Eating all your calories

tenatroy1
tenatroy1 Posts: 48
in Health and Weight Loss
I have 656 calories left over and I have been exercised 1.5 hours total (1157 cals) today thus earning a ton of calories. My question is do I really have to eat that? I can't think of anything I can eat that is healthy to consume all of those calories.
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  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Is your calorie total with exercise included? Then no.

    If not, then yes.
  • bethannien
    bethannien Posts: 556 Member
    So is the 656 calories including your exercise calories?

    Edit: above poster beat me to it
  • Memorableheart
    Memorableheart Posts: 69 Member
    For me, I do not exercise to burn calories and then eat them back. I have calories left over everyday. I do not worry about them.
  • jim9097
    jim9097 Posts: 341 Member
    What is your body telling you? Are you hungry or not. If you are not hungry chances are you did not burn as many calories as you think you did. I would just listen to my body. If I was hungry or fealt I did a hard weight training and needed extra protein I might eat some of it; otherwise wrap it up.
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    With exercise.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    What is your body telling you? Are you hungry or not. If you are not hungry chances are you did not burn as many calories as you think you did. I would just listen to my body. If I was hungry or fealt I did a hard weight training and needed extra protein I might eat some of it; otherwise wrap it up.

    Unfortunately, hunger can be one of the less reliable indicators that you're getting enough to eat. Your body sends out the hormones that control hunger based partially on habit, which is why very obese people may feel hungry all the time and many underweight people claim to not feel hunger at all. Energy levels, performance, focus and concentration, skin, hair, nails, etc. should all be taken into account along with hunger.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    With exercise.
    Is 1157 the total exercise calories burned or is it the amount left in you calorie allowance for today?
  • eringetsfit
    eringetsfit Posts: 20 Member
    May I ask how you burned 1157 calories in an hour and a half? I just jogged my *kitten* off for 30 minutes and burned 147 :P Hope I misunderstand, or please tell me your secret ;)
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    1400 Goal

    1869 Food

    1157 calories burned from exercise

    744 Net

    656 calories remaining.
  • LuLuChick78
    LuLuChick78 Posts: 439 Member
    May I ask how you burned 1157 calories in an hour and a half? I just jogged my *kitten* off for 30 minutes and burned 147 :P Hope I misunderstand, or please tell me your secret ;)

    I would like to know also
  • angelzprophecy
    angelzprophecy Posts: 130
    dooooo it! do it do it do it!



    you wont do it
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,706 Member
    I have 656 calories left over and I have been exercised 1.5 hours total (1157 cals) today thus earning a ton of calories. My question is do I really have to eat that? I can't think of anything I can eat that is healthy to consume all of those calories.

    1157 calories in 90 minutes of exercise......wow....what do you do to burn that much ?
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    Its spread out over the whole day. Cleaning, Walking for an hour, doing strength training, walking for another 15 min or so ect.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    How are you estimating your exercise calories? If you're using MFP or gym machines I would assume that they're inflated.
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    Im also like really fat. I'm a well over a hundred pounds over weight.
  • somerisagirlsname
    somerisagirlsname Posts: 467 Member
    Not trying to be mean, but unless you are morbidly obese I very seriously doubt you burned 1100 cals in an hour and a half. Be careful trusting what MFP says, because they generously overestimate calorie burns.
  • LuLuChick78
    LuLuChick78 Posts: 439 Member
    1400 Goal

    1869 Food

    1157 calories burned from exercise

    744 Net

    656 calories remaining.

    I have not seen a more confusing way to put that....I still don't get 656 either when I calculate out what I THINK you are trying to say.
  • jim9097
    jim9097 Posts: 341 Member
    What is your body telling you? Are you hungry or not. If you are not hungry chances are you did not burn as many calories as you think you did. I would just listen to my body. If I was hungry or fealt I did a hard weight training and needed extra protein I might eat some of it; otherwise wrap it up.

    Unfortunately, hunger can be one of the less reliable indicators that you're getting enough to eat. Your body sends out the hormones that control hunger based partially on habit, which is why very obese people may feel hungry all the time and many underweight people claim to not feel hunger at all. Energy levels, performance, focus and concentration, skin, hair, nails, etc. should all be taken into account along with hunger.

