very curious

Fitness_Chick

I don't know if there's a study but, to me, it just makes intuitive sense. One of the reasons I exercise is so that I can eat more. I'm baffled by people who post that they can't figure out how to eat more than 600 calories a day without stuffing themselves. I've been doing this over a year and I can still put away 3000 calories in a day if I don't pay attention. I try to use a common sense approach and try to eat about 1500 to 1900 calories in a day, depending on how much exercise I've done. I don't want to have to obsess about every little bite. I treat all of these numbers like estimates and adjust what I'm doing based on my results. I alway eat some of my exercise calories but seldom eat all of them. And, if I eat all of them my weight loss slows down. I'm assuming that's because the estimates are off.

And I agree, you could find reams of medical documentation proving the theory, and people would still do what they want.

The internet can be a blessing and a curse. You can find something to support whatever you want to believe. :laugh:

I agree with this......because I have been researching my own body, the #'s here in 2 different areas for the same BMR/Normal Activity are off b y 400, if I ate the excercise cals I would have a 80 cal deficit.....no loss, which happened to me already, the min I stopped eating them all.....boom I start losing again.

~~~~ I alway eat some of my exercise calories but seldom eat all of them. And, if I eat all of them my weight loss slows down. I'm assuming that's because the estimates are off. ~~~

because I have been researching my own body, the #'s here in 2 different areas for the same BMR/Normal Activity are off b y 400, if I ate the excercise cals I would have a 80 cal deficit.....no loss, which happened to me already, the min I stopped eating them all.....boom I start losing again.



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I think it's imperative we all do what works for our own bodies. I'm not sure where the rumor started that I eat all mine because in fact I don't. I do think eating them vs. not eating them a person would want to take into account the amount they are looking to lose. I have a higher amount to lose, no way do I eat 1200 a day, most tough workouts I do at the gym burn me around 1200-1300 cals, I sure don't feel the need to add them all back in.

But for those of you that do and you remain losers go for it! I had never heard of the concept of 'eating back excercise cals' until I joined MFP either. I have discussed it with professionals I deal with and they look at me like I'm from Outer Space so I think a good question is raised in the 'where it all began' before MFP thinking. I think questioning sources can be a very healthy thing to do (and I don't mean bashing the sources but being curious and questioning in a respectful manner)...so many studies so many conflicting reports:frown: ... it gets pretty crazy trying to sort them all out.:ohwell: :noway:

I have read the 'eat the excercise cals' posts/thread so I do know what the thread contains but perhaps I simply don't fully understand the whole concept myself in that I would eat back 100%.

At most I might eat back 1/2 of them and even that not always.:flowerforyou:

But remember because I do one thing doesn't mean it's right or wrong for another person here, it's simple what I have found works for me the past couple years on my journey to clean eating!:drinker:

FC

Thanks for clearing this up and taking a position outloud here, I think we all look up to your great losses, alot pay attention to what works for you because you have lost so much.......

I understand you are not condoning either topic....To eat or not to eat......but thanks for clearing the air on what FC does or does not do.

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Fitness_Chick

I don't know if there's a study but, to me, it just makes intuitive sense. One of the reasons I exercise is so that I can eat more. I'm baffled by people who post that they can't figure out how to eat more than 600 calories a day without stuffing themselves. I've been doing this over a year and I can still put away 3000 calories in a day if I don't pay attention. I try to use a common sense approach and try to eat about 1500 to 1900 calories in a day, depending on how much exercise I've done. I don't want to have to obsess about every little bite. I treat all of these numbers like estimates and adjust what I'm doing based on my results. I alway eat some of my exercise calories but seldom eat all of them. And, if I eat all of them my weight loss slows down. I'm assuming that's because the estimates are off.

And I agree, you could find reams of medical documentation proving the theory, and people would still do what they want.

The internet can be a blessing and a curse. You can find something to support whatever you want to believe. :laugh:

I agree with this......because I have been researching my own body, the #'s here in 2 different areas for the same BMR/Normal Activity are off b y 400, if I ate the excercise cals I would have a 80 cal deficit.....no loss, which happened to me already, the min I stopped eating them all.....boom I start losing again.

~~~~ I alway eat some of my exercise calories but seldom eat all of them. And, if I eat all of them my weight loss slows down. I'm assuming that's because the estimates are off. ~~~

because I have been researching my own body, the #'s here in 2 different areas for the same BMR/Normal Activity are off b y 400, if I ate the excercise cals I would have a 80 cal deficit.....no loss, which happened to me already, the min I stopped eating them all.....boom I start losing again.



