Eating back exercise calories

I eat back mine normally but I was in your situation last week where I burned about 900 calories and I found it impossible to eat them all back. I don’t think it’s a good idea to force yourself to eat just to eat them back if you are genuinely full. Eating when you are not hungry is not a good habit to get into! The way I see it, the calories burnt is only approximate and I am bound to make mistakes when logging and weighing food and there are going to be days when I go over my calorie allowance so I don’t sweat about stuff like this. If you are hungry then I would eat them but if not then don’t worry. Being under for one day isn’t going to do you any harm.

Hi
after a bit of advise
Do i have to eat all my exercise calories back?
for instance today I burned 300 calories running and 836 cycling
I have eaten my meals today and have had extra food but still have 634 calories left, I don't think I can eat any more
any help much appreciated

It would depend on how many total calories you've eaten and how sure you are of the accuracy of your burned calories, I think. If you are burning that many calories, then you need to fuel that exercise. If you are so full you can't eat anymore, then you might need to look at your macros. Are you getting enough fat? Fat has more than twice as many calories as other carbs and protein so eating low fat can make it hard to get enough. Choose foods that are nutrient dense and contain good fats such as seeds, nuts, avocado, oily fish, cooking with vegetable oils.

But if you are getting a good balance of micro and macro nutrients, are not eating low calorie and really aren't hungry, then you probably don't need to worry about it. Especially if we are talking only about one day.

It depends on how you setup your daily calorie goal. If your goal includes exercise, then no you don't as they are already accounted for. If it doesn't, then yes you do.

Read these for more:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/383956-exercise-calories-explained
and
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

If doing a high volume of exercise, you need to fuel your workouts. That doesn't necessarily mean "eating them all back"--just making sure you are rebuilding glycogen reserves.

The rest of it is more of an accounting question than weight loss. By that I mean that the act of eating them back is not that meaningful--some people lose weight eating them back, some lose weight not eating them back. It's just a question of how you want to keep track of intake.

I eat back mine normally but I was in your situation last week where I burned about 900 calories and I found it impossible to eat them all back. I don’t think it’s a good idea to force yourself to eat just to eat them back if you are genuinely full. Eating when you are not hungry is not a good habit to get into! The way I see it, the calories burnt is only approximate and I am bound to make mistakes when logging and weighing food and there are going to be days when I go over my calorie allowance so I don’t sweat about stuff like this. If you are hungry then I would eat them but if not then don’t worry. Being under for one day isn’t going to do you any harm.

This!
I definitely figure that I underestimate my food (I don't weigh my portion sizes--good grief I have SO MANY other things to do!) and I overestimate my calorie burn. (Even if I had a HRM it isn't 100% accurate!)
So, to be on the safe side, I leave some of my exercise calories. If I'm hungry that day, I might leave two! But if not, I'm ok with leaving 200-300 at the end of the day.