exercise calories?

sslichenmyer

do i need to eat the calories i earned back from exercise?

BrittneyT2

I think you're supposed to because MFP gives you a "net" calorie goal. However I'm always unsure of the accuracy of the exercise calories, so I rarely eat them all back, I'll usually eat back about half of them unless I'm just not feeling hungry.

holothuroidea

If you feel hungry after working out, eat enough of those calories back to feel satisfied.

If you don't feel hungry, though, why eat?

LazyGuy91

I'm trying to lose a massive amount of weight, so I don't try to eat back any of the calories I burn. Right now I'm capped at 1,960 so I just try to stay under that.

DancingMoosie

I was thinking that, whether you workout or not, you are always burning calories throughout the day. So, if you figure out your BMR and then divide by the minutes in a day (1440) you get how many calories per minute you burn at rest. Subtract those from your exercise calories. You can eat that many back.

Mads1997

If you are following MFP, YES eat your exercise cals, if you are following some other method then probably not.

megsmom2

If you're following the MFP plan, yes...you do. I do. It works. A deficit is built in to your calorie goal, you don't need to go lower to lose. If you're folllowing a bmr/tdee plan, then I understand that you don't. Just remember to eat enough healthy food....undernourishing your body leads to problems and failure.

Cat_Lifts

Are you currently at a deficit in calories from your maintenance goal? If yes, eat back 80% - 100% of them.
Are you splitting your deficit half food/half working out? Meaning, for example, you want a deficit of 500 calories a day - you burn 250 from exercise, and cut 250 from consuming. Then consume x (the amount you burned total) - 250 exercise calories you are incorporating into your deficit. Meaning,

500 calories total burned at exercise - 250 calories = 250 exercise calories to consume.
350 calories total burned at exercise - 250 calories = 100 exercise calories to consume.

I think I worded that correctly... if not, someone fix it! 8)

Iamworthinvestingin

I am only giving you the advice my nutritionist gave me - She said I must do my best to meet my DAILY caloric intake - not to eat the daily amount could put my body into starvation mode and I will not be able to loose the weight - however, if I exercise, I do not have to consume the extra calories - UNLESS my body is calling for it- If you eat the extra carolies, you will ,maintain your weight - if you don't eat the extra calories, you will loose more weight-