Do you eat your exercise calories?!?!?!?

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  • SV17GT
    SV17GT Posts: 16 Member
    Yes, but only enough to keep me around 14 to 15 hundred. when I didn't I got into trouble. most days I can burn 850 to 1000 calories caue I have plenty of time to work out. my weight loss stalled when I started doing that. When I started eating back enough to get that 14oocalories I started to lose weight again. 85 pounds down now, with 5 more to go
  • Songtothesiren
    Songtothesiren Posts: 388 Member
    I do if I'm hungry. I've lost 40lbs so far so I'd say it's working. :)

    Me too. Currently I've got a bad cold, so I'm not exercising - hence I try to stick to my basic calories, but when I'm back at the exercise I will eat those extra babies if I need 'em.

    I never used to, being obsessed with losing as much as possible in a week - now I'm more chilled and aim for the -1lb every 7 days, slow and steady wins the race.

    The only other thing I do is - if I've got forewarning that I'm going to be socialising and food is involved, I tend to push the exercise a little more so I've got more "pre-bought" calories to work with.

    Hope this helps.

    Mavis
  • talamer
    talamer Posts: 516 Member
    I always do! bcoz everyday calories is over what I should eat! but I don't eat it back all!
  • GetFitCarly
    GetFitCarly Posts: 151
    Sometimes it happens. But I try not to.
  • FitForLife81
    FitForLife81 Posts: 372 Member
    Yup I eat them all.........if you don't want yours pass them my way I will gladly eat them all ;P
  • TiffersStr1
    TiffersStr1 Posts: 67 Member
    I not only don't eat them, I don't even post them because I don't want to forget I did and eat them. :laugh:
  • Rachlmale
    Rachlmale Posts: 640 Member
    Definitely not, in fact if I exercise I eat even less... after all, if I want to under-eat why do things by halves? Let's add to the deficit your body is already working with!
  • melindadunston
    melindadunston Posts: 157
    If I'm not hungry I don't but if I am hungry I do. I exercise both to be healthy and so I have a little leeway about what i can eat. I like my morning coffee with fattening creamer.
  • KenSmith108
    KenSmith108 Posts: 1,967 Member
    Yep and enjoying every last one of them!!! Best of Luck... :drinker:

    It works for me too.
  • davery1985
    davery1985 Posts: 142 Member
    I eat about half back and i have been loosing weight nearly every week. Its upto you relly, i know most people say dont eat any back, but i think you should eat some back to fuel your body (especially if you burn lots of calories) Good luck xx
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Yes, I surely do.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    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.

    I will eat them back IF I go over the amount of exercise that I have already included in my TDEE calculation - it's not often but that's because my plan already has them built in. When I was using the 'standard mfp plan' I ate back around half because I don't have a HRM.

    When you go for long periods not eating enough, your body eventually 'adjusts' and compensates for the lack of energy it is being fed by instigating a metabolic slow down. The slower your metabolism is the longer it takes to lose weight. The more time you hit plateaus the more you try to exercise then eat even less. If you are not feeling hungry and netting less than your BMR it is because your body has slowed your metabolism to compensate and not because you are actually eating enough.

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