Not eating exercise calories

I look forward to getting the answer on this one because I am having the same problem.

Just to reiterate...

The scale is not the best measurement of fitness. Muscle weighs more than fat, ergo, if you're upping your exercise, you are most likely gaining muscle and losing fat. A better measurement of your progress would be to check your bodyfat% (pinch test isn't the most accurate, but better than the scale) and measuring your body for inches lost.

Don't be frustrated. You KNOW that what you're doing is good for you! So keep up the good work!!!

For me the key is having at least 1200 NET calories.

I try to not eat the exercise calories and I lose faster when I do not eat them. If I go a little over my goal calories, then I try to get out and exercise those away the same day. I only do light cardio at this point. I plan to add resistance training only after attaining goal weight. Not sure if this is the recommended way, but it is the way I have chosen, so that I don't have to guess how much of a non-loss is due to added muscle. Simpler is better!

gurgi22: That is what happened to me last week. I increased my cardio which allowed me more calories and I ate the extras, and I had not lost a pound when I weighed in this week. It just makes more sense to me to not consume your earned calories. Consuming your earned calories sounds like maintenance to me. I might be wrong but not consuming earned calories works best for me. This week I will only eat my 1200 and see what happens when I weigh in next week.

That's really low with exercise. If you aren't going to eat your excercise calories, my opinion is you should probably increase you base calories or have you actual RMR tested so you know your individual metabolism rather than the average. JMO

I don't think I agree with eating the exercise calories because then you defeat the purpose of burning the 'extra' calories. That would mean that if you burn 200 calories and eat that, as well, what was the reason for working out at all? That would also mean that if you didn't do ANY exercise, you should lose weight anyhow? That doesn't compute for me.

To each their own, but I've been staying the same for a while when I am eating those calories. I'm going to try NOT eating them, this week and see what happens.

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hi all.i am the person that needs to count calories b/c if not i over eat. i got a big stomach i guess lol. i am in good shappe but i am trying to get ripped so i set my goal at a pound per week weight loss from 203 to 185lbs at 1lbs per week on a 2070 cal diet. i am 5'11''. i do cardio in the form of competitive racquetball and i also do weight lifting at least 3 times a week. i do both the same day.
i burn in a normal day without counting the weight lifting during 45min to 1hour of cardio around 800-900 cal. when i get home and i add this to my diary i still have like 1500 cal remaining on my day. it would be very unwise to eat them all because like the lady ahead of me said: "it defeats the purpose of exercising". in addition, you have to eat something b/c if not your body goes into starvation hence decreasing your metabolism. at this point whatever you eat chances are, is going to be stored b/c you are way below your daily caloric intake but still if you can have a 500cal meal and voila you left 1000cal that it is 1/2 my daily caloric intake. bottom line i lost already 3 lbs in less 2wks total by fallowing this strategy. i am a med student and i try to integrate my knowledge of human physiology and metabolism with loosing weight. bottom line is, lets say per day or per week, if you have remaining calories every day or at least every time you go to the gym you are going to lose weight no matter what.also get rid of the fats late at night. eat the fats during the day before going to the gym. if you eat them late at night it will make it easier for the body to store them since it does not have to burn to much to convert them into lipids for storage.
now the problem is that the body will start burning less and less calories b/c you are becoming lighter. it is easier for the body to move 200lbs than 205lbs. this is when you reach the plateau. many get discouraged b/c they cant lose any more weight.problem is you are not burning as much as before and you have to decrease your caloric intake so you create the deficit again at the end of the day. if you are able to maintain a deficit 3 times per week of at least 1/4 to 1/2 of you daily caloric intake and the other remaining days you break even, it is guaranteed that you will lose weight by the end of 2 weeks. the only problem is that you have to adjust your caloric intake, b/c in 4 weeks you weight less hence you burn less.
this is what i have come to conclude after observing me and my friends for more than 2 years. i have fallowed this procedure for all this time and i have lost considerable amounts of weight. i was 255 when i started working out and lost 40 pounds in 4-6 months by fallowing this, at 215lbs I started my plateau. Like i said readjust your daily caloric intake everytime you lose a significant amount of weight. i hope this help. good luck to all and take care.