Eating back calories burned from exercise

segooey
segooey Posts: 24
edited January 10 in Fitness and Exercise
I understand you are supposed to eat back calories burned from exercise, but I can't possibly eat back all the calories burned from my workout. I'm wearing a chest strap heart rate monitor that calculates calories burned and each hockey game I play burns between 1400-1700 calories. Today was a two hour session - 2300 calories burned. Is there a minimum of that I should absolutely be eating back?

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/segooey

All help is appreciated!

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  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    All you need to do is have a meal with dessert at a chain restaurant--that will crank up your calorie intake rather quickly!
  • segooey
    segooey Posts: 24
    That's what I always used to do and has lead to where I am today.

    I try to eat back some of the calories and feel normal the next day, but was curious if there was a certain amount or percentage of the burned calories that I should absolutely eat back so as not to stunt my weight loss.
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