Do you guys eat your burned calories?

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I go back and forth with this all the time and would like to see everyones answers! :)
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  • mamigotskillz
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    I do sometimes.... not all the time ill say once a week....
  • mindiv
    mindiv Posts: 49 Member
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    Not all the time here, either. Sometimes.
  • ryanxpei
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    I do because I will eat 1200 calories in 3 meals. Then burn between 800 and 1200 calories depending how much PT I do that day. I think a net result of 0 to 400 calories could be detrimental to my health if I didn't eat them back.
  • jozzler
    jozzler Posts: 37
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    Only when i need to!
  • 130annie
    130annie Posts: 339 Member
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    If I have too many, I eat some back....
  • juliep1974
    juliep1974 Posts: 222 Member
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    Yup - almost every last delicious one!
  • dr2k12
    dr2k12 Posts: 291 Member
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    Almost all of them almost all the time...
  • ryanxpei
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    I must fill them all back with BACON!
  • rachelerwin
    rachelerwin Posts: 140 Member
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    I do not.
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
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    i do - though if im really full i dont force it that day. if i have some leftover at the end of the week, ill eat them then to keep my weekly numbers where they need to be. either going out to eat, or splurging at home
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
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    They way this site is set up, they are DESIGNED to be eaten. If you manually set your own goals based on some other TDEE calculator then you may not have to eat them, But if you let MFP choose your goal, there is already a deficit in place, and not eating them creates TOO large a deficit, which can cause failure.
  • YumemiruJin
    YumemiruJin Posts: 133 Member
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    I average 700-850 calories burned when I exercise and end up eating back about 400-600 if I want them (mostly carbs like fruit, veg, sometimes protein).

    I try to keep at least 200 that I've kept burned off, but sometimes it's more, sometimes it's less.
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
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    Yup! And yum!
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
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    yep
  • HelenDootson
    HelenDootson Posts: 443 Member
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    Only on special occasions and when I am on holiday
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
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    Always.
  • janzia
    janzia Posts: 76 Member
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    Sometimes. Here lately though I have been more often than not but I've been exercising a lot and hard.
  • MrsGSR
    MrsGSR Posts: 88
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    Yup, on here my activity is set to sedentry, then I log everything I do and eat back some of the calories, up to 80% of my TDEE which has been worked out taking into account my exercise :) I like to over-complicate things haha
  • super_monty
    super_monty Posts: 419 Member
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    Starting a new program Monday, I must eat them or I will fail to build.
  • DakotaKeogh
    DakotaKeogh Posts: 693 Member
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    Occasionally I eat some of them. Rarely all of them. Usually I don't bother. I think my 50+ year old metabolism is pretty slow.