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gaylergreene
gaylergreene Posts: 4
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Hi, I have a question about adding the calories from exercise to your daily intake. I exercise between 700-800 calories per day but I am nervous about adding this many calories to my daily intake. The Tips listed on the website say you should. Does anyone have experience with this. Being over 50 my weight loss is slow despite sticking to the program

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  • sjsmith9
    sjsmith9 Posts: 35 Member
    I have my intake goal set and make sure I consume that amount. My exercise calories are burned from that. I like to see how much I take in and how much I'm working off.
  • txteadrinker
    txteadrinker Posts: 40 Member
    I've found, unfortunately, that if I consume my exercise calories I don't lose but if I were you, I'd experiment and see what works for you--we are all so different. If I want to consume more than my set amount, I just make sure that I burn them off with extra exercise.
  • ann121212
    ann121212 Posts: 290 Member
    In previous 'diets' I ALWAYS ate under 1200 and exercised heaps without eating back a single calorie - I was probably netting between 400 to 900 a day. I found it hard and did not enjoy it at all - BUT I did lose weight (usually around 800g/1lb a week after the first 2/3 weeks when my body got used to it).

    This time with mfp I am logging all my exercise and eating back around half of them. It is much easier, more sustainable and I am still losing weight (around 500g a week).

    I know where you are coming from about being worried consuming sooooo many calories - the first week I tried this I was depressed every time I saw the 'huge' calorie total, I was so sure I was going to gain weight. But so many people here said that it did work - so I kept it up for the week. They were right.

    It is slower than 'starving' but much easier to stick to for a long time (forever?), I would recommend that you try it. I started cautiously by only eating about 33% of my exercise calories but now eat between 50-80% (I have been told the mfp overestimate the calorie burn) and have a loss every single week.

    I also use a tape measure and take body measurements - just in case my weigh in day (one a week) is plagued by fluid retention or something (hasnt happened so far, but i am still hedging my bets lol).
  • gaylergreene
    gaylergreene Posts: 4
    Thanks this is helpful. I'm not losing like I want and my program says I am not eating enough. I was thinking after my next weigh in, I would try to increase my fruit, veggie and lean protein intake and see what happens.
  • gaylergreene
    gaylergreene Posts: 4
    Thanks this is helpful. I'm not losing like I want and my program says I am not eating enough. I was thinking after my next weigh in, I would try to increase my fruit, veggie and lean protein intake and see what happens.
  • kingscrown
    kingscrown Posts: 615 Member
    I add the calories exercised to MFP just so I can see them. I seldom dip into they, but they are there is I need too. Every now and then I just feel like I'm starving to death so I'll add one more healthy snack to my day.
  • arctvc
    arctvc Posts: 23
    I stick with my intake goal the exercise calories are just a visual for meto see what i burned. If I'm goning to dip into them then its more for i'm hungry.
  • SkagitYogini
    SkagitYogini Posts: 112 Member
    1200 calories is so low, that I eat back my exercise calories (which are usually pretty meager). In fact, I exercise at times just so I can eat more - walk the dog before dinner for example so I can eat a bit more. I've done this for the last 6 months and have had a loss every week until fairly recently wnen I got to within 10 lbs of my goal. Now it's only every couple of weeks. I know I could speed that loss up a bit if I would add exercise, but I'm just not "ready". If I was exercising more vigorously, I would most likely eat back something like 1/2 of my exercise calories.

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