do YOU eat your exercise calories?

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  • Akjenn89
    Akjenn89 Posts: 265 Member
    not eating exercise cals can put you in starvation mode which will stall your weight loss as will slow down your metabolism. i recently did an experiment of eating them back, check it out here if you'd like:http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/BeautyFromPain

    Thanks for posting this. Cool results.

    And in response to OP.. I eat back my exercise calories.
  • gsager
    gsager Posts: 977 Member
    Yes, I eat back my exercise calories and so far I'm losing a little faster than I was when I was just eating a couple hundred of them.
  • stevwil41
    stevwil41 Posts: 608 Member
    Initially I did not. Now that I'm closer to my goal I do. I'm not losing a lot each week now but I'm close enough that I'm content with how I look and feel so I'm coasting through the last 10 to 15 lbs.
  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Yes I'm hungry enough as it is! If I'm like 100-200 cals under and I'm not hungry for once I take it as a good day and let things be. More than that and I will have something extra to eat. I'm pretty active all day though.
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    Yes!!!
  • Victoriav99
    Victoriav99 Posts: 260 Member
    Sometimes...Only if I am feeling hungry. If I'm not hungry then NO I don't.
  • starwhisperer
    starwhisperer Posts: 367
    Nope, on occasion I will dip into them when I NEED some cheesecake or something :) But for the most part I don't need them, I am not hungry, and I am losing at a normal pace for what I have to lose.
  • ambermichon
    ambermichon Posts: 404 Member
    YES and it works!
  • ivikatasha
    ivikatasha Posts: 192 Member
    I eat only a little of them back, losing at a steady rate of 2lbs a week so far. It is working nicely :smile: Normally I am not hungry enough to more anyway.
  • surfrgrl1
    surfrgrl1 Posts: 1,464 Member
    Yes, I eat them back, my exercise calories are not that high. I am aiming for the 'net' of 1500 per day. It works for me.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    No, however I'm using a set point for calorie intake that takes in my average activity level including exercise. So in short, I'm not eating them back but my daily intake is set slightly higher and I'm simply not recording calories burned.
  • lloydmel
    lloydmel Posts: 259 Member
    I eat my calories back. I am doing strenght training so I am doing my best to have no deficite
    Me too! When I can't eat them all I usually get around half of them back (even on high burn days). I do A LOT of strength training. If I don't eat my calories back then I'll lose the muscle I'm trying to build.
    I'm sure not eating them back works for some but you'll also have the "skinny fat" problem most likely.
    You'll be thin but will have extra flabby skin everywhere...
    You have to feed your body to make muscle and burn energy.
  • jeffsgal105
    jeffsgal105 Posts: 195 Member
    If you try the SEARCH feature, you will find LOTS of info on this subject. Trust me.
  • toque_de_miel
    toque_de_miel Posts: 223 Member
    No - I don't eat them back.
  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    Not really. I lose about 10 pounds a month without eating back exercise calories. I often eat a little more on days I workout if I am hungry that day. But no where near the calories I have burned. I play to start eating back a few more on a regular basis. I have less to lose than I did in the beginning.
  • spicypepper
    spicypepper Posts: 1,016 Member
    My exercise calories are fairly high (between 700-1300 M-F) and I allow 1200 calories a day intake. So, on average I have somewhere between 1900-2300 calories to consume in a day. I will typically eat around 1400 calories after all is said and done and I'm averaging 1-2 lbs a week. So, I'm doing something right for my body. There are days where I'm just not hungry, so it makes it difficult, but it's very rare for MFP to "yell at me in red" when I complete my log for the day; so that tells me I'm doing okay by their book! ;)
  • Jesung
    Jesung Posts: 236 Member
    No I don't specifically eat them back. I just eat a lot every day lol
  • vs_shine
    vs_shine Posts: 1,314 Member
    NOPE! In order to lose a pound a week you have to burn 500 calories a day. That's my october challenge...typically I burn 300 calories a day :-) i'm not eating all that effort back.....if i want to treat myself ever, i plan ahead :-)
  • FitForLife81
    FitForLife81 Posts: 372 Member
    See this is something I am still trying to figure out! I have found when I dont eat back all my calories I lose weight. When I do eat them back I stay the same. So for now I am not eating them back!
  • Givemewings
    Givemewings Posts: 864 Member
    The main reason I exercise is so I CAN eat more!! lol


    This!!! And it works for me. I
  • edonald774
    edonald774 Posts: 92 Member
    I don't genenrally eat them back, although this is not a steadfast rule, if I'm still hungry after I've eaten my daily count I'll maybe have some of them.

    I think everyone is different and things work different for them. I seem to lose a steady 1 - 2 lbs if I don't eat them, I'm happy with that.

    If that changes, I'll relook at things.
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