Exercise

b9wda · October 2013

Hi. Wee question. When exercising. The calories you burn off are you meant to eat them again to reach your daily target of calorie intake?

lruyter · October 2013

You should eat a minimum of your daily goal. The calories burned from exercise can be eaten but you will have a greater chance for weight loss if these calories remain a deficit. So to answer your question...no you do not HAVE to eat these calories.

jennifer_417 · October 2013

The number MFP gives you is already a deficit, so when you exercise, you are creating even more of a deficit. You should eat back most of your exercise calories, especially if you find your weight loss stalling.

b9wda · October 2013

Thanks. I've eaten my calories for that day , but walked 10 miles and burned off 1.100 calories when worked out on exercise page. So not sure if I had to eat the calories I burned off. Thanks again

b9wda · October 2013

What's is MFP ? Thanks

RGv2 · October 2013

Thanks. I've eaten my calories for that day , but walked 10 miles and burned off 1.100 calories when worked out on exercise page. So not sure if I had to eat the calories I burned off. Thanks again

FYI, MFP greatly overexagerates caloric burn. If you're using MFP to estimate calorie burn, I would start by cutting it by ~20%.

My Fitness Pal......

lucan07 · October 2013

What's is MFP ? Thanks

My Fitness Pal

grimendale · October 2013

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

The above gives a good explanation of exercise calories and why to eat them back.

jacksonpt · October 2013

Ultimately, it depends on how you calculated your daily calorie goal.

See these:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/383956-exercise-calories-explained
and
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/818082-exercise-calories-again-wtf

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