Eating back excerise calories...?

i think people stress too much about this question.

for me, this is the best method.

if im hungry, and i have available calories, regardless of how or why they are there, then i eat. if im not hungry, i dont eat.

your body will tell you if you should eat them or not.

My body tells me I should live on cinnamon buns and wine... it's not trustworthy.

LOL---no that is your appetite telling you that. What does your body want? Often, one's appetite screams so loud that we cannot hear the tiny little voice of our body. The way our body tells us we are on the right track is how good we feel. Do we feel lousy (can't imagine that a diet of cinnamon buns and wine would make us feel very good for long). Do we feel energized and have diminished pain in our joints and muscles (if you formerly had a lot)?

Here is my opinion:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

^ LOL

stop stealing my opinions...

Ill sue your *kitten*.

I lost 8kg last year eating back half of my calories, some days all.
I put on 4 kg in the last 12 months and have joined Michelle Bridges 12wbt and it basis itself on a 1200calorie diet + exercise i.e. not eating back your calories.

I'm getting much better results and I'm not hungry. If you're eating clean you can get a lot out of 1200. See what suits your body more but I feel a lot better not eating them back.

Easiest way to figure out how many calories you need a day to lose weight at a little over a pound a week is to take your weight and multiply it by 11. Done, no worrying about eating back your cals etc. Just eat that amount.

You could just set a static number for every day.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

Jeeze... That's confusing. Lol.

Find BMR
Find Activity
Use TDEE for activity
Cut 20%.

Simple stuff.

I really wish MFP had a "Net" calories number, right above the "Totals" Not many people really understand about "Net" calories, they see calories burned as just something extra and on the side, and often focus on totals..... I keep thinking if they just put net calories at the top, people could see how their exercise really changes how much calories they are putting into their system!

People who will completely agree, starving yourself is bad, and going on an extreme crash diet of 100-200 calories/day for a long period of time is bad....... But then if their goal is 1400 calories, and they somehow manage to burn 1700 calories through some intense exercise.... They see the 1400 and think they're good to go... With -300 net calories, they somehow feel that it's healthier than having only 100 calories!

So many people get confused and ask me "Why wouldn't you want to burn more calories than you consume? Isn't that how dieting is supposed to work?" But they forget that if they just had the goal number, they are already burning more calories than what is being consumed, through their regular daily activities... you're body needs a set amount of fuel, just to get through the basic daily activities, and going over that does help you lose weight, but you need to leave it with *something* to run on! otherwise it will wreak havoc on your health!

I don't think people need to get obsessive over it, to the point of feeling like they have to eat back every single calorie and not be a smidgen off... but at least keep an eye on the net totals.... Remember that total calories consumed - exercise is what you are really putting in your system at the end of the day.... don't need to be obsessive but you definitely don't want to hit 500,100 or even in the negatives as I've seen some do!!!