Taking a poll: A or B

philsy1

I'm trying to lose 1.5 lb/week. I've been ramping up my exercise and have over 3700 calories worth for the past week. I really put the pedal down today and burned 800 cals on the elliptical and 440 on other stuff. I normally stay below 1550 cals/day intake and never eat my exercise cals. The hard part is that I'm 58 (but heck, they were mostly fun) years old and the weight doesn't come off like it used to. Question: I have about 650 cals intake left for today with, um, 1240 exercise cals. Should I A) keep my pattern and keep dinner below 650 or eat some of my exercise cals (I don't think I could even force more than about 300, not really very hungry tonight). I'll wait 30 min or so to hear what you have to say. Thanks in advance.

vdegraff

Definitely A. You can easily have a great meal below 650.

RebelBrew

A

FriendsR4EverTreasures

A

JanetTerry

Definitely A! What an accomplishment, too! Yay for you!

vsyates

I would go with A -- especially if you're not very hungry. It doesn't make sense to me to stuff yourself just to meet a number. JMO :ohwell:

Dawn_is_getting_healthy

I'd say A. If you're not hungry, eat a healthy meal and be done! :happy:

jenilla1

B for me - I always eat as many of my exercise calories as I can. I lost all my weight quickly and easily that way plus it still works great on maintenance, too. :drinker:

melmck2011

B, you really should be at least eating part of your exercise calories back so your body continues to lose wait. PLUS you had a great burn and deserve to reward yourself

philsy1

OK, I'm going with A here, mostly because I'm not very hungry and it's only a few hours until bedtime. Thanks for your input.

natekorpusik

Gotta fuel your body when doing that much exercise. Sounds counterintuitive, but I eat back my exercise calories and I lost 62 pounds. In order to keep burning, you gotta put in the gas. Good luck.