are you ment to eat the calories you burn off?

fungry_04

Just curious

dad106

For the most part.. Yes. If you don't then the deficit MFP gives you will become too big and then you won't lose weight as quick, etc etc.

Some people I know, don't eat theirs back and it works fine for them.

It's all about your body and what you need to do.. and if that means eating them fine, if it doesn't then don't.

stewartcarden

depends how you feel , if your hungry go for it , if not then dont (:

I tend to get crabit if i dont , so i just eat em!

dakitten2

Again some do and some do not. Personal choice. I dont. But then again, due to my physical condition I am not pulling big exercise numbers every day like some people are doing.

I talked to my dietician about it during our last visit and she said for me, that I would be better off not eating my calories and to aim for the 1500 calories each day regardless whether I exercised or not.

I'm currently just doing water acquatics due to a knee replacement this year.

chrissi_k

I have been told not to eat mine back, so I don't and I just know for myself, that with my body, if I eat over 2000 cal a day I gain and gain weight so for me it is better to not eat them back. Others do and it is really working great for them too.
Unless I am told different by the Wellness Care Center (they help me losing weight and checked my metabolism etc) and their supervisor who is also a personal trainer I won't eat them

psuLemon

The technical answer is yes due to the deficit already built into mfp's calculations. Also if you want to minimize muscle loss, its a good idea to eat them back.

psuLemon

I have been told not to eat mine back, so I don't and I just know for myself, that with my body, if I eat over 2000 cal a day I gain and gain weight so for me it is better to not eat them back. Others do and it is really working great for them too.
Unless I am told different by the Wellness Care Center (they help me losing weight and checked my metabolism etc) and their supervisor who is also a personal trainer I won't eat them

are they settjng your calories or does mfp?

fungry_04

Wow so many different responses! Who would of thought weightloss could get so challenging. I usually eat of some, I guess I'll just wing it and see how I go!

wellbert

When you exercise, it tells you you have that many more remaining. This implies that you should eat them.

I've been, more or less, eating my exercise calories for 3 months and my weight has been static... as of this week I'm only eating 30% of them back to see what happens...

asyouseefit

Yes. That's how MFP is set up and that's why the site automatically add calories to your allowance when you log in exercise.

HOWEVER... A lot of people here tend to overestimate their exercise calories (because MFP and gym machines usually do) and end up eating more than they should. So if you don't have a HRM, you shouldn't probably eat all your calories back. Stay on the safe side and eat maybe 50-60% of them.

chrissi_k

I have been told not to eat mine back, so I don't and I just know for myself, that with my body, if I eat over 2000 cal a day I gain and gain weight so for me it is better to not eat them back. Others do and it is really working great for them too.
Unless I am told different by the Wellness Care Center (they help me losing weight and checked my metabolism etc) and their supervisor who is also a personal trainer I won't eat them

are they settjng your calories or does mfp?

They told me the calories I should eat, MFP said I should eat about 1200 so that would be 200 less than my daily calories should be now.

lipglossjunky73

I don't. I may go over my original intake but don't eat them all back. I find it's counter productive.

psuLemon

I have been told not to eat mine back, so I don't and I just know for myself, that with my body, if I eat over 2000 cal a day I gain and gain weight so for me it is better to not eat them back. Others do and it is really working great for them too.
Unless I am told different by the Wellness Care Center (they help me losing weight and checked my metabolism etc) and their supervisor who is also a personal trainer I won't eat them

are they settjng your calories or does mfp?

They told me the calories I should eat, MFP said I should eat about 1200 so that would be 200 less than my daily calories should be now.

My point is, if your personal trainer set your calories, there is a reason they are telling you not to eat back your exercise calories. It's the same reason why I don't eat back my exercise calories as they are baked into the equation already. Where as with MFP, it goes by the inputs you provide and if you don't include exercise into formula, then you are supposed to eat back your exercise calories.


There are multiple methods. One; set your lifestyle without exercise and eat back your exercise calories (preferably based on a HRM) or two; include exercise into your lifestyle and do not eat back your exercise calories. One thing to note, when you create large deficits, you increase muscle loss which will decrease your definition and more importantly will decrease your metabolism.