Do you count your exercise calories?

doIlhands
doIlhands Posts: 349 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Yesterday I had around 1600 calories of food. My MFP daily calories are at about 1750 calories so thats all good. But, I did around 500 calories of exercise so if gave me another 500 calories. At the end of the day it was at about 1050 calories with the exercise minus. I know eating under 1200 isn't ideal but this is fine if I actually ate 1600 right? Sorry im a calorie counting newb. TY!

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  • LauriePar
    LauriePar Posts: 257 Member
    It would be ideal if you we're under your given calories plus your exercise calories--- so if you are given 500 calories-- eating about 1800 calories would still give a deficit and you will still lose.
  • mizzie1980
    mizzie1980 Posts: 379 Member
    It depends on what level of activity you used when setting up your account. If you chose that you are active, than your exercise calories are already built into your daily calories. So than, no, don't count them. If you chose that you are sedentary, than you would count them and it's up to you whether to eat them back or not (it's an ongoing debate).

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