Exercise more.. Eat more calories? Does not make sense..

Hey Aaron!

Cool, isnt it?
The 2,2k are your BMR. Thats the Basic you have to eat. It´s because of your height and weight and job and things.
If you do nothing else and eat the 2200 you lose 2 pounds a week. If you workout, your body needs more food....or...you loose more weight Easy? Yes. But if you eat not enough, you wont loose weight.....so thats a kind o bad
So the calories of your workout are a bonus. Try to be in the range of your BMR + Bonus - 400 calories all about. That should be a good start and feel free to add.

Have a nice day.

Maybe you´re a girl sue

I am, HMMMM we always lose out lol

What would be the point of exercising strictly to lose weight if the app rewards me with more calories at the end?

Some people enjoy it, believe it makes them more healthy or a better person or whatever.

But you are right that eating the exercise calories removes any contribution of exercise to calorie deficit.

But if you eat not enough, you wont loose weight.....so thats a kind o bad

This is true; but I wonder why? Since we eat less, shouldn't we lose more weight?

What would be the point of exercising strictly to lose weight if the app rewards me with more calories at the end?

Some people enjoy it, believe it makes them more healthy or a better person or whatever.

But you are right that eating the exercise calories removes any contribution of exercise to calorie deficit.

Bit it doesn't take back the benefits of doing the exercise, like added muscle mass, increased cardiovascular health, etc...

If you don't eat enough to maintain health and support muscle repair (from that exercise) etc, then your body will burn muscle and not fat.

If you have TOO big a deficit (let's say your basic burn rate from just maintaining your current weight is 2000 calories and you burn another 700 calories through extra walking and exercise or whatever but you only eat say.. 1500 calories, you're talking about a 1200 calorie deficit which is 8400 calories a week,1400 more than the 7000 needed to lose 2lbs per week) then your body will go into starvation mode and will hold onto fat. Burning muscle instead.

You don't want that. It's great to lose weight, but not at the expense of healthy muscle tissue.

So, if you want to lose two pounds a week (and you have enough weight to lose to LOSE two pounds a week) and your basic burn is 2200, you would eat 1100 calories to lose 2lbs a week (although, experts might say that 1200 is the minimum you should eat to remain healthy with healthy organ function, etc).

If your basic burn is 2200 and you DON'T do ANY extra exercise, walking around etc. and are very sedentary, then sure.. 1100-1200 calories is fine. But if you go to the gym and work out and burn another 500-600 calories you would be smart to eat at least some of that. Maybe 50-75% of the extra calories. Even if you're doing other things besides sitting on a chair/couch or at a desk all day you're not only burning 2200. Washing dishes, walking to and from cars, grocery shopping, regular shopping, pushing a stroller, lugging around a small child, walking up and down stairs in your office or house, cleaning, laundry, cooking.. ALL of that adds to your basic burn.

I don't eat all my exercise calories. But for example, the other day was a heavily active day for me and I burned something like 700 calories throughout two short walks and 45 minute cardio at the gym. My regular allotted calories are 1350. I ate about 1650 that day. Lots of protein, fat, etc. and an acceptable number of carbs from healthy sources. But I still lagged on my morning workout the next day.

Everyone is different. People who have a lot more to lose can probably get away with a bigger deficit? I'm not sure how that works.

I have about 10lbs or so to lose. I'm trying to lose at 1.5lbs per week, but I suspect I'll only get away with losing 1.

There are far more benefits to exercise than using up calories....building muscle, strengthening your heart, feeding your brain, stimulating bone calcification, lower blood pressure, producing serotonin, etc...the list is endless. Don't exercise "just to lose weight"...exercise because it FEELS good (once you get used to it) and because it increases your overall health and well-being!! Exercise is the most important thing we can do for ourselves besides eating right, in myri opinion.
I worked as a veterinary technician for 10 years and watching all those veterinary diets reverse diabetes, manage kidney failure, ease arthritis and allergies, etc. really convinced me of how important nutrition is too health!
Good luck in you fitness plans!!

I find I struggle with a work out if I haven't had enough to eat. I was working with a pretty large deficit and I had very little fuel. I don't eat back my exercise calories every day, I maintain a steady amount each day regardless of if I worked out. Sometimes I eat more, but only up to my max.

People will give you lots of conflicting advice. There are two equally vehement camps heres on MFP (I'm even in one of them!), but ultimately, you need to decide how to do this. Some good places to start are doing the math to figure out your BMR and TDEE and calculate your own deficit from there.

Yes, a steeper deficit does equal faster weight loss, but a smaller deficit helps the body preserve lean muscle mass and helps you look better in the long run. To the googles!