Do you eat your exercise calories?!?!?!?
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NO!!! thats all towards my weight loss...lol
Same ^^^ here. I'm in maintenance now and I still don't eat them, they are way over rated. Of course you burn some but not nearly what any of the HRM's and what not say. If I worked out hard and feel I need bit extra calories at night I eat, I base it on how I feel.0 -
Yes, I do when I feel like it (which is most days). MFP has me at a ~400 calorie a day deficit. For a while I was getting so good at eliminating calories from my diet that I started getting so hungry at work that I would not be able to concentrate. I realized at that point that if I'm unhappy or uncomfortable then this won't be a sustainable thing. So if I feel like having a snack I'll walk the treadmill or the stairs until I've worked off that snack.
I need to stay happy while I lose weight, otherwise I won't stick with it. Some days Cheez-its make me happy.
what do you guys mean a deficit is already built in? i thought that the 3500 calories you're supposed to eliminate every week was supposed to come from both a calorie deficit and exercise?
MFP estimates how many calories you'll burn in a "normal" day, based on what you put for your activity level, and then gives you a goal amount of calories to eat which is less than that. For example, I'm sedentary (desk job, and hobbies are almost all computer based) so MFP estimated that I'd burn roughly 1600 calories per day and suggested that I eat 1200 calories. There's the 400 calorie a day deficit.
If I walk on the treadmill for a while and burn 200 more calories than the 1600 that MFP expects then my deficit is now 600 calories, and if I want I can eat back those 200 calories if I want and not feel guilty, because I'm back to the original 400 calorie a day deficit, which by itself should lose me 1 lb a week.0 -
I don't, because I base my calorie goals on TDEE which already includes exercise.
It depends on whether you are following MFP or your own TDEE calculation. MFP requires you to eat exercise calories in addition to your calorie goal, I'd recommend you eat some of it back if that's the case.0 -
I do. When I ride a bike for instance, I can actually burn about 700 calories. If I'm trying to stick to 1500 calories consumed, and then burn 700, I'm only getting about 800 calories, which is called starvation to me! If I don't eat enough after that kind of exercise, I get sick. Not good. I have lost weight by eating back the calories, as well.0
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NO!!! thats all towards my weight loss...lol
Same ^^^ here. I'm in maintenance now and I still don't eat them, they are way over rated. Of course you burn some but not nearly what any of the HRM's and what not say. If I worked out hard and feel I need bit extra calories at night I eat, I base it on how I feel.
Wow...I"ve heard it all. Exercise calories are overrated.0 -
I don't touch my calories I get for working out. Never have and never will. Afraid if I did I would gain plus I am having a hard time eating my normal calories. It's not for me!0
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NO!!! thats all towards my weight loss...lol
Same ^^^ here. I'm in maintenance now and I still don't eat them, they are way over rated. Of course you burn some but not nearly what any of the HRM's and what not say. If I worked out hard and feel I need bit extra calories at night I eat, I base it on how I feel.
They are pretty spot on for me. I use my bodymedia fit and it has been nearly 100% correct for me. I eat a ton0 -
NO!!! thats all towards my weight loss...lol
Same ^^^ here. I'm in maintenance now and I still don't eat them, they are way over rated. Of course you burn some but not nearly what any of the HRM's and what not say. If I worked out hard and feel I need bit extra calories at night I eat, I base it on how I feel.
How can you possibly be at maintenance if you're eating at a deficit? It appears that your metabolism is shot and what you once thought was a deficit is in fact now your maintenance. Most likely a result of your chronic under eating.0 -
Nope! Well not on purpose! Trying to loose it all by Christmas, so help me Jesus!0
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NO!!! thats all towards my weight loss...lol
Same ^^^ here. I'm in maintenance now and I still don't eat them, they are way over rated. Of course you burn some but not nearly what any of the HRM's and what not say. If I worked out hard and feel I need bit extra calories at night I eat, I base it on how I feel.
How can you possibly be at maintenance if you're eating at a deficit? It appears that your metabolism is shot and what you once thought was a deficit is in fact now your maintenance. Most likely a result of your chronic under eating.
What he said.0 -
If im hungry I do but I use them as a buffer more or less.:glasses:0
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:ohwell: Since I snack every 3 hours, there is no need to worry about eating back all those calories.0
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I try not to but if I do, I like to still keep things as healthy as I can0
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I don't know what I am doing help me... My calories is 2310 a day. I eat any where from 1200-1500 a day, and I have a personal trainer 3x a week and 3x days I walk with friends 2miles. I take Sunday off. So I burn about 247 calories on the days I walk and I think around 400 on the days I train. I really dont see a huge difference in my weight. Can someone tell me why? What I'm I doing wrong?0
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I usually do.
Word of advice tot he newbies. If you have a small amount of weight to lose eating them back is not counter-productive! However, make sure you are measuring all your food and only eat back all of them if you use a HRM if you're going by estimates on MFP or gym equipment only eat back half to 75%. When you have just a few pounds to lose chances that 1200 is already below your BMR are pretty good and eating well below your BMR for a long time isn't that good for you. So if you're at a 1200 calorie goal and you exercise 500 calories off that's only leaving 700 for the day for you body to work with and that is not sustainable.
i agree!!! i have been reading Chris Powells book... and mfp has had me on a wayyy low calorie deficit... i havent lost much and im learning this might be why... im sure everyone is different, but im giving his book a try!0 -
uum yes! all of them and sometimes other people's too.
Get away from my exercise calories they are ALL MINE NOM!0 -
I eat some ...... if I'm hungry :drinker:0
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I was eating back my exercise calories, and after initial loss of 8 pounds i stopped losing any weight... that continued for months. Now I decided to increase my exercise and eat back only half the calories... did it for less than a week, did not lose any, and boy, am I hungry today!!! I am going to go and eat something salty and proteiny. Proscuito! And a glass of wine!!!!0
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Every last one of them!!!0
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I do not, until I reach my goal weight.
God bless,
Karen0
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