Who's Had Success Eating Back Exercise Calories?

rprussell2004

I've only ever eaten back the exercise calories in my 5 months here.

Down 36 pounds so far.

Works for me!

Heck, I figure I've burned them so it's not gonna HURT me...

heagler870

This week I am exercising hardcore and burning about 1,200 to 1,500 calories per day with exercise alone. I try to eat 75% of those burned calories. It gets hard to do because I have to eat so much and I'm on a limited food budget. But anyway, I am not gaining weight so I am okay with eating most of those calories back.

shaydon80

I WAS eating back my calories but having little success so I've been allowing myself to eat half of them for the past week or so. No HUGE difference in results but somehow I just feel better

tinana_RN

I almost always eat back my exercise calories-- I'm not having a problem

kayleesays

*hand raise*

SoViLicious

Thank you for posting this because I was wondering if I should eat them back also. Ive been feeling very hungry lately.

shaydon80

I WAS eating back my calories but having little success so I've been allowing myself to eat half of them for the past week or so. No HUGE difference in results but somehow I just feel better

Enonoid

I usually burn 300-400 and I eat back most of them. I am steadily losing at least a pound a week.

Same with me.

KayLgee

I don't make an effort to however I am more lenient on the days I work hard, if i burn around 300-600 cals I will generally consume around 200 on top.

christina_theresa

I almost always eat back my workout calories. I found that the faster your lose weight the faster it all comes back. I've been taking the slow and steady approach to weight loss and it has been very successful for me. 73 lbs down!

taunisha26

I get so confused when it comes to the calorie thing. To me it doesnt make sense to eat the calories you've burned...so I dont. I've still had success losing weight. Maybe each person is different. But I thought the idea was to burn more than you eat...or at least some of it. I drive my self crazy trying to figure it out!

Gergal73

I'm one of the few that can't eat them back or I gain... I tried eating back exercise calories for 6 months and gained 1 pound. After becoming very frustrated, I spoke to my Nutritionist and Dr. about this and they advised to try not eating back the exercise calories to see what happened with the weight loss. That was 2 months ago and I've dropped 14 pounds... Our bodies are all different. Takes a bit to figure out what each specific body type needs to lose weight. Good luck to you!

just4u_cara

Like everyone has stated, eat back your exercise calories to fuel your body.

I eat back on average 75% of my exercise calories (or drink them back on a night out!) and I'm still losing. When I ate too little, I stalled out pretty quickly. Once I started eating them again, I started shedding again. Messes with the mind, but it does work.

Good luck!

kgprice11

I've been working out a lot harder this week than I have in the last 2 months combined. I've been hungrier lately, but looking back over my diary, I'm not eating back all my exercise calories. Of course I'm nervous to, but I'd like to. Can I hear from some people that have had success consistently eating back their exercise calories?

Eating you workout calories is one of the better things to do. However if you do not eat healthy filling portions you will actually gain weight instead of lose it. I prefer a protein shake after my workouts just to recover faster while getting healthy calories in me

JerseyGirl081

I was nervous too when i started eating back exercise cals but realize that your body needs calories to just live & to keep you doing those intense workouts optimally and when you burn up calories that your body needs to keep you running normally and you dont replenish them you can feel bad all around. Low energy, hunger, sleep problems, etc and most horribly put your body into starvation mode. Then your metabolism is so low it wont burn any calories that it needs to survive. So you hit a plateau or believe it or not gain weight.

But i started eating back my exercise calories when i hit a plateau and holy smokes the weight melted off. My goal was 1lb loss a week but i started losing 2lbs a week just from uping my calorie intake. It was pretty amazing. Now i just refuse to starve myself, which i felt like i was doing in comparison to now, cuz i know i can lose weight and still eat really well.

Give it a try. What have you got to lose except pounds :-) Good luck with whatever you decide! You can do it. :-)

omma_to_3

I eat them back. Almost all of them, every time. I started working out last October and have lost about 28 lbs. since then. It didn't make me lose faster or slower than I had been, but I got to eat MORE FOOD. Exercise calories taste WAY better than regular ones LOL.

MissTattoo

I have a BMF so I try to eat between 2200 and 2600 daily since I'm burning between 2700-3100 calories a day depending on if I'm working out or not. My BMR is 2100. I've been losing slowly, but I'm losing and the inches are coming off faster than the weight and I'm lifting heavy so I'll take it. It took about a month or so for me to start noticing a change on the scale though once I upped my calories.

HornsUT32

For about 6 weeks in a row I ate back most of my exercise calories and lost between 2 to 3 pounds a week.

Last week I worked out more (burned between 600-1200 calories, 5 times a week), and was only netting between 500-600 calories a day. I gained 1.2 pounds.

I feel like I messed my whole body up, because I am still up about 5 days later. Next week I am going back to eating more...for sure.

ahbril

I can only eat 1200 cal a day and I usually have a rage of 200-400 cal left after the work day. I hit the gym after work and work off at the most 300 but not usually since I only do about 10-30 min of cardio after I do weight lifting. And I eat all my worked out calories and then some. But I never eat more than 1200, I'm usually under by about 100-300 cal.

So basically I do all that and have been losing 1-3 lbs a week .

borpy

I ususally eat back if not all my exercise calories then at least my calorie goal for the day. I've been losing a 1lb a week fairly steadily. It really works.