Banking my Workout Calories

Apollonia84

Quick question - My calorie intake goal is 1500 calories. I was advised by by dietitian to not eat the calories I burn off when I work out. I tend to burn minimum 250 to max around 400 every time I work out that when I get home, I'm close to 800-900 calories left to eat.

Are there disadvantages or advantages to not eating the calories? I get that not eating them can result in a quicker weight loss but if I am already minimizing the calorie intake to 1500 a day, does it really matter?

I also find myself snacking a lot more after my dinner (following a workout). Even if I fill up with greens like asparagus or salads and match it with fish or protein, I am still looking to nibble. Any suggestions to curve this issue would be great

Happy Friday!

ctinawilson

Here's a great post... you can pretty much get all the info you need from it, the guys that write it are so helpful and really know their stuff. Plus it makes sense, which is useful

Whole section around eating back exercise calories.

Hope this helps!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937712-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0

Apollonia84

Here's a great post... you can pretty much get all the info you need from it, the guys that write it are so helpful and really know their stuff. Plus it makes sense, which is useful

Whole section around eating back exercise calories.

Hope this helps!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937712-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0

Thank you - this was very interesting! Though I think my concern is that the amount of calories that are suggested per fat2fitradio is giving me a bit more than my 1500 so I'm thinking I might need to research a bit But I appreciate the help none the less!

cwolfman13

Quick question - My calorie intake goal is 1500 calories. I was advised by by dietitian to not eat the calories I burn off when I work out. I tend to burn minimum 250 to max around 400 every time I work out that when I get home, I'm close to 800-900 calories left to eat.

Are there disadvantages or advantages to not eating the calories? I get that not eating them can result in a quicker weight loss but if I am already minimizing the calorie intake to 1500 a day, does it really matter?

I also find myself snacking a lot more after my dinner (following a workout). Even if I fill up with greens like asparagus or salads and match it with fish or protein, I am still looking to nibble. Any suggestions to curve this issue would be great

Happy Friday!

Did your dietitian give you your calorie goal or did MFP?

Most sites and dietitians use your TDEE as a basis of determining a calorie deficit necessary to lose weight...your TDEE includes all activity, including exercise. So, exercise is an included activity and thus accounted for in your calorie goal.

MFP, however, does this a little bit differently...MFP uses your NEAT (Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis). This means that MFP's formula for your calorie goal is all activity with the exception of exercise...thus, you would eat back exercise calories (most of them) per the MFP method.

You and your dietitian need to understand and know what method you are using, as the answer to your question is variable based on the method used. It really comes out 6 of 1 though...

I use the TDEE method myself so I don't eat back exercise calories...but I used to use the MFP method...here's how my numbers look...

TDEE - 2,550 calories...I lose about 1 Lb per week eating about 2,000 calories. This includes all of my activity, so I don't bother logging or eating back exercise calories...

MFP method. 1,750 calories + 250 (avg daily exercise burn w/ 1 rest day per week) = 2,000 calories.

As you can see...my gross calories are the same either way.