eat the calories I just burned..... I don't get it

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  • jharb2
    jharb2 Posts: 208 Member
    Because your body needs a minimum amount of calories to be efficient at running. When you excercise you lower that minimum therefore your body will panic and store energy and will not be efficient. You have to have a minimum.... or its not healthy for you!
  • kcm105
    kcm105 Posts: 50 Member
    Thought I posted this but it seems to have disappeared so let me try again.

    I am confused about a sedentary lifestyle versus how often you exercise in the setup. In my setup, I put that I have a sedentary lifestyle because I have an office job where I sit for most of the day. But I also put that I exercise 4x/week for 45 minutes each, which I do. So should I not be logging these workouts?

    Never mind! Just found the answer in the other thread on this topic.
  • runningfromzombies
    runningfromzombies Posts: 386 Member
    So what do you say to a person who has their calories set to 1400 a day, actually eats 950 - 1000 and exercises off 900? I have seen this and it makes me wonder what the heck to think?

    I would attempt to gently explain to them that they are not eating enough. If they eat 950-1000 calories and exercise off 900...they are practically netting NO calories for the day. Someone who was completely sedentary (or even comatose, really) would probably need more than that just for their body to go on breathing, brain to go on functioning, heart to go on beating--etcetera. Someone who burns 900 calories through exercise on a daily basis needs to be eating even more than I do. And they would still lose weight.

    If you think that isn't healthy, you are correct. It's very dangerous for one's body and really approaches ED behavior.

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