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jenhenning219
jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
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lately i have been doing a low carb diet and i have been doing well not going over my carb in take but i wanted to know if it is ok for me to burn all the calories i eat and not eat them back? i dont get hungry on this low carb plan
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  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
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    So you net 0?
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
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    lately i have been doing a low carb diet and i have been doing well not going over my carb in take but i wanted to know if it is ok for me to burn all the calories i eat and not eat them back? i dont get hungry on this low carb plan
    help

    not sure what you mean by burn all the calories you eat?

    can you expand?
  • letobot
    letobot Posts: 205
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    So you net 0?

    yea this ^
  • jenhenning219
    jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
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    i burn more calories than i eat
  • Ginger_Poomkin
    Ginger_Poomkin Posts: 42 Member
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    I would recommand eating back your exercise calories. If you burned them, your body needs energy to recover, you certainly don't want to put your body in starvation mode!
  • letobot
    letobot Posts: 205
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    i burn more calories than i eat


    How much are you netting?...if anything?
  • jenhenning219
    jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
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    my problem is i dont get hungry with the diet i eat the serving sizes but i dont get hungry on the low carb like i used to
  • ladyraven68
    ladyraven68 Posts: 2,003 Member
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    i burn more calories than i eat

    yes, that's how people lose weight, but how much more are we talking about?

    Do you mean burn more all day, or burn more just doing exercise?
  • tryclyn
    tryclyn Posts: 2,414 Member
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    i burn more calories than i eat

    That is a very bad plan.

    You should read these

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/840082-a-sad-realization?hl=sad

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less
  • jenhenning219
    jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
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    like i exercise every day at 530 when i get home and then i eat dinner and a sack but i still end up burning more
  • Justkritter
    Justkritter Posts: 143 Member
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    Having a deficit from your daily needs is good but your body also needs to have a set minimum for proper metabolism. Even if you'd be eating 500 a day but if you're body can't fuel enough for a good metabolism then your progress will stagger and will result to lean muscle loss than fat since the order of energy usage is carbs - protein then fat. Fat takes more to be metabolized into energy so most likely your muscles will be tapped as source of energy.

    I'd say at least eat to a minimum of 1200 total after workout burn just to keep your body going if you really are after calorie deficit.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    like i exercise every day at 530 when i get home and then i eat dinner and a sack but i still end up burning more

    YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS!!!! HOW MANY CALS?
  • letobot
    letobot Posts: 205
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    I checked your diary....based on yesterday you netted -62 calories. Continuing this will lead to a multitude of problems. EAT
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,119 Member
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  • jenhenning219
    jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
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    i eat atleast 1000 calories a day, but i burn like 600 plus calories a day
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
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    How many calories do you eat a day? How many calories do you burn through exercise a day? What is your BMR?
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    i eat atleast 1000 calories a day, but i burn like 600 plus calories a day

    Yes, that's bad. You give it 1000 cals worth of energy. You use 600 of that for exercise. Your body can't function (healthily at least) on 400 cals for the rest of the day.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    I just looked back through your diary... assuming that last week or so is correct, you aren't doing that badly. You generally are netting ~1000 cals, which is definitely low, but not scary low like you're talking about here.
  • jenhenning219
    jenhenning219 Posts: 385 Member
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    i just have a hard time eating them back
  • all4my3boyz
    all4my3boyz Posts: 94 Member
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    How are you calculating calories burned? Do you use a HRM?

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