Eating Exercise Calories

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Actually most plans that talk about 2lbs actually talk about 0.5-2.0lbs/week, usually an average of around 1lb/week over time, not averaging 2lbs/week. You can also go by a max loss of 1% of body weight per week as a healthy rate.

I do tend to eat 70-100% of my exercise calories, based on hunger. I also focus the additional food on high protein/low fat additions to my menus Eating your exercise calories with junk food doesn't work long term (not saying you're doing this, just explaining my example). There is no scientific evidence of the "eating to loose weight/starvation mode" myths that are out there so loosing more by eating more isn't true (if that was the case, we wouldn't be at a place like myfitnesspal because I would have been the skinniest person in the world instead of 400lbs). You will loose slower eating them than not but you will be healthier eating them and still be able to loose weight, which is a long term win-win.