How many exercise calories should I eat back?

mnmike1973
mnmike1973 Posts: 7
in Fitness and Exercise
Currently MFP has me eating 1620 calories per day. As an example I burned 700 calories for a 60 minute workout today. MFP now shows I have 2320 calories to work with today. If I want to lose weight, how many exercise calories should be eating back into my daily food intake? Any help would be appreciated.

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  • seekingstrengthX2
    seekingstrengthX2 Posts: 771
    Assuming you have your settings correct, you are supposed to eat them all. The 1620 is a NET number and already has your weight loss deficit built into it.
  • baldzach
    baldzach Posts: 1,841 Member
    Agree with the above, however I would say you "can" eat them all, but you don't "need to." As far as I'm concerned, some days I'm under by a couple hundred and some days I'm over by a couple hundred, so hopefully it all averages out.

    Also remember, MFP sometimes can overstate the calories burned, so you might want to give yourself a couple hundred calorie cushion, as long as you're not feeling like you're starving yourself and you have enough energy, etc.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    All of them, if you believe in the Tooth Fairy and MFP calorie burns.

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