SO ARE WE NOT SUPPOSE TO EAT ?
fabmitzi
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ARE WE NOT SUPPOSE TO EAT THOSE EXTRA EARNED CALORIES ????
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You ARE supposed to eat your exercise calories.0
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if you go into the general diet/weight loss section, there are some "sticky" posts at the top - they address this issue.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/9-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help
The posts are titled as follows:
*LINKS in MFP you want to read again (and again)
*Newbies Please READ ME (2nd edition) - part 2
*Newbies Please READ ME (2nd edition)
Check these out and they should answer your questions. A bit of reading, but it's worth it.0 -
I personally believe - its not just purely about mindless calories. It is about eating the right food that is good for your body. It is "recommended" that you eat those calories, but I don't think its mandatory.
I mean - I drink 3-4 cups of spinach soup that is good for me. May not have enough calories but it gives me the energy to work out next day and alkalizes my body. Sure - it does not substitute for "500" cals I burned but still makes it up to some level! Does not mean I need to eat a piece of sugar ful cake to equalize my calories! hellow...use common sense!0 -
THANKS BABE0
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If you want to be successful and have a healthy body, eat your calories earned, it works!0
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If you weren't supposed to eat them, why would they be added to your total? So, yes, eat them.0
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Yep; you earned 'em, you can eat 'em!0
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I personally believe - its not just purely about mindless calories. It is about eating the right food that is good for your body. It is "recommended" that you eat those calories, but I don't think its mandatory.
I mean - I drink 3-4 cups of spinach soup that is good for me. May not have enough calories but it gives me the energy to work out next day and alkalizes my body. Sure - it does not substitute for "500" cals I burned but still makes it up to some level! Does not mean I need to eat a piece of sugar ful cake to equalize my calories! hellow...use common sense!0 -
excellent point!! I never eat mine and I have hit a platu for about 3 weeks. Maybe I will start eating part of them & see if that helps!0
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I learned the hard way now I am eating my exercise calories. I need to lose been exercising very hard and the scale don't move bc I been eating 1360 a day then burning off 400-500 a day wasn't eating them now my scale won't move losing inches but not weight. Man I should have ate the exercise calories cause now my body thinks it's starving. I should have been eating about 1700 calories now I have to ride the storm. Eat those calories bc when you need to eat at the lower weight to lose nothing is going to happen for you. And I have lots of body fat and it won't move.0
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It's up to you. As it says on the home page when you first sign up .... MFP if flexible and works with any weight loss system.
The program I was in expected a certain level of exercise and that was factored into the calorie allotments. When I started to go way over the minimums, they changed my allotments of protein, calories, etc. But I didn't directly eat one extra calorie for every calorie I burned in exercise. It was more indirect than that.
And it worked and I lost all my excess weight. :happy:0 -
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ADVICE IT IS WELL APPRECIATED !!!! I GIVE YOU 20 FREE EXTRA CALORIES !! LOL J/K0
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I am posting in this thread so I can have 20 free extra calories.
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i think u can....but i wouldnt i mean im not cuz i want to see faster results....idk what to eat for lunch?????im starving i think im going to make tuna0
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Ha! If I got 10 extra calories for every post. Now...how many calories do I burn for typing? I type 80+ wpm...it's nothing to brag about. I just have to for what I do...plus I'm a part of the AIM generation....we just learn to type in code...plus it's all full of errors. I digress...So how many calories do I get?! :laugh:
And on topic, sometimes I'm a little under on days I run a lot, but I just can't get myself to eat more than 2000 calories on a diet...it just doesn't make sense in my head. Anyway. Back to typing...so I can burn more calories....hahahahahaaaa0
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