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To eat or not to eat

MsMimidoll
MsMimidoll Posts: 249 Member
edited February 2 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it better to eat the cals burned during exercise or to just leave them burned?

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  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    Is it better to put gas in your car after a drive or to wait till it runs out of gas? Calories are fuel. They are not evil. Keep hitting your MFP calorie goals. If I burn 2,500 calories or 250 calories I eat it all back.
  • bubblygoldfish
    bubblygoldfish Posts: 215 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
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  • MsMimidoll
    MsMimidoll Posts: 249 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.

    Yes, I'm looking to lose a lot of weight, MFP set me at like 1320 cals a day . I'm new to this so I'm still learning, thank you for all responses
  • MsMimidoll
    MsMimidoll Posts: 249 Member
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    lol that's how I feel sometimes ..mmmmm pizza *Homer voice *
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.

    Wrong. MFP already has her deficit included in her goal. Shouldn't be eating less than that.
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    MFP way is designed for you to eat back those exercise calories. MFP has a deficit built into it already, when you exercise you create a bigger deficit which can be more harmful than helpful if you dont eat those calories back. Too much of anything is bad, even too much of a deficit.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.
    Incorrect. And very bad advice. Sorry. You have to fuel your body for MOVEMENT. Eating "your full BMR" does not do that.
    Sure you'll lose weight. And you'll do it in an unhealthy manner.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.

    Yes, I'm looking to lose a lot of weight, MFP set me at like 1320 cals a day . I'm new to this so I'm still learning, thank you for all responses

    Your BMR is what your body need just to survive, like if you were in a coma all day. On top of that we burn calories everyday, from brushing out teeth, to walking to the car, to our job.
    Your TDEE is your Total daily energy expenditure, that is what your body burns in total everyday including your BMR, your daily activity including your job and exercise. If you eat less than this number, you will lose weight.

    Eating just at your BMR an be far too low for some, especially active people.

    As others have mentioned, MFP figures your daily calorie including daily life and your BMR. It does not account for exercise. It expects you to log those calories and eat them back ( I will admit that calorie estmiates can be high so eating a portion of them isn't a bad idea, but at least eat some).
  • WhataBroad
    WhataBroad Posts: 1,091 Member
    MFP way is designed for you to eat back those exercise calories. MFP has a deficit built into it already, when you exercise you create a bigger deficit which can be more harmful than helpful if you dont eat those calories back. Too much of anything is bad, even too much of a deficit.

    well said. I don't always eat all of my exercise calories back but I sure dip into them more often than not and it's worked for me. =)
  • lesteidel
    lesteidel Posts: 229 Member
    Your body will tell you whether you need to eat them back or not.

    If you are not hungry, do not eat them back.


    If you are, you probably need to eat them back.

    It's not the same for everyone.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    Your body will tell you whether you need to eat them back or not.

    If you are not hungry, do not eat them back.


    If you are, you probably need to eat them back.

    It's not the same for everyone.

    And again, hunger is not always a reliable indicator. People who are overwrought report constant hunger when they do not actually need more food. Some anorexics do not experience hunger and they are literally starving. Hormones affect hunger. Low food/low fat intake can affect hormones.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.

    Not if you're following the MFP plan. Then yes...you eat...and yes, you lose.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.

    Yes, I'm looking to lose a lot of weight, MFP set me at like 1320 cals a day . I'm new to this so I'm still learning, thank you for all responses

    if you are doing MFP method then you should eat back your exercise calories so that you net 1320...so if you burn 300 you should eat 1620 therefore netting 1320....
  • MsMimidoll
    MsMimidoll Posts: 249 Member
    depends on your goals. If your goal is to lose weight, then no, don't eat them. Just eat your full BMR. If your goal is to maintain, then yes, eat your exercise cals.

    Yes, I'm looking to lose a lot of weight, MFP set me at like 1320 cals a day . I'm new to this so I'm still learning, thank you for all responses

    if you are doing MFP method then you should eat back your exercise calories so that you net 1320...so if you burn 300 you should eat 1620 therefore netting 1320....
    k, gotcha :-) thank you
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