Anyone NOT eat all of there exercise calories??

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  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    Is there anyone? Or anyone eat maybe only half of there exercise calories??

    I'm really scared to eat my exercise calories when I've eaten a bit of crap and have gone over my calorie limit? Anyone in the same boat?

    Maybe the problem is eating crap? Calories are calories, but how you process them and how they are deposited as fat varies with food composition.

    I eat exercise calories when I'm hungry - absolutely. And I don't when I'm not. If I go backpacking and hike up mountains all day I'm STARVING and I eat until I feel satisfied (almost always under what I earned, but a lot in absolute terms). I also find myself very hungrier than usual the next few days and I will certainly eat a little extra if I'm under my net goal average for the week.

    If I just go for a walk and earn a few hundred extra calories and I'm not hungry I won't eat just to eat.

    If I am hungry and want something I'll make sure I exercise enough to cover it.
  • marywilsoncline
    marywilsoncline Posts: 301 Member
    I eat back some of mine everyday because I run at least five miles a day, I must eat to fuel my body. Plus, I've been eating back some of my exercise calories since I started using myfitnesspal almost two years ago and thats before I fell in love with running and I always lost weight. Now I'm on maintance mode and I run everyday and eat back calories and still, I am losing weight. I should'nt be loosing still. Maybe I should eat all them back, but I like to have a nice little calorie cushion left at the end of the day. I think runners should be able to eat what ever they wanted and it not matter b/c we run it off everyday. Even though I think this, I can't let myself eat "whatever I want" though.:wink:
  • basillowe66
    basillowe66 Posts: 432 Member
    Man, I still have another 20 to 25 lbs I want to lose, it doesn't make sense to eat much more than 1200 per day!!!
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Which HRM do you suggest?

    I used to work with Polar at my last job. They are a wonderful company. Their HRMs are really the most accurate out there. They have a chest strap for the most accurate calorie burn. :)
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Is there anyone? Or anyone eat maybe only half of there exercise calories??

    I'm really scared to eat my exercise calories when I've eaten a bit of crap and have gone over my calorie limit? Anyone in the same boat?

    Maybe the problem is eating crap? Calories are calories, but how you process them and how they are deposited as fat varies with food composition.

    I eat exercise calories when I'm hungry - absolutely. And I don't when I'm not. If I go backpacking and hike up mountains all day I'm STARVING and I eat until I feel satisfied (almost always under what I earned, but a lot in absolute terms). I also find myself very hungrier than usual the next few days and I will certainly eat a little extra if I'm under my net goal average for the week.

    If I just go for a walk and earn a few hundred extra calories and I'm not hungry I won't eat just to eat.

    If I am hungry and want something I'll make sure I exercise enough to cover it.

    Yes, when I eat back all mine they are quality calories. Eating them all back with a bag of Doritos is not what I'm talking about.
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    ////". I don't believe in fueling my healthy weight 35 year old body with only 700 calories"///

    oh sure, if i was still at healthy weight, and still very active, i'd be far more concerned about getting Enough calories!!
    But i am currently 33 pounds overweight, so i have to eat less calories than i burn off to lose the weight.

    but whether or not one chooses to eat exercise calories
    but, IS my understanding of how the calculator works right? (i am brand new here)
    DOES adding in the exercise cause the MFP calculator to increase what the calories tells you have left to eat?

    IF so, maybe, i will not write in my exercise til END of day, AFTER i've finished eating. (lol, at MY stage of recovery, there is no risk of ME eating too little to be healthy! rofl, not a problem for ME at this point!!)
  • CarpeDiem48
    CarpeDiem48 Posts: 4
    I have avoided eating the exercise calories. I think of them as a cushion!
    Carpe Diem,
    Peg
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member

    :noway: Saw a lot of responses like this...Why would anyone bother using MFP's GUESStimate when you can use an HRM with a chest strap that actually measures your expenditure?
    Because some people don't have the extra money to buy one right now. :wink:


    Me thinks tis' why they invented Ebay. Tis' where I picked mine up, many moons ago.

    (for 50% off the retail price)

    :wink: :wink:

    Even 50% off is too much for some people. Some people are breaking the bank just to try and eat healthy and get exercise in. A HRM is great if you can get one...if not, well people have been losing weight for far longer than HRM have been around.

    Also, I don't really think it's helpful to make people explain HOW broke they are. If a person says they can't afford it, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH! Geez!

    I NEVER asked for anyone to elaborate. I just didn't appreciate the IMPLICATION that the one I purchased was USED simply because I bought it off of Ebay. "Geez!"

