Exercise calories?

karissastephens

I wanna know how this helps me lose weight....

I thought people exercise to LOWER calorie intake so that you burn more calories a day than u eat. how does eating them back help at all? I can see it helping maintain weight but not losing it.

blackbeltfairy

From what I gather, you're not maintaining when you eat back your exercise calories.

For me, for instance, my BMR is about 1900 cals. I'm supposed to take in 1400 cals a day. That gives me a deficit of 500 with absolutely no exercise. If I exercised and burned 300 calories, I'd have an 800 calorie deficit, which puts me at risk for going into "starvation mode", which will cause my body to store every ounce of energy it can.

So you're not maintaining, so long as you have your proper weight loss programmed in. You're still losing, just not as fast. It is healthier, though!

(Took me a while to get this, too)

rockchic9382

Also, when you input all your info it automatically accounts for your calorie defecit. So you're not eating back all the calories you burn.

Amy_B

Check this out: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

karissastephens

okay I read all the info on Exercise calories but still am wondering......If I dont eat my exercise calories....How is my body going into starvation or "survival" mode if im not even hungry.

BONITATEJANA

okay I read all the info on Exercise calories but still am wondering......If I dont eat my exercise calories....How is my body going into starvation or "survival" mode if im not even hungry.

I' m with you on this question, cause I eat a limited amount of food, not even the 1200 calories I'm able to eat, and excerise out about 700 calories out a day, and it is working for me I'm not hungry or getting sick?

karissastephens

ya me too! Someone Answer!