say yes some say no. The less that you eat back MFP will tell you a lesser projected weight in 5 weeks...I say whatever you feel is right.

crisanderson27

So i ate around around 1000 calories today, then burned around 300 then ate about 500 so my net calories is 1242 (i think) is this healthy? Like is that what i am suppose to do, like eat the calories that i burned and then eat til i ate 1200 calories? (That's my cal limit) thanks

Yes, you're supposed to eat the 1200, plus your exercise calories. You ate 1500cal total, and burned 300 in exercise, leaving your net at 1200...perfect.

However, keep in mind that you have a bit of a cushion, since you're 35lbs from what I assume is a healthy bodyfat for you (BMI is flawed). If you go under a few times a week, you'll be ok. The closer you get the less you want to do that though. Also, I don't know what method you're using to calculate the calories burned, but unless it's a higher quality heart rate monitor, I can pretty much guarantee it's wrong. Before I got my HRM, I halved the exercise calories MFP gave me...just to be safe.

Anymore, I don't bother with any of that...as I've found a method that works better for me, and only really count calories out of curiosity as to whether there's any correlation on this style diet. But when I was eating like most people on this site...the above is how I did it.

Hope that helped!

fatboypup

YES. You've got it exactly friend! Good job!!!

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mistyb47711

So i ate around around 1000 calories today, then burned around 300 then ate about 500 so my net calories is 1242 (i think) is this healthy? Like is that what i am suppose to do, like eat the calories that i burned and then eat til i ate 1200 calories? (That's my cal limit) thanks

yes...good job...anytime you have questions just ask...

GypsyRose25

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fatboypup

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