Does anyone else exercise so that they can eat more?

02oakleyb29

I'm just wondering...I hate days when I do not work out because I feel like I do not have enough to eat. I am set to eat 1200 calorie per day. When I don't exercise, I find it very hard to stay within that calorie range and if I do, then I have cravings and am hungry at the end of the night and end up drinking like 4 bottles of water to fill up. When I do work out, I have about an extra 600 - 800 calories to eat and feel so much better. I usually don't even end up eating all my exercise calories cause exercising seems to make me not as hungry (not sure why).

Anyone else feel the same?

lilpoindexter

HA HA...what an appropriate question.....I was still hungry this evening...but i was pretty much done with my calories...So i dusted off the ol bike, and burned 492 calories...now i wondering what I'm going to eat!!!

02oakleyb29

HA HA...what an appropriate question.....I was still hungry this evening...but i was pretty much done with my calories...So i dusted off the ol bike, and burned 492 calories...now i wondering what I'm going to eat!!!

So I am not the only one lol.

I also make sure that I exercise if I plan on eating out and/or having a few drinks. I just think that is being responsible

melindasuefritz

ya i do..............

snooj

Yep! Now that I'm on break with lots of time--my job is waiting for my immigration stuff to come through, so until then I'm forced to be on vacation --I've added a couple days of cardio to my workout plan. It's really just so I can up my daily calories.

Why don't you spread out your calories more over the week? I eat the same amount every day regardless if I work out or not. Work out days are more brutal as a result, but this way there's never a really low calorie amount where I'm dying.

iowaoly

Yes, and I am just beginning. I'm still hungry so if I want more food I have to exercise.

SarahBean89

I do the same thing as well. If I know I will be having a girls night that might involve a martini or two, I do extra exercise the day of, and the day after.

And I have been seriously craving ice cream all day, and am considering doing an extra 20 minute walk just so I can have it! :blushing:

mackemom

YEP!

srk369

That's why I switched to the TDEE-% method. I was working out 5-6 days a week training for a half marathon and it was strange to have 1-2 days that I ate less. I now work out 5 days a week and it's so much easier to have a consistent goal. I also work out at night, so what if I planned on 6 miles but only ran 4? Then I'm about 200 calories short!

SteelySunshine

I went on a walk one night just so I could have :"extra" mayo in my pasta salad.

MommaChocoLatte

Yes because even with my custom goals set above the 1200 (1320) mark, I am very short so as I lose weight I get close to 1200 and it's not enough. I don't get a chance to exercise every day so I set myself to sedentary and log it when I do. It ends up being close to 4-5 days a week for about 30 min per day but I like to make sure. It's easier for me to keep track.

CLFrancois

every Saturday, pizza night.

craigmandu

I do that on occasion, nothing wrong with it...you get a little extra "fitness" activity in. As long as you are maintaining your deficit and accurately recording the exercise, it's almost a win/win!

tmauck4472

No because I consider my weight loss up to my calorie intake and my overall health and fitness due to my exercise. I think differently but it's helped me to lose almost 200lbs.

craigmandu

No because I consider my weight loss up to my calorie intake and my overall health and fitness due to my exercise. I think differently but it's helped me to lose almost 200lbs.

Just want to say I think 200lbs of loss is an absolutely AMAZING achievment. You should be extremely proud of yourself!

teebeegeebee

ok

lets ask a question - why 1200 calories?

I tried 1200 and gained weight for exactly the reasons you have said - I'm hungrier than hell

So I switched up to 1450 base line , I excercise most days ( 2hours Gym time) I add back a portion of my burn to the db here - I don't trust the MFP database its skewed probably down to the number of different inputs

I use http://www.freedieting.com/ as this is a standard db - this checks my hrm/gym and other apps reported calorie burn. I test my gym out every week and the cals burnt is within 1% so its pretty good

When I enter my burn I use a spreadsheet to calculate what I add back - it deducts approx 20% based on my BMR/BMI/Fat weight which I check every week and update

Then just to kill the fat some more I have changed my sugar intake to have a base line of 35grammes/day - the first week I was so very hungry but I got through it and now im less hungry. When i get a craving now a glass of water/cup of tea does the trick
Now my sugars float around the 50g intake with exercise and i really am starting to notice just how sweet things can be

hope this is helpfull you can add me if you want to discuss more - there is also a group on here and the mentor is just awesome her knowledge is outstanding

Matt

Songbirdcw

I went on a walk one night just so I could have :"extra" mayo in my pasta salad.

This made me LOL! Hilarious! I don't blame you.

highervibes

According to my TDEE and BMR I eat 1800 calories/day, and I STILL exercise to eat more lol Food is fuel that happens to taste good so I do my best to make sure I have to fill the tank more often heheheh. Will work for food!

xcmtnracer

Of course I do.

Xhell_on_heelsX

Yeah I'm set for about 1300, I find this very hard to stay close to or under..sooo yeah when I do exercise, I go hard so I can gain back about 500-700 lol. I'm still consistently losing weight so eating more doesn't bother me lol, I love to eat!

Livylove90

Did just that a few hours ago, treated myself to a whole wheat tuna sandwich it was delicious