Calories Burned and Earned from Excerising

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judithwelch
judithwelch Posts: 33 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Are you supposed to eat the extra calories earned from exercising? I am new to this so I am not sure how to handle the earned calories.

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  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
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    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

    That should explain it thoroughly. :flowerforyou:
  • LJCannon
    LJCannon Posts: 3,636 Member
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    Most people recommend eating at least part of your exercise calories.
  • MacMadame
    MacMadame Posts: 1,893 Member
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    You don't *have* to do anything... :wink: It's up to you how you want to use this site.

    When I was losing, I used it to track my food only. Now that I'm working on maintaining, I do put in my exercise but I put in what gets me to the calories I know I've burned, not the calories MFP says I've burned. (Which are high in most cases and low in a few other.)

    I track my actual exercise somewhere else because I want to keep track of stuff MFP doesn't keep track of. Like miles run/biked and my average pace.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
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    I do- if I'm hungry.
  • ahickman
    ahickman Posts: 13
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    I work out everyday, and earn extra but I dont eat all my calories anyway. If I aint hungry I am not eatting that much. Do what your body tells you. you might need those extra calories, but I dont. My body takes for ever to get hungry again after I eat. Unless I eat first thing in the morning and go workout, then I stay hungry all day!!!!

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