Should you eat your burned calories?

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  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I hate the tasted of burned calories. Cajun style my *kitten*.

    Blasphemy! :wink:
  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    Eat if you are hungry


    ^^^
    This

    I try not to eat my calories back because I think it defeats the purpose (IMO) if I do eat the calories back I try to only eat half & I eat something good like a boiled egg, fruit or something like that.
    Each to their own really.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

    Yes, ^^THIS
  • nickgarner6
    nickgarner6 Posts: 106 Member
    I actually read the title of this thread as "Should you eat your burned COOKIES":noway: . Boy big disappointment there.

    On the subject of burned CALORIES I eat back some of mine. I always try to leave 200-300 at the end of the day to make up for any inaccuracies in calorie count or calories burned, has worked pretty good for me so far.
  • Commander_Keen
    Commander_Keen Posts: 1,179 Member
    Reply to eating then less then 1000 calories a day.

    Allot of people say the exact same thing as you, but I dont' know how true it really is.
    If you look at the lap band, Gastro - bypas and the HCG diets, they all say that if someobdy is truly obeses they should eat 500- 1000 calories. the reasoning is, carbs that are not used are turned into fat, and if your entire body is filled with stored energy, why would somebody, if they can live off of their fat.
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    yes otherwise i am too hungry to sleep well.
  • Candida1983
    Candida1983 Posts: 188
    I am just starting on this again and have decided to eat my cals back. My best friend lost 45 pounds eating her calories back. That's good enough for me. :bigsmile: I think it's more appealing too, because I can eat all day long and still lose weight. Just need to stay within my calorie goals. :happy: And if you notice, when you work out, it gives you more calories that you can eat for the day. Gotta love MFP! :wink:
  • MsMarlaJean
    MsMarlaJean Posts: 1,741 Member
    I agree VERY helpful. I am a newbie on MFP and wondered the same thing, so thanks for asking!
  • alitap
    alitap Posts: 38 Member
    eat it only if you want to maintain your weight, not if you want to lose weight.
  • Lt_Starbuck
    Lt_Starbuck Posts: 576 Member
    eat it only if you want to maintain your weight, not if you want to lose weight.

    hahaha you so funny :flowerforyou:
  • meadow_sage
    meadow_sage Posts: 308 Member
    Sometimes I eat them back and sometimes I don't. Most of the time I eat some of them back but not all of them. I am also seriously morbidly obese so, it is not quite frowned upon for me to be losing more than the recommended one-two pounds per week. You have to remember that you set your calories at a number where you will be losing weight so the exercise is to give you more calories so you eat "normal" and to get your body into shape. Exercise is just as important as nutrition. I would talk to your doctor because they could tell you better than anyone else whether or not it is safe for you to lose more than what is recommended by MFP. I do know, from experience, that slow and steady weight loss is the best way to keep it off.
  • LilRedRooster
    LilRedRooster Posts: 1,421 Member
    The base amount of calories that you're given is just what your body needs to function properly. You actually spend MOST of your calories just doing ordinary things like making cells, maintaining your body temperature, digestion, and daily functioning that doesn't include any skeletal muscle activity. Exercise actually adds to that base amount, because you're adding work onto the work that your body is already doing just to keep you alive.

    So if you set up your calories so that you're already eating less than your body needs to function properly at a BASE level (without exercising), if you add exercise, you just have a larger deficit. You can just not add those calories in and not eat them back, and your body will adjust fine, but ultimately, the more weight you lose with that larger deficit, the harder it will be for your body to maintain its normal functions and extra work.

    The point of eating calories back is to keep your body functioning in a happy place where it's not having to work as hard to make up deficits you're creating through lowered caloric intake. It doesn't mean a lot of weight loss quickly, but will give you much more stable weight loss over time that is easier to maintain down the road. You can not eat them back and function just fine, but in the long run, that's harder to maintain than eating them back, because it creates much more work on your body's maintenance day-to-day.

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