Eat what you burn? Questions :)

Eloira

Ok, so when it comes to eat what you burn, my friends heart rate monitor said in 7 hours of work she burned over 1000 calories. So here's my question would you eat back those 1000 calories or leave it as part of the daily intake?

FYI our jobs are a workout themselves xD


Many thanks
E.

TadaGanIarracht

My personal preference, if I had a HRM, would be only eat them back if I were hungry. I honestly don't get the point of creating that deficit and then eating it all back.

Pebble321

I think it would be easier to set your activity level to "active" to allow for the regular busy days.

Eloira

In terms of activity level, ours is set highest because well we do workout outside jobs thanks for the answers x

kittenmcgowan

I only add exercise that's over and above my 'usual day' stuff. Today, for example, I walked all around Brisbane City with my choir kids for Fete de la Musique. That was the best part of 2 hours' walking as well as playing guitar, conducting and teaching. I counted the walking because that's not a normal part of my working day. The guitar, conducting and teaching are normal parts, so I left the 'lightly active' status of my usual work day take care of that. I want as big a deficit as possible at the end of the day at this stage of my life change, so that my heart is given less work to do just to live. I'm not going to look for an excuse to eat, more looking for an opportunity to make a better, healthier, more sustainable choice. :happy:

Beezil

If it's from your job, which you do every day, I would just up your activity level to account for it.

Eloira

I only add exercise that's over and above my 'usual day' stuff. Today, for example, I walked all around Brisbane City with my choir kids for Fete de la Musique. That was the best part of 2 hours' walking as well as playing guitar, conducting and teaching. I counted the walking because that's not a normal part of my working day. The guitar, conducting and teaching are normal parts, so I left the 'lightly active' status of my usual work day take care of that. I want as big a deficit as possible at the end of the day at this stage of my life change, so that my heart is given less work to do just to live. I'm not going to look for an excuse to eat, more looking for an opportunity to make a better, healthier, more sustainable choice. :happy:

Thank you, we were just wondering because we've both hit a plateu
Me especially as last year I went from 262 to 198 now back up to 220 due to an operation since then it's been a constant battle it's not moving xD so we were wondering if maybe burning too much and not eating enough.

We get confused a lot hehe

cocolo89

honestly I have NEVER had success eating all exercise calories and losing weight. I eat back my calories now because I am maintaining, But some people swear by it, I NEVER had success with it

Pebble321

In terms of activity level, ours is set highest because well we do workout outside jobs thanks for the answers x

In that case I wouldn't add anything extra for work. I'd only add extra exercise that is outside what you usually do at work - though it doesn't sound like you need to do much more!
Having said that, if things aren't working for you - give it a bit more time (another month say) and then change things if you need to.

yarwell

Ok, so when it comes to eat what you burn, my friends heart rate monitor said in 7 hours of work she burned over 1000 calories. So here's my question would you eat back those 1000 calories or leave it as part of the daily intake?

Of the 1000 she would have burned maybe 490 anyway sat doing nothing, and that's already included in the calcs, so no way should she eat back the 1000.

As a check get her to record 15 minutes of calories with the HRM while sat still.

janemem

I very rarely eat back my exercise calories but it's always good to know they are there if I slip up and go over my goals once in a while.