A question regarding eating back exercise cals

aquitania
aquitania Posts: 92 Member
edited January 16 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi guys. First of all, i'm really very sorry to bring that topic up AGAIN, but i've been having some thoughts lately about it, and i would just like to hear (read) some opinions.

I'm actually the one who does eat back the exercise cals, and think i understand the whole "In place of a road map" theory, but as i said, i've come to realize there is one point i don't understand.

Lets say a woman has BMR around 1500 and TDEE around 2400, eats 1600 daily, and burns 500 cals during exercise. She has NET 900 cals, and the whole deficit is 1300 cals (600 to BMR). So, my question is, shouldn't she actually not eat those cals back but allow the body to compensate those cals from the stored fat and that way actually lose weight and burn that fat? I've tried both eating and not eating them back, and i must say i was losing more when i wasn't eating them back, but was still losing when i did eat them back.

I'm just a bit confused and would like to hear what you think about it, and what are your experiences.

Thanks in advance, and sorry for my not so good English, i'm trying my best. :-)

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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Hi guys. First of all, i'm really very sorry to bring that topic up AGAIN, but i've been having some thoughts lately about it, and i would just like to hear (read) some opinions.

    I'm actually the one who does eat back the exercise cals, and think i understand the whole "In place of a road map" theory, but as i said, i've come to realize there is one point i don't understand.

    Lets say a woman has BMR around 1500 and TDEE around 2400, eats 1600 daily, and burns 500 cals during exercise. She has NET 900 cals, and the whole deficit is 1300 cals (600 to BMR). So, my question is, shouldn't she actually not eat those cals back but allow the body to compensate those cals from the stored fat and that way actually lose weight and burn that fat? I've tried both eating and not eating them back, and i must say i was losing more when i wasn't eating them back, but was still losing when i did eat them back.

    I'm just a bit confused and would like to hear what you think about it, and what are your experiences.

    Thanks in advance, and sorry for my not so good English, i'm trying my best. :-)

    In your example if her TDEE is 2400 and she eats 1600 daily she is creating an 800 calorie daily deficit on average throughout the week because TDEE includes an estimate of exercise calories averaged over rest and training days.

    You were losing more when not eating back exercise calories because you were eating less and therefore creating a larger energy deficit. Whether or not this is a good strategy is dependent on context.
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