sedentary activity level,eat back exercise calories?

littlefreckle91
littlefreckle91 Posts: 169
in Health and Weight Loss
If anybody could shed any light on this I would be really grateful :) I always try to make sure I net my bmr.I'm 5ft 4.5 and 112lb.

Thanks!

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    If anybody could shed any light on this I would be really grateful :) I always try to make sure I net my bmr.I'm 5ft 4.5 and 112lb.

    Thanks!

    Www.shouldieatbackmyexercisecalories.com

    If that is what you are asking.
  • littlefreckle91
    littlefreckle91 Posts: 169
    If anybody could shed any light on this I would be really grateful :) I always try to make sure I net my bmr.I'm 5ft 4.5 and 112lb.

    Thanks!

    Www.shouldieatbackmyexercisecalories.com

    If that is what you are asking.

    the link doesn't work? :(
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    Crap. They must of stop paying for the domain.

    And yes you should eat 50-75% of your exercise calories back. A better way is to include exercise as part of your lifestyle. So if you workout 5 days a week then you would be moderately active.
  • kaervaak
    kaervaak Posts: 274 Member
    The activity level modifier refers to your lifestyle/job. If you have a really active job like construction then you can set it to moderate or heavy. If you sit at a desk all day then you should set it to sedentary.

    If you do that, then you can get an accurate estimate of your BMR and when you track your exercise it will be much more accurate.
  • DaysFlyBy
    DaysFlyBy Posts: 243 Member
    I workout at least 60 min/day six days/week which put me on the high end of moderate if not strenuous, but when I ate according to those modifiers I gained like crazy. Got a Fitbit and realized I should have stuck with sedentary. I do eat some of my exercise calories back. I hate those modifiers, they're worthless. But yes, do eat at least some of your exercise calories back.
  • jshinoff
    jshinoff Posts: 25 Member
    If you are accurate with your calorie consumption and activity level (through precise tracking of both) then eat all your exercise calories back. If you're not 100% accurate you probably under track calories and over estimate activity so only eating back a small part would be advisable.
  • AFitJamie
    AFitJamie Posts: 172 Member
    Soooo.. not to be nosy or judgmental here... but

    At 5'5" and 112 Lbs, you are at the very bottom of a healthy BMI. Now, not to say that BMI is a perfect indicator, but it is an indicator... What are you trying to achieve? If it is muscle gain and toning (and don't worry about bulking up - women generally can't really add bulk) weight training may be great, but you need to eat more than you are - You are not ever going to add any muscle eating at that amount of a deficit... Your body doesn't work like that. Generally you need to be eating an excess of calories to add muscle... eat at maintenance and you may see some toning, etc...

    But eating at your BMR - and definitely you should be eating exercise calories back - will generate weight loss and I'm fairly certain this isn't something you should be trying for....

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