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xxcandywrathxx
xxcandywrathxx Posts: 200 Member
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I was wondering how many calories a day you eat and if you eat back the calories you've burn with exercise?
thank you so much!
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  • nmb0717
    nmb0717 Posts: 130 Member
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    I burn anywhere from 400-800 cals a day (except off days) and I usually eat most of my calories back. So far so good!
  • Spartan_Maker
    Spartan_Maker Posts: 683 Member
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    From 308 to 208, I was generally eating 2,000 calories a day (+/- 10%). Now that the summer is here and my workouts are generally longer and more intense, my daily calories are around 2,650.

    Yes, I eat back calories under the MFP system. If I don't, then I'm not aiming for my stated goal, but an accelerated weight loss goal, which may result in the loss of lean mass. If I don't eat back my exercise calories, I will definitely lose weight faster, but my body fat % will suffer. A low body fat % is my goal. If I could have been 8% body fat at 308 lbs., I would have never tried to lose any weight.

    Another good rule of thumb, in my view, is to eat 10x your desired body weight in calories and multiply it by 1.3 if you work out 4 or 5 times a week, but are otherwise sedentary (i.e., desk job).
  • LisaGore1
    LisaGore1 Posts: 41
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    I usually eat around 1600 calories a day I burn somewhere in the range of 400 in a day I dont eat my burned cals all the way back....but its been working
  • SmallMimi
    SmallMimi Posts: 541 Member
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    1200-1400 a day and no I don't eat back my exercise calories. Right at 70 pounds lost so far.
  • xxcandywrathxx
    xxcandywrathxx Posts: 200 Member
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    thank you for the replies!

    I also forgot to congratulate everyone on there loss! (Haha, that's not something you say everyday!)
    Well done to all of you!
  • chay69424
    chay69424 Posts: 33
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    I burn 1000-1100 calories a day, and I consume between 1200-1400 a day, and I've lost 7 lbs in 10 days.
  • lisaisso
    lisaisso Posts: 337 Member
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  • JoolieW68
    JoolieW68 Posts: 1,879 Member
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    I burn 1000-1100 calories a day, and I consume between 1200-1400 a day, and I've lost 7 lbs in 10 days.

    So your net calories is between 200-300??
  • chatterbox3110
    chatterbox3110 Posts: 630 Member
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    I don't eat all of my exercise calories back, and I'm on 1700 calories a day at the moment.

    Working for me.
  • neeseve
    neeseve Posts: 2
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    I just started this program and have not got the system down yet......so what is the trick?
  • jdploki70
    jdploki70 Posts: 343
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    I try to eat a minimum of 1200, which means snacking at the end of day at times to make it up. And I don't eat back my burn calories. Usually on workout days I will burn about 600 or so, and net about 1000.
  • RedVelvetCurls
    RedVelvetCurls Posts: 304 Member
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    I eat 1200 and eat back my exercise calories. :)
  • Goal_Line
    Goal_Line Posts: 474 Member
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    When losing I ate about 1,700 and burned on average 500. Now I'm eating much more (2,500 or more) and burning 700-900 per day. After 7 more lbs I'll add 250 cals per day and may cut back a bit on the exercise. Still kind of figuring out the "soft landing."
  • astrampe
    astrampe Posts: 2,169 Member
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    I burn 1000-1100 calories a day, and I consume between 1200-1400 a day, and I've lost 7 lbs in 10 days.

    So your net calories is between 200-300??

    WOW...good luck with that - hope you still have muscle left by the "end" of your starvation....
  • neeseve
    neeseve Posts: 2
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    I just started this program and I have been eating around 1200-1400 cal's and whatever I burn off, I don't eat back? Just wanted to be safe and do this weight loss the right way.
  • steph1278
    steph1278 Posts: 483 Member
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    I have a Body Media Fit, which tells me that I burn an average of 3000 calories per day including exercise so I try to eat around 2000 calories per day(give or take a few hundred)
  • alohabrie
    alohabrie Posts: 204
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    I vary it. I eat back fewer during the week and totally eat them back on weekends......well, actually I drink them back as then I can have a couple of glasses of wine. :drinker:
  • LisaGore1
    LisaGore1 Posts: 41
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    I burn 1000-1100 calories a day, and I consume between 1200-1400 a day, and I've lost 7 lbs in 10 days.
    you will see that will drastically change and you will wonder why......
  • chay69424
    chay69424 Posts: 33
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    I burn 1000-1100 calories a day, and I consume between 1200-1400 a day, and I've lost 7 lbs in 10 days.

    So your net calories is between 200-300??

    WOW...good luck with that - hope you still have muscle left by the "end" of your starvation....

    LOL i dont starve myself :)
    i have muscles, you won't even believe... let's be friends.. then you'll see ;)
  • coachblt
    coachblt Posts: 1,090
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    It varies for me, but I eat roughly 1500 cals/day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I burn a lot of calories/day and eat back 1/2 of them.

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