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Calories in vs Calories Out (when exercising)

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    No, I don't eat the calories back. I thought that your body wouldn't go into starvation mode as you have already consumed your 1,200 calories a day? I would be interested to know the answer to this!

    1200 calories with no exercise is fine, but if you burn say 700 and eat 1200 is the same as eating 500 and not exercising as 1200 -700 = 500- 0

    Calorie wise this might be true - but nutrition wise its not. At 500 cal your hardly getting any nutrients, but you are getting a lot more at 1200 even though you are using up more calories you have more nutrients/vitamins etc. 500 cal doesn't provide that.

    assuming all your 1200 cals are not empty cals then yes I agree on the micro nutrients, but you will still be short on the macro side (protein, carbs and fat)
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