Eating workout calories lost.....?

mmenuey27

Hello all,
I have been working out enough to burn about 1000 calories every other day (I am 291 pounds currently), so this number seems accurate for an hour of vigorous effort. I have checked other sites as well, and they all say the same thing. I have my calorie intake at 1500 per doctors suggestion. So that puts me at 2500 calories for those days. Is it really necessary to eat all those calories back? I was thinking that I could eat about 2000 and still be ok. I would like some thoughts, thank you in advance.

legnarevocrednu

I see mixed opinions on whether you should eat back those calories or not. My opinion? Eat them if you are hungry. If you're not, don't.

melaniecheeks

When you still have a bit to lose, your body has plenty of reserves it can use for workouts. As long as you take in minimum 1200 calories actually eaten, and eat a bit more if your body tells you it needs it for the workout.

I think your suggestion of 2000 on workout days sounds pretty good, try it for a while and see how you get on.

erickirb

In order to lose your goal amount of weight yes.

Though since you have a lot to lose you should be fine only eating some of them back, that way you will lose slightly faster than your weekly goal, and without too large of a deficit. As you lose weight (have less to lose) you should eat back more of those cals, and change weekly goal to smaller amount.

JustJennie1

Honestly it's up to you and whether or not you're hungry. I personally strive to get the calories that I have set regardless of whether or not I have worked out.

mmenuey27

Thank you all for your input. It seemed like alot to eat, and I can generally stay within my range of 1500, so I will stick with the 2000 workout days, and see how that works for now.