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

Biffa92

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!)

beachlover317

If you figured your activity level into your TDEE, then no.

ladyraven68

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

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

I do the same thing as carolebville, I only eat my calories back if I'm hungry.

psuLemon

If you worked with dan, then its included in your tdee most likely. So no you dont.