Changed it up..help!

follmer20

Okay. I was doing EM2WL and I felt like I was getting nowhere...don't bother look at my diary bc I was off the past week or so. I changed my settings to the MFP settings this morning. Do I eat back my workout calories, half of them or none of them? I'm so confused I've been over this time and time again and still can't seem to grasp it. Using EM2WL I didnt eat back my exercise calories as they were figured in already using the scooby website. Now, do I eat them back using the MFP settings? Can someone please break this down so I can see some results?

Height-5'3
Weight-168
GW-140
MFP Calories-1670

Working out 6 days a week for 45 minutes or more. Using a HRM so calories burnt are pretty accurate. I'm gonna be logging everything I eat so I can see exactly where I'm at with calories.

suziecue66

How much were you eating? Maybe just eat 1670 daily and no exercise calories and see how you go.

kazzsjourney

I was doing EM2WL and wasnt working for me either. I was eating 2363 per day and i am 44, female, 5"9 198 pounds. So i went back over my diary and decided to do 1500 calories and not eat back exercise calories. (and i zigzag my calories as that had worked in the past for me) so far it seems to be working

TavistockToad

eat the exercise calories... MFP is set up to create a deficit without exercise, so you can eat the extra ones you burn through exercise.

suziecue66

Calculate here:
http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee

elisa123gal

from all i read on here...eating back works for some..not eating back works for others. I think it is an individual thing.

yarwell

How much were you eating? Maybe just eat 1670 daily and no exercise calories and see how you go.

+1

try it for 3-4 weeks and adjust based on weight lost (or gained).