Eat or not eat exercise cals?

BarbaraCarr1981
BarbaraCarr1981 Posts: 903 Member
edited January 9 in Health and Weight Loss
I just wish I knew if I was doing the right thing? I am eating the exercise cals back but I WANT to make sure that Im gonna lose weight. Not up for wasting time, you know what im saying???

should some people eat them and some peolpe not?

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  • therealmax
    therealmax Posts: 33 Member
    If you're "accurately" measuring your calorie burn using a heart rate monitor I would say Yes eat them all.
    If you're estimating your calorie burn using the MFP pre-set exercises or gym machines, I'd say eat 1/2 and see how you feel.

    Eating exercise calories keeps your metabolism up! among other benefits :)
  • peckish_pomegranate
    peckish_pomegranate Posts: 242 Member
    Yes, eat. MFP gives them back to your daily goal for good reason!
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    I never eat mine. If you have your budget set to a decent amount and you aren't running marathons you shouldn't need to eat them back.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    MFP creates a deficit for you. This means that the way MFP works is that you will lose weight EVEN if you don't exercise. It tells you to eat back your exercise calories because having too large a deficit can be harmful in the long run.

    Please check out this link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    I never eat them all back but if I want a cheeseburger I'll eat it because I'll know I have extra calories from exercise. I try not to eat after 7pm and it hurts because I'm a night snacker and so is my hubby.......
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