Do you always eat ALL of your exercise calories?

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  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
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    No. I have to go with the TDEE calculation. Eating back exercise calories hasn't worked for me on maintenance. I exercise a lot, and MFP's estimates on calories burned are about double what I really burn. Even when I adjust down by 50%, it's over my TDEE calculation, which already includes 90 minutes of intense exercise daily on top of my normal day. For me, that still only allows me around 1800 calories (simply can't eat as much anymore at my age or with my medical history screwing with my metabolic rate), so when I have big burn days that tell me I can consume 2400 calories, that 600 over TDEE, and I will gain pretty quickly.

    For people eating at a serious deficit and using MFP's calculations, then it is necessary to eat back calories. Just at the actual rate of burn and not MFP's numbers (rec. getting a heart rate monitor).

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