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Eat back exercise calories....... or not?

Biffa92
Biffa92 Posts: 29 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi, thanks to helloitsdans post re: BMR, TDEE etc.... I have upped my calories, and still lost weight this week, so thanks for that, I am just not clear whether or not I can eat back my exercise calories.

I thought not as they are calculated as part of the TDEE, but I just wanted to check, not sure I actually could eat them all back anyway. (especially as I ran 8km for the first time today! whoop!)

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  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    If you figured your activity level into your TDEE, then no.
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
    Hi, thanks to helloitsdans post re: BMR, TDEE etc.... I have upped my calories, and still lost weight this week, so thanks for that, I am just not clear whether or not I can eat back my exercise calories.

    I thought not as they are calculated as part of the TDEE, but I just wanted to check, not sure I actually could eat them all back anyway. (especially as I ran 8km for the first time today! whoop!)

    If you calculated your TDEE using the the right activity level, then no, you don't eat them.
  • carolebville
    carolebville Posts: 140 Member
    If I'm not hungry; I don't eat them back. If you're eating your schedules meals & snacks & fluids, I don't look at the calories added back in from my exercise. Each day seems to be a little bit different ... so, just take each day as they come :blushing:
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I do the same thing as carolebville, I only eat my calories back if I'm hungry.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,438 MFP Moderator
    If you worked with dan, then its included in your tdee most likely. So no you dont.
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