    Well and I didn't appreciate the implication that there were more pennies to rub together if only i could find them. :tongue:


    I wasn't trying to imply anything other than the fact that some people don't have it in their budget to buy fancy equipment. I *did* find one at K-mart for $15. I haven't done a bunch of research on it because I am not trying to buy one.

    There are a lot of things that I would *like* to own, things that would make my life easier. But we have extraordinary expenses right now that preclude me from spoiling myself.

    Then next time make to keep your implications to yourself and there won't be a problem. :drinker:

    And now you're on iggy.
    :smokin:
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    ////". I don't believe in fueling my healthy weight 35 year old body with only 700 calories"///

    oh sure, if i was still at healthy weight, and still very active, i'd be far more concerned about getting Enough calories!!
    But i am currently 33 pounds overweight, so i have to eat less calories than i burn off to lose the weight.

    but whether or not one chooses to eat exercise calories
    but, IS my understanding of how the calculator works right? (i am brand new here)
    DOES adding in the exercise cause the MFP calculator to increase what the calories tells you have left to eat?

    IF so, maybe, i will not write in my exercise til END of day, AFTER i've finished eating. (lol, at MY stage of recovery, there is no risk of ME eating too little to be healthy! rofl, not a problem for ME at this point!!)

    Yes, you add the exercise in and MFP increases the total your body needs to operate for the day (there is a built-in deficit). By meeting your calorie goals (post workout) you are still operating at a deficit. You're still meeting the deficit of 500 calories/day or 3,500/week to lose that 1lb (1lb/week is the suggested settings). I've heard that the pound/week is the secret for keeping it off for good (and to avoid doing any damage to your organs and metabolism).
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    The ignore button on here is a wonderful thing. Sometimes I am too slow to use it. :ohwell:
  • LilacDreamer
    LilacDreamer Posts: 1,364 Member
    The ignore button on here is a wonderful thing. Sometimes I am too slow to use it. :ohwell:

    Must you be so obnoxious?. Stating that I don't know what it's like to be broke, when just 2 days ago my husband only had $6.00 in the bank, is laughable!


    When you have to pay to keep a roof over your head, as well as pay for your Mother In Law's $4,000 MORTGAGE - plus your own family bills and living expenses, (including $6,000 to 8,000 in medical bills a month, for your entire life because you were born with a rare medical condition) and Food and Gas and then you end up with $6.00 - THAT IS BROKE.
  • jsj024519
    jsj024519 Posts: 400 Member
    I do
  • patfyfe
    patfyfe Posts: 17
    Pleased to read this comment as the page always states if I am not eating all my calories, but I would find it difficult to do this at times. I also feel that I make up when I go out for a meal or indulge myself at times so it is swings and roundabouts.
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    THANK YOU to OneSnap, for helping this here newbie better understand how the MFP calculator does work!!
  • mamamc03
    mamamc03 Posts: 1,067 Member
    I'm trying to lose weight...so I rarely eat my exercise calories...unless I am hungry. ;)
  • BlueJean4114
    BlueJean4114 Posts: 594 Member
    btw, slightly off topic, but earlier in the this thread, i wondered why anyone would want a strap around their chest during a workout, when one could use a WRIST heart rate monitor instead?
    (i have heart troubles, and even have to use "bra-extenders" to loosen my strap around *my* chest, to reduce pressure on my heart and lungs, to PREVENT my heart from racing erratically)

    anyway, someone replied that a wrist heart monitor does not keep a record of heart rate,
    but, turns out, there are wrist monitors that DO keep records. I have no idea the PRICE of these, i'm just sayin, they do make wrist monitors that record heart rate---- into your computer for daily logging.


    I googled it, over 800,000 returns, just snatched one article on wrist heart monitors with various features:
    http://heart-rate-monitor-watches-review.toptenreviews.com/
  • Cmonnowguys
    Cmonnowguys Posts: 361 Member
    The ignore button on here is a wonderful thing. Sometimes I am too slow to use it. :ohwell:

    Must you be so obnoxious?. Stating that I don't know what it's like to be broke, when just 2 days ago my husband only had $6.00 in the bank, is laughable!


    When you have to pay to keep a roof over your head, as well as pay for your Mother In Law's $4,000 MORTGAGE - plus your own family bills and living expenses, (including $6,000 to 8,000 in medical bills a month, for your entire life because you were born with a rare medical condition) and Food and Gas and then you end up with $6.00 - THAT IS BROKE.

