Do you eat your exercise calories back?

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  • NaturalFatty
    NaturalFatty Posts: 3 Member
    I think it depends on if you are trying to hold your body weight at a certain poundage. If you are trying to lose weight, you would want to keep those calories burned, OFF. It just all depends on how you are using MFP, and what results you are looking for.
  • vypeters
    vypeters Posts: 475 Member
    No, I don't.

    I've read for months (even before I actually signed up here) that not eating them back would cause me to go into starvation mode and not lose weight...so far, not true. And for me, so far has been a pretty long far. That said, I make sure that my eating includes some protein and carbs an hour or so before exercise and protein after - I just don't add a bunch of calories to do it.
  • ShapingAgnes
    ShapingAgnes Posts: 45 Member
    I am normally exercising because I have surpassed my calorie intake. So normally I consume all my exercise calories, sometimes when I am feeling SPUNKY...Ill excersise a little more so I can have calories left over.
  • Melyssaks
    Melyssaks Posts: 69 Member
    I really like the option of the program letting you eat more calories when you work out. Sometimes I find it impossible to eat only 1200 calories if you actually eat 3 full meals a day. So a lot of times I may eat an extra 200 or 300 calories and then work out for 30-60 minutes to burn it off. So I use the exercise feature more as a punishment for my food cravings. I just started the program a couple days ago so I'm not sure if that's a successful plan but we'll see :)
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