Excercise Calories - Just a simple Yes or No answer required

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  • CallMePat
    CallMePat Posts: 74 Member
    Maybe. I don't know about everyone else but I try to eat up the calories for smaller burns, maybe 300 - 400 and under. Once I'm above that, I usually am under. BUT my BMR is at 1900 so, I have a lot of wiggle room.
  • MiChaChelle
    MiChaChelle Posts: 125 Member
    absolutely!!
  • rusialeelee
    rusialeelee Posts: 143
    I don't eat them back. I always net somewhere between 800-1200cal though. sometimes even 1400cal (rarely)-- when I don't feel up for exercising-usually cause of TOM.

    I've lost 20 lbs in the last less than 3 months.
  • tourettte
    tourettte Posts: 142 Member
    I'm having trouble eating 1200 calories. i eat everything as much as i can and still short....at least i buried moms "you need a gastric bypass" theory.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Yes!
  • Vansy
    Vansy Posts: 419 Member
    I think you'll find that on 1200 calories a day plus exercise, you'll stall-out on your weight loss. I think that's the point where you should figure out your TDEE and be eating that amount -- you can look-up a formula online and figure out what that number is.
  • misao1994
    misao1994 Posts: 78
    I say no. Do not eat your exercise calories, it's counter productive to burn calories to then eat them back.
  • OhKelsey1
    OhKelsey1 Posts: 139
    Yes.
    However, I will warn you that MFP and exercise machines tend to overestimate calories. If you don't have a fancy schmancy device to give you a more accurate reading (it's okay, I don't either), then just be somewhat conservative.

    But in theory, YES to eating back exercise calories. Always yes.
  • Agator82
    Agator82 Posts: 249 Member
    Flex calories, eat them if I am hungry, but otherwise try to avoid them.
  • simplydelish2
    simplydelish2 Posts: 726 Member
    If you are burning more than 500 calories a day - YES, eat them or at least a large portion of them back.

    Caveat - if you use MFP calorie burns - don't eat more than 1/2 of them back. In my experience MFP is way too generous with the amount of calories they say a person burns - if you'd eat them all back you may be consuming far more calories than you think.
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    Yes.

    But only because you're only eating 1,200 calories. If you were eating more to begin with I'd say no unless you were hungry.
  • OhKelsey1
    OhKelsey1 Posts: 139
    I say no. Do not eat your exercise calories, it's counter productive to burn calories to then eat them back.

    fjadsklfjdkljfkdlsjdfsklfj Not if you're already eating at a deficit.
  • sandiburn
    sandiburn Posts: 149
    If i'm hungry......yes

    If i'm not hungry...............no.
  • marylou850
    marylou850 Posts: 2
    I am like you and don't normally exercise. When I do things I don't normally do (a lot of walking at amusements parks, moving heavy stuff around, etc) and log it and then eat it, I tend to not lose any weight. I've found that if I'm hungry and eat some of it, I'm fine. But I don't see it as a license to eat it all back, because then the scale doesn't move. 34 days in and I've lost 8 pounds. Good luck!
  • ravenchick
    ravenchick Posts: 345 Member
    I would say if you're hungry, eat some of them back. Especially if you're using MFP's calculations. They tend to calculate them high. Everyone is different. You have to figure out what works for you. If you're losing steady at 1200, you don't want to go eat an extra 500 a day or you will stall or gain at first until your body adjusts.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,371 Member
    Hell Yeah!


    Much healthier to do so.
  • sandersen50
    sandersen50 Posts: 6 Member
    No, don't eat them just because they are there, eat them when you feel hungrier than normal becuase of the exercise. Don't exercise to lose weight, don't deprive your body fuel to lose weight. Exercise to get fitter and learn to eat enough to fuel your activities. I know it isn't as easy as it sounds, but it is that simple.
  • erikblock
    erikblock Posts: 230 Member
    http://shouldieatmyexercisecalories.com/
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Yes.
  • likemeinvisible
    likemeinvisible Posts: 309
    Yes or No.
    Now here's a longer answer.
    Eat what you lost in glycogen, don't eat what you lost in fat.
    In a long cardio workout you use mostly glycogen in the first 20-30 minutes so eat what you burn in that time. carbs of course.
    With weight lifting you should eat it all in carbs otherwise you are depleting your muscles and hampering your performance.
    If you have 2% BF eat or you'll die (eventually).
  • mustgetmuscles1
    mustgetmuscles1 Posts: 3,346 Member
    Are you honestly going to make a decision that could effect your health based on a simple yes or no poll of complete strangers?
  • emilysebastian
    emilysebastian Posts: 245 Member
    Yes--especially if you are only at 1200 cals to start with. Sorry--I don't follow directions very well :)
  • micervera
    micervera Posts: 114 Member
    yes. need to fuel the body
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    yes
  • ziggyc
    ziggyc Posts: 191 Member
    I'm new, but based on my reading and how I feel on days I work out, I'd say eat some of the calories back, but not all. Mostly depends on how much you're eating and how you feel.
  • madamepsychosis
    madamepsychosis Posts: 472 Member
    I say no. Do not eat your exercise calories, it's counter productive to burn calories to then eat them back.

    Yeah, I and countless other people on this site who have reached their goal weight were being totally counter productive by eating at least some of our exercise calories back.

    *sigh*

    MFP already works out your exercise in relation to your deficit. Therefore, you're still eating at a deficit even WITH exercise calories. If you don't want to eat them, fine, but plenty of people on this site can prove it's not counter productive for most people.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    If you're only eating netting 1200, then definitely YES!
  • BetterCrazyThanLazy
    BetterCrazyThanLazy Posts: 336
    This is SO not a YES or NO question...

    YES - when I feel hungry
    NO - when I don't feel hungry
  • loserbaby84
    loserbaby84 Posts: 241 Member
    No. I don't trust the calorie count because a) MOST people can't/don't measure their foods etc. b) if you maunally enter your exercise on this site - I believe they give you bogus info.

    I, like I was suggested to do, would eat only 50% of your exercise calories and adjust if need be.

    Again, I tried to make this short and sweet like most because of your lack of attention span ;)

    Cheers!
  • duluthian
    duluthian Posts: 69
    Eat em' + drink em' = me happy :bigsmile:

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