EAT THE CALORIES BURNED OR NOT

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  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,740 Member
    *peeks back in*

    I really wish people would read through a whole thread before commenting.
  • ssk1129
    ssk1129 Posts: 2 Member
    Nope.
  • Gt3ch
    Gt3ch Posts: 212 Member
    It's simply not possible to calculate the numbers precisely. I know MFP is set up to eat the calories. But the only thing that makes sense to me is to eat some of the calories and try to err on the side of weight loss (caloric restriction) whenever you can.
  • SithZombie
    SithZombie Posts: 165 Member
    =\ I have a friend who thinks she needs to eat back her exercise calories...thus putting her at well over 2500 calories a day. That doesn't seem right to me...so I say nay!
  • BuddhaBelly79
    BuddhaBelly79 Posts: 59
    I haven't been eating them and I GAINED weight....so I have no idea.


    OMG me too! My first week I lost 8 lbs, second week I lost 6 pounds, then for whatever reason I started eating a bit LESS on my third week and now I'm suddenly up 5 pounds....WTH?! :mad: I'm still counting calories, eating healthy, and drinking a trillion glasses of water a day....and PRAYING that my weight goes back down. What a crock of B.S. LOL! I guess eating less DOESN'T mean "losing MORE". :frown:
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    I'm wondering if there is a link between the length of time people have been on MFP and the answer they give? I only ask because the first few "nay's" were off relatively new members, just wondering...
  • LeilaFace
    LeilaFace Posts: 390 Member
    http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/

    Awesome!
  • LeilaFace
    LeilaFace Posts: 390 Member
    this is my method of thinking too! if im hungry i eat them if i'm not i don't! plain and simple. i sure didn't get this way by not being hungry though so usually i end up eating them ;)

    My feelings exactly. I try to stay under on my calories but 60 minutes of any cardio is going to make you hungry. Luckily the cardio makes me crave GOOD FOOD. I'm almost always under BECAUSE I work out.
  • KickassAugust
    KickassAugust Posts: 1,430 Member
    Are the people on The Biggest Loser eating back the 3500+ calories they burn a day?
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Are the people on The Biggest Loser eating back the 3500+ calories they burn a day?

    The Biggest Loser makes weight loss a competitive sport. It's not real life.
  • Nopedotjpeg
    Nopedotjpeg Posts: 1,805 Member
    Are the people on The Biggest Loser eating back the 3500+ calories they burn a day?

    The people on The Biggest Loser are also morbidly obese. Morbidly, as in, on the verge of chronic illness that leads to death, because of their obesity. Furthermore, they're under tedious medical supervision as well as having personal trainers and certified dietitians. If you have all those conditions met, then sure, eat next to nothing and work out all day. Have fun.
  • LeilaFace
    LeilaFace Posts: 390 Member
    Are the people on The Biggest Loser eating back the 3500+ calories they burn a day?

    The people on The Biggest Loser are also morbidly obese. Morbidly, as in, on the verge of chronic illness that leads to death, because of their obesity. Furthermore, they're under tedious medical supervision as well as having personal trainers and certified dietitians. If you have all those conditions met, then sure, eat next to nothing and work out all day. Have fun.

    Couldn't have said it better!
  • jenniebean1680
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 350 Member
    http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/

    LMAO, I love it. :)
  • jenniebean1680
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 350 Member
    Are the people on The Biggest Loser eating back the 3500+ calories they burn a day?

    The people on The Biggest Loser are also morbidly obese. Morbidly, as in, on the verge of chronic illness that leads to death, because of their obesity. Furthermore, they're under tedious medical supervision as well as having personal trainers and certified dietitians. If you have all those conditions met, then sure, eat next to nothing and work out all day. Have fun.

    Yep.
  • Cait_Sidhe
    Cait_Sidhe Posts: 3,150 Member
    Yay!

    Exercise calories are yummy.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    =\ I have a friend who thinks she needs to eat back her exercise calories...thus putting her at well over 2500 calories a day. That doesn't seem right to me...so I say nay!

    If she's using MFP's numbers - she's right. MFP DOESN'T figure in exercise, they assume you'll add that once you do it, not take a guess ahead of time what you might do like on other calorie calculation sites.

    You do need to be reasonably confident of the accuracy of the food and exercise calories you are entering - but as long as you are pretty close you can eat all those calories and still lose weight. How good is that??
  • tulip637
    tulip637 Posts: 17
    Yay!
  • SARBelgians
    SARBelgians Posts: 46 Member
    Yes!

    Honest reporting of exercise and food. MFP already has a built in deficit. Exercise calories are earned! Enjoy them! We all didn't become heavy from eating....we became heavy from not moving enough. Concentrate on your net calorie target, not actual calories. Athletes eat tens of thousands of calories during training season... key is to MOVE!
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