    Just a question - you don't mind putting all your /your family's personal financial issues on a forum for perfect strangers to see?
  • LilacDreamer
    LilacDreamer Posts: 1,364 Member
    The ignore button on here is a wonderful thing. Sometimes I am too slow to use it. :ohwell:

    Must you be so obnoxious?. Stating that I don't know what it's like to be broke, when just 2 days ago my husband only had $6.00 in the bank, is laughable!


    When you have to pay to keep a roof over your head, as well as pay for your Mother In Law's $4,000 MORTGAGE - plus your own family bills and living expenses, (including $6,000 to 8,000 in medical bills a month, for your entire life because you were born with a rare medical condition) and Food and Gas and then you end up with $6.00 - THAT IS BROKE.

    Just a question - you don't mind putting all your /your family's personal financial issues on a forum for perfect strangers to see?

    Doesn't matter to me. People are going to be judgmental regardless. At least we spend the money we have honorably. We don't waste it on garbage, or alcohol, or drugs. I have no reason to be ashamed of helping my mother in law pay her mortgage.

    My life won't change either way because the people on MFP know that "LilacDreamer" and family have been going through financial difficulties.
  • hillm12345
    hillm12345 Posts: 313 Member
    I do not eat back all my exercise cals from MFP. I have a fitbit so I'm able to accurately monitor my deficit on a minute to minute basis. I eat enough to keep the deficit between 1000-750 cals a day :) This week a saw a 1.6 lb loss

    I've often heard that if you need to lose more than 1lb/week (or if you are participating in a plan that is set up for greater than 1lb/week loss) that you should seek the advice of a doctor. Just to make sure you are not doing any permanent damage eating twice the suggested deficit per day on the days you have a deficit of 1,000 instead of the suggested 500. If you have a lot to lose your doctor might support this plan.

    I appreciate your concern and I do realize that I should strive more towards the .5-1 lb range instead of 2 as I don't have much to lose. However, after an entire summer of seeing a plateau or gain I'm ecstatic to finally see a downward trend. also I want to note that even though I strive for those large deficits, I am still eating anywhere from 1500-1800 calories a day.
  • rocksyraeis
    rocksyraeis Posts: 194
    Why did this suddenly turn into "i know more then you do!" or a "financial advisory" conversation everyone broke ok move on NOW how do u make up for overindulging in calories the NEXT day?
  • womanwithamission
    womanwithamission Posts: 67 Member
    Unless you have a HRM and know exactly how many calories, I would not eat them back. I just got a HRM and workouts that I thought (mfp calculated) were actually much much less. Example 75 minutes vigorous swimming (on a masters swim team)
    mfp 1311 calories
    hrm 300 calories
    that is 1000 calories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I will only eat back half if its a special occasion or if I'm really hungry
  • birdieaz
    birdieaz Posts: 448 Member
    No but I have my calories set higher than MFP suggests. Most days I aim for 1450-1550 a day. It took me a while to realize that I wasnt losing anymore because 1200cal was just too low.
  • talanie506
    talanie506 Posts: 2 Member
    i had until today been eating ALL of my exercise calories (about 3-400 a day) as well as my 1200 base calories, although i got of to a great start - 8lbs off in 4 weeks - week 5 was static and this week ive put 1lb on even though im coming out at 0 or there abouts everyday.
    after reading this thread i shall not take them so literally and only be eating them back if im hungry enough to want to rather than think 'horay, because i ran three miles i can have a nice pint of cider (or two)...'
  • liss125
    liss125 Posts: 77
    Unless you have a HRM and know exactly how many calories, I would not eat them back. I just got a HRM and workouts that I thought (mfp calculated) were actually much much less. Example 75 minutes vigorous swimming (on a masters swim team)
    mfp 1311 calories
    hrm 300 calories
    that is 1000 calories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I will only eat back half if its a special occasion or if I'm really hungry

    Yes, I agree. A lot of the mfp estimates on exercise are way too high. I just don't see how it would ever be possible for me to ever burn 800 calories in an hour.
  • CupcakeHarpy
    CupcakeHarpy Posts: 100 Member
    MFP exercise calories can be grossly overestimated.

    I second that. I treat food and exercise as separate entities, but look at them together to get the big picture... if that makes sense. Like I record my food, but not my exercise on mfp and, to answer your question, I don't eat back my exercise cals. If I'm losing/gaining/stalling/hungry/tired, then I'll change it up until I find my happy center again. If eating back your exercise calories is killing your progress, then avoid it. And vice versa.

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