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Eating your calories burned back

jfurrrr
jfurrrr Posts: 43 Member
edited January 15 in Health and Weight Loss
I was just curious how many of you eat the calories you burned from exercising?

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  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Food is fuel! MFP has you at a deficit before exercise, meaning eat to goal with zero exercise for the day, and you will lose weight. Factor in exercise, and you are creating a much larger deficit, which can cause you problems in the long run.

    So yes, I eat back exercise cals - especially if you are set at the standard 1200 cals a day.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,439 MFP Moderator
    If you use MFP as it's designed, yes you should eat back your exercise calories. Also, limiting the deficit can help prevent a weight loss plateau.

    There is an exception though. If you include exercise into your lifestyle, then NO, you do not eat back exercise calories. Below is a good read as well.


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/729141-exercise-calories-to-eat-or-not-to-eat-results?hl=exercise+calories+psulemon&page=1#posts-10742097
  • momofthreesons
    momofthreesons Posts: 162 Member
    I almost always eat all of them back. I've lost over 55lb since April doing it that way. Net calories is what counts for me!
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    <raises hand>

    At first I was allowing myself to eat them back, but not expecting it. But I was freezing, so now I eat them all back as often as not.
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