Exercising adds bonus calories?

heyjude78

I'm exercising and my calories get bumped up because I worked out....what's that all about? I've never adjusted my diet because I work out before. I'm not doing lifting yet- just cardio. My cal's are supposed to be 1200 a day but w/ working out it's like 1500....that seems like a bit much. Please help

heyjude78

I'm exercising and my calories get bumped up because I worked out....what's that all about? I've never adjusted my diet because I work out before. I'm not doing lifting yet- just cardio. My cal's are supposed to be 1200 a day but w/ working out it's like 1500....that seems like a bit much. Please help

melissa91971

Almost everyone here says you should eat your exercise calories or you are starving your body and your weight will stop coming off.

Everyone is different. I have learned that it works better for me to eat about half of the exercise calories instead of all of them. But I am still fairly new here.

You will get verried opinoins. Most will tell you to eat all of them at first. Then if your not losing at your 1-2 pound a week rate like you should then eat fewer of the exercise calories.

I am learning WATER is key to success. Don't forget to get that in.

Good luck to us both!

~Mel

BrenNew

Please read the info under help, and also under all topics, general for "newbie's. It will answer most, if not all, of your questions.

eammarx

I was seriously about to post this myself. I am relatively new to actually keeping track of my food intake but I am going to start excercising tomorrow and I was unsure about whether I should "eat" those calories. I used to not the first time I lost 60 pounds but I do remember being soooooooooooooo hungry all the time. So now that I have this challenge again I am having a hard time when I excercise. So I guess we shall see.

heyjude78

Thanks for all the feedback- I'll try to incorporate the extra exercise cals with healthy cals

4real

I started watching my calorie intake two weeks ago, my first week I would eat all of my exercise calories, but I noticed that I wasn't losing any weight. So my 2nd week I started only eating a small portion of my exercise cal. and I have lost 2 lbs. , so I think you have to figure out what works best for you.

MisdemeanorM

Yes, eat your exercise calories - to make things complicated you can count the added calories minus what you would have burned that hour if you were not exercising (as that is already computed in your daily allotment - for example, resting I burn 100 calories per hour so if I work out and burn 400 calories, only 300 of those are in addition to what I would have been burning that hour if I had not been exercising.

heyjude78

After about 5 x reading that I finally understand- good point - thanks!