Calories from Exercise

sedinsmore

When I earn additional calories from exercise, am I to eat those or just feel happy I earned the burn? When I don't eat all the calories after my allotted ones then I get a nice message telling me how much I should weigh in 5 weeks, but when I do eat them there is no message. Perhaps the answer is in the question but I want to do this right. Thanks

chatipati1

You can or cannot eat back the calories. I think if you feel hungry...maybe grab some fruit and a little more water...see how ya feel. That is all you may need:)

iceqieen

if you are using MFP set up as default - with telling it how much you want to loose and it gives you cal intake according to that: THEN EAT THEM

if you have MFP set up somehow special, then depends on what you set it up as.

Depending on your weight and goal you should be aiming for 250-1000 cal deficit (TDEE - food = deficit). Eating at least enough to fuel yourself (BMR, or according to some 1200 cal). Normally if you eat your BMR, the normal daily stuff creates a deficit so you will loose weight, then if you exercise you loose faster but if you are exercising allot then it is a good idea to eat the calories back at least some of them.

The math:
BMR you find in Tools > BMR. This is what you need to stay fueled while sleeping all day.
BMR*0.2 or even higher : the "normal daily stuff", this is where you choose from 3 categories when you set up MFP.
TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure.

TDEE = BMR + BMR*0.2 + exercise

Deficit = TDEE - calories from food.

again, depending on your size and goals you want the deficit to be 250-1000.

hope this helps abit.

Also, there are much much better threads that you can find using the search function.

Also : http://www.shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/