H E L P! I don't think I should eat exercise cals!

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  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    A 15-20% cut is 1750-1850. You only want to lose 8lbs so many suggest a smaller cut. As long as you keep your activity in the range you set, you should see a loss each week. Is it fast? No, this method is healthy and not for rapid loss. You also do NOT eat back exercise calories bc your activity is factored in. People that don't know this method never understand this so you'll get conflicting advice. TDEE is NOT MFP.
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  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I don't eat back my calories and I don't eat at TDEE. I think I figured it out one day and it was somewhere around 1700 for me. I can't eat that much without eating garbage and junk or going out to eat for a meal.

    I haven't figured out what works for me yet, other then eat less then I eat now.. which is not an option. I did find out one medical thing that will help me in the future once I correct it. So maybe that will make a difference. We shall see.

    from what i understand... if you go the TDEE route, it includes your exercise calories already so you don't eat them back. If you eat below TDEE you will lose weight.

    Sounds simple.. if you are hungry enough to eat all that. I'm just at 1200 today and stuffed.

    I eat 2000+ calories daily and its not composed of junk. It is possible.
  • michellemarie3434
    michellemarie3434 Posts: 28 Member
    I would also caution you to pay close attention to the amount of calories burned during exercise according to MFP. For instance, 15 minutes of stationary bike will give me over 200, but the bike at the gym will state 111 calories burned. I had to recalculate how many I actually burned so that I did not go over for the day.
  • Bootjockey
    Bootjockey Posts: 208 Member
    This is my approach as well, and it's worked well for me.

    -BootJockey

    If you're tired of starting over...
    STOP GIVING UP!!!

    -Do It Now!
  • BarbaraCarr1981
    BarbaraCarr1981 Posts: 903 Member
    I would also caution you to pay close attention to the amount of calories burned during exercise according to MFP. For instance, 15 minutes of stationary bike will give me over 200, but the bike at the gym will state 111 calories burned. I had to recalculate how many I actually burned so that I did not go over for the day.

    This tells me that its better to use the TDEE method and not eat exercise calories back. Why? Because MFP seems to not be accurate in calculating calories burned from exercise.
  • Starrynightgrl45
    Starrynightgrl45 Posts: 47 Member
    I would also caution you to pay close attention to the amount of calories burned during exercise according to MFP. For instance, 15 minutes of stationary bike will give me over 200, but the bike at the gym will state 111 calories burned. I had to recalculate how many I actually burned so that I did not go over for the day.

    This tells me that its better to use the TDEE method and not eat exercise calories back. Why? Because MFP seems to not be accurate in calculating calories burned from exercise.

    Yes, or buy a HRM and accept the flaws in the MFP system and correct them with the information from your HRM.
  • lyttlewon
    lyttlewon Posts: 1,118 Member
    I do TDEE minus cut, but I often end up eating more on exercise days than rest days. Like I ran 3 miles today and I am STARVING. Days I don't run I might not feel as hungry and eat a couple hundred cals less. I look at it by week more than day. If I am hungrier I eat more, but below my TDEE. Yesterday I ate 1600 cals, but today I will probably be more around 1800. My goal is 1700.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I don't eat back my calories and I don't eat at TDEE. I think I figured it out one day and it was somewhere around 1700 for me. I can't eat that much without eating garbage and junk or going out to eat for a meal.

    I haven't figured out what works for me yet, other then eat less then I eat now.. which is not an option. I did find out one medical thing that will help me in the future once I correct it. So maybe that will make a difference. We shall see.

    from what i understand... if you go the TDEE route, it includes your exercise calories already so you don't eat them back. If you eat below TDEE you will lose weight.

    Sounds simple.. if you are hungry enough to eat all that. I'm just at 1200 today and stuffed.

    I eat 2000+ calories daily and its not composed of junk. It is possible.

    I didn't say others can't do it. Only that I can't currently. When I first started tracking I wasn't breaking 800 a day ( I was shocked! btw) so maybe one day I'll be up there.. but as it is now.. I simply can't eat that much. To each their own journey.

    I don't trust the calories burned numbers on here either. I googled them and altered to to conform to what other people say who wear the HRM thing or use the number the machine at the gym says (almost always lower). i know that is still an estimate, so if you are eating back the calories.. i'd suggest getting a HRM or a better estimate of what you are burning.
  • BarbaraCarr1981
    BarbaraCarr1981 Posts: 903 Member
    Im just gonna track my cals on here and not even bother to log exercise anywhere. Just gonna log cals and exercise almost everyday.

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