Question about eating exercise calories

sabes2631
sabes2631 Posts: 403
in Fitness and Exercise
If you eat all of your earned exercise calories, doesn't that just make you break even? Should you eat ALL of them?

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  • sabes2631
    sabes2631 Posts: 403
    If you eat all of your earned exercise calories, doesn't that just make you break even? Should you eat ALL of them?
  • age1389
    age1389 Posts: 1,160 Member
    I just bumped a post that banks posted a few months ago. That should answer your question. It's under food and nutrition I believe.
    If it doesn't answer your ques. there are tons more out there, just do a search.

    -Adrienne:heart:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    Short answer is no.

    The only way it would break even is if you set your goals to maintain.
    remember, MFP builds in a deficit based on your daily caloric intake,
    they don't even factor in exercise until you add it. So eating your exercise
    calories is important to stick to your goals. If you don't eat them, then you
    are going off plan and risk messing up the whole goals.

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