We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

exercise calories question

Kerry0785
Kerry0785 Posts: 31 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have just recently started exercising. The calories added to my daily allowed caloric intake - Am I suppose to eat those calories. I am usually allowed 1200 a day but usually burn around 2-300 calories with exercise. So should I be eating around 14000 calories? Just a bit confused and I want to do this right.

Replies

  • Kerry0785
    Kerry0785 Posts: 31 Member
    that was suppose to be 1,400 not 14,000 - yikes lol
  • smcassaro
    smcassaro Posts: 123 Member
    You are going to get a million different answers on this, but my opinion is yes you should eat the calories burned in exercise. Your calorie goal of 1200 already has a built in calorie deficit, so if you do nothing you should lose weight with that many calories; but when you exercise you need to fuel that work out by eating more. So if you eat 1500 in a day, but burn off 300 exercising- you will still be netting 1200 calories. I hope this helps!
This discussion has been closed.

Categories