My base calories and calories earned

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loriarrowood
loriarrowood Posts: 4
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I am a little confused. When I exercise it says I have X amount of extra calories because I burned calories. So, if my daily amount allowed is 1200 and I exercise and earn 300 (which gives me a total of 1500 calories), does that mean I can eat an extra 300 calories and still lose weight? Or just eat the 1200 to lose weight.

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  • mishmash73
    mishmash73 Posts: 166 Member
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    you eat the extra calories b/c MFP is already shaving calories off your daily intake so you can lose weight... possibly 800 if you were using a 2000 calories diet.... 800 calories shaved off per day X 7 days - 5600 calories a week saved... so 2 lbs or so.
  • ashnm88
    ashnm88 Posts: 748
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    Apparently you can, but I'm never hungry enough to eat that many.
  • amymeenieminymo
    amymeenieminymo Posts: 2,394 Member
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    Yes, you're already eating less than before so you can lose weight, so you'll need to eat back your exercise calories so you're not under-eating.
  • aimzy_fitness
    aimzy_fitness Posts: 2
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    i always thought you ate back the exercise calories too which I've been doing but I stuck to my calorie allowance for a couple of weeks and had ZERO results :(

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