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I think it's imperative we all do what works for our own bodies. I'm not sure where the rumor started that I eat all mine because in fact I don't. I do think eating them vs. not eating them a person would want to take into account the amount they are looking to lose. I have a higher amount to lose, no way do I eat 1200 a day, most tough workouts I do at the gym burn me around 1200-1300 cals, I sure don't feel the need to add them all back in.

But for those of you that do and you remain losers go for it! I had never heard of the concept of 'eating back excercise cals' until I joined MFP either. I have discussed it with professionals I deal with and they look at me like I'm from Outer Space so I think a good question is raised in the 'where it all began' before MFP thinking. I think questioning sources can be a very healthy thing to do (and I don't mean bashing the sources but being curious and questioning in a respectful manner)...so many studies so many conflicting reports:frown: ... it gets pretty crazy trying to sort them all out.:ohwell: :noway:

I have read the 'eat the excercise cals' posts/thread so I do know what the thread contains but perhaps I simply don't fully understand the whole concept myself in that I would eat back 100%.

At most I might eat back 1/2 of them and even that not always.:flowerforyou:

But remember because I do one thing doesn't mean it's right or wrong for another person here, it's simple what I have found works for me the past couple years on my journey to clean eating!:drinker:

FC

Thanks for clearing this up and taking a position outloud here, I think we all look up to your great losses, alot pay attention to what works for you because you have lost so much.......

I understand you are not condoning either topic....To eat or not to eat......but thanks for clearing the air on what FC does or does not do.

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Thanks Dave:flowerforyou:

DawnInOhio

Due to my hip situation, I can't exercise at all. I'm not even supposed to walk around on a daily routine. So MFP taking that into consideration, and letting me know how many calories I can eat without doing any exercise has been a great motivater for me. I love that. I know that even though I can't exercise if I follow the calorie guidelines, I can still lose, has made all the difference in the world. It's been working, too. It's slower and it's hard, but it still works. TY, MFP! TY!

astridfeline

But from what does this site figure in that deficit? Because this is the issue I have. Although I understand that the BMR here is a "guess", I have done my own and it is on the lower side where MFP has me at a higher BMR, which in turns gives me this deficit you speak of ., But in reality if I eat what MFP says 1200 cals AND my excercise cals I will only have a 80 cal deficit in my normal activity cals. I try and burn at least 400 cals a day so that I can at least get 500 deficit in the day...I can't eat my exercise cals....I don't trust the deficit built in here.

Thats me

MFP takes your BMR, adds in a factor for your daily activity level (sedentary, lightly active...)--and then takes the deficit from that total. You can adjust these numbers under goals/custom.

This does not work..../the BMR is close to correct in the BMR calculator.....regardless if I say I workout 23 hours a day or 1 hour a day, the Normal Daily activity is the same in my goals and is a number that is NOT CORRECT for me based on other sites...I know how to track myself daily in my food diary.

Just me I guess.

If I understand the hang up,
MFP does not account for the exercise you do until you actually log it into the computer. The amount of exercise you enter into your goals will not affect your normal daily activity. Hope this helps,

aprilvet

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MFP takes your BMR, adds in a factor for your daily activity level (sedentary, lightly active...)--and then takes the deficit from that total. You can adjust these numbers under goals/custom.
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This does not work..../the BMR is close to correct in the BMR calculator.....regardless if I say I workout 23 hours a day or 1 hour a day, the Normal Daily activity is the same in my goals and is a number that is NOT CORRECT for me based on other sites...I know how to track myself daily in my food diary.

Just me I guess.
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If I understand the hang up,
MFP does not account for the exercise you do until you actually log it into the computer. The amount of exercise you enter into your goals will not affect your normal daily activity. Hope this helps,
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Exactly!! No matter how much you exercise, your BMR- no matter how you calculate it- DOES NOT change. In addition, your NORMAL daily activity is also fairly stable. So, if you don't exercise and eat under your AMR- active metabloic rate (I think that's what it's called) you will be in a calorie deficit. Now, as most of us assume, the numbers for these values- and for exercise calories burned- are not exact. Because of this- and because most of us want to LOSE THE WEIGHT- many of us under-eat what MFP says we should when adding back those exercise calories. The deficit that leads to weight loss is different for everybody, as the numerous solutions to successful weight loss seen here at MFP show us.
I hope this helps clarify! BTW, my friend on WW says they also advocate eating back your exercise calories.