Excercise Calories - Just a simple Yes or No answer required
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YES!! Gotta refuel!!!0
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I think you'll find that on 1200 calories a day plus exercise, you'll stall-out on your weight loss. I think that's the point where you should figure out your TDEE and be eating that amount -- you can look-up a formula online and figure out what that number is.
You mean TDEE minus a percentage. Eating TDEE would cause you to maintain. At 1,200 plus exercise, you could be eating upwards of 1,700 calories. That would not cause me to stall.0 -
I would do 1/2 if you just use minutes in MFP. MFP overestimates the calorie burn.0
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I would do 1/2 if you just use minutes in MFP. MFP overestimates the calorie burn.
This isn't true across the board. Walking gives me within around 10 cals of what the treadmill or my fitbit does. I find swimming is at least a third too high though.0 -
I like to eat. So, yes.0
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Yes0
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When I'm hungry Yes; When I'm not No. More than often I am hungry so eat at least some of them. Just depends on the day.0
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If you're hungry, definitely yes. At 1200 net, probably yes. Otherwise, eat back maybe half or so.0
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I say NO.
exercise machines are rarely accurate when they tell you how many calories you are burning. they can only give estimates, and these estimates can be as much as 50% out. especially if the machine you are using doesn't even know whether you are a man or woman, or what your heartrate is throughout your exercise.
for that reason i eat only about half of what i have supposedly burned.0 -
Yes. You need the calories to maintain your energy levels.0
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YESSSSSSS.0
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No.0
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Yes, yes, yes.0
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yes!0
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No0
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Eat some of them, not all of them0
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I eat them now and I always have.0
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yes0
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I would say don't eat them! If you are hungry then it isn't going to hurt eating a few of them but if you want results, and have just earnt say 500 calories from exercising I would not use that as a free pass to eat 500 more.0
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eat what you earn....eating them back won't hurt if you are calculating everything correctly and your losses will be easier to maintain...0
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Yes. Eat your exercise calories back0
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NO0
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I said yes earlier, and here's why - you're set at 1200 a day, and if you're not eating back exercise cals, then you're netting below 1200, which is dang low. My own rule - don't net below my BMR (around 1430) - if my body burns roughly that amount just existing in a comatose state, why wouldn't I give it at least that much and more when I'm moving around all day plus exercising? Food is fuel!0
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You will get SO many varied responses on this! It truly depends on the person and with some trial and error, you will have to find out what works for you! I personally "eat back" about half my exercise calories each day, and am a female maintaining my weight at 124, and 5'7" Good luckk!0
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eat the calories if you are hungry. if not. dont0
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I personally don't just do things without knowing why. I want to know how my body works, how many calories I need to build muscle and burn fat. I want to know how, and, I want to know why. You would be wise to study it. The basics are not hard. If you don't understand the way one person explains it, find something you can understand.
Or you can just "trust me" when I say, yes, eat your exercise calories. Denise:drinker: :drinker:0 -
Heck yes. That was two words. Ooooops.0
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yes0
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Me - No
you - Maybe
just look at some of the tickers, people are finding success on both sides of the issue, so do what works for you.0 -
Once I would have said no, but I have found that if I eat at least most of my calories back, and, on occasion, a few more, I tend to drop pounds quite rapidly. I found this to be a bit startling, but certainly in a good way!0
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