For those confused or questioning "Eating your exercise calo

Im trying to understand this so I am supposed to eat the calories that I burn- AHH this is so frustrating i am already watching what I eat like a hulk.. I just want to lose weight- they never tell you that you need to eat what you burn in calories they just say cut your calories and workout- well Im doing that and not seeing the results except a sore body- but then again i am sleeping better with more energy too bad Im still the same weight--:grumble:
but thanks for the info-

read the 2 links I posted above, they should help with your understanding. Just like eating too many calories, eating too few will screw up your body chemistry and cause you to not lose weight correctly. Also, seeing your profile, you don't have a ton to lose. I don't know what you set your goals at, but weight loss when you are already in a normal weight range is going to be extremely slow, somewhere on the oder of 1/2 to 1/4 pound a week, so I don't know how long you have been working with this program, but it's going to take months to lose a significant amount. You have to be resigned to this. This site isn't a "get rich quick" type of site, we are trying to help eachother become more healthy. And that means recommending the right way to do it. Which also means slow and steady. Are there crash diets out there that may cause you too lose faster? Sure, do they work? Sure. But many are dangerous and all are (to some degree), unhealthy. Not only do I not recommend them, I loath people who use them because they are the same type of people that drive in the breakdown lane and cut in line at checkout.

hope this helps
-Banks

Banks, that was really interesting info, thanks for posting it. Not that I need convincing, in fact I was horrified when the site said I needed to restrict my calories to 1200 a day just to lose 1/2 lb a week :laugh: So I've had to up my exercise just to stay within my calorie limit, I'm now eating between 1300 calories (for days when I don't do any extra exercise other than walking to work) and 1550 calories a day. I've even been struggling to stick to this amount - I've been following the South Beach diet since March (and have lost about 5 pounds) and when I put the recommended amount into my food diary to see how it fitted, I was about double my calories! I'm not sure how I lost weight in that case, but I think I must have either been eating under the allowance, or I hadn't worked it out properly :laugh: So I've had to tweak it considerably, but I'm happy with what I'm eating now. But without my lovely extra 'exercise calories' I think I would either be very hungry or very bored! So thanks for confirming that, not only is it ok to eat these calories, it is actually essential.

Pretty sure you lost weight with the south beach because of the "shock" for lack of a better term. I could also have just been a "good fluctuation day" for you. Tough to tell but 5 pounds is very reasonable sounding to me for an initial loss. Many times people will lose up to 10 lbs initially in water weight.