    You are correct; however, I still have my doubts about the 1157 calories. I am over 2 hundred pounds, I can do that kind of burn. But not normal gym stuff; I have to go do MMA style training to get that kind of burn rate.
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    Oh, heh I meant 2.5 sorry I looked at the wrong day.
  • LuLuChick78
    LuLuChick78 Posts: 439 Member
    Its spread out over the whole day. Cleaning, Walking for an hour, doing strength training, walking for another 15 min or so ect.

    Do not eat back exercise cals if you are doing it this way - estimating based on these activities. Most of these things are included in your current calorie allowance I am guessing. Eating back all of what you are estimating as burned will keep you in the same place you are (going on the small amount of information you have given us to work with).
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Its spread out over the whole day. Cleaning, Walking for an hour, doing strength training, walking for another 15 min or so ect.

    Personally, I never log cleaning. I expect it to be built into my sedentary activity level. As you point out, you're 100+ pounds overweight, and that means you currently occupy a space where you can lose weight quickly without worrying too much about getting enough calories. At your weight, your body really does have amble stores of fat to use (it gets more important to use your exercise calories as your weight drops). Right now, I think you're probably okay where you are, but I'm no expert and you need to make sure you're feeling okay, etc. as you go.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    First thing is, MFP calorie burns are overestimated as others have said. Since your'e new, I'll explain - we know this because we use other tools like Heart Rate Monitors (HRMS). The doubt has nothing to do with how big or small someone is or even a question of your effort or the time you've put in. It's a matter of accuracy and most numbers are just flat inaccurate.

    So, instead of planning to eat back ALL the earned calories. Only plan to eat back about half, 65% at the most. So if you get 1157, make sure you eat back at least 580 but as much as 750 of them. This should make it easier to get to your daily net of 1400 without feeling like you have to stuff yourself.

    I'll also caution you on logging things like cleaning. Just because you're set at sedentary doesn't mean it's ok to log everything you do as activity. Some things are included under that listing that most of us do on a regular basis and that don't really burn many more calories.
    Sleeping - 8 hours
    Personal care (dressing, showering) - 1 hour
    Eating - 1 hour
    Cooking - 1 hour
    Sitting (office work, selling produce, tending shop) - 8 hours
    Driving car to/from work - 1 hour
    General household work - 1 hour
    Light leisure activities (watching TV, chatting) - 3 hours

    Best of luck!

    Edited becuz englush iz tuff
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Its spread out over the whole day. Cleaning, Walking for an hour, doing strength training, walking for another 15 min or so ect.

    Do not eat back exercise cals if you are doing it this way - estimating based on these activities. Most of these things are included in your current calorie allowance I am guessing. Eating back all of what you are estimating as burned will keep you in the same place you are (going on the small amount of information you have given us to work with).
    Those things are only included if the OP chose an activity level above 'sedentary,' generally speaking.

    I am doubtful that the calorie burn is 100% accurate; that's not intended to disparage the OP, merely an observation that the numbers seem high. MFP is set up so that you eat back your exercise calories. If you doubt their accuracy, it's still best - if following MFP's plan and not something like TDEE - 20% - to eat back at least half of your exercise calories. Doing so will help keep you from reinforcing a negative view of food. Food is fuel.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    You have a lot to lose, I don't think it matters that much. If it was me though, I'd have some ice cream.
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    Yeah, Im 5'8 and I weight 247 pounds. Generally I walk for an hour everyday and do about an hour of strength training. I feel good and eat about 1400 calories a day not including exercise. The burned calories are based off of my fitday homepage thing.
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    I actually don't have the typical food issues most people do at my weight I use to be very active and biked 20 miles a day. I was also a healthy weight but I moved to an extremely rural area and became lazy but ate the same amount of calories I did when I was active. Now, I'm trying to get the weight off and its been a pain because its different rules.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    If it continues to worry you, you might do better figuring your TDEE and taking a modest cut from that.

    Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure. It's roughly the number of calories your body burns in a day and also the number of calories you'd need to eat to maintain your current weight. Once you know your TDEE you can take about 20% off of that number and that would be your calorie goal. With this method you don't have to worry about eating back any exercise calories because they're already included in your calculations.

    There are a lot of online calculators to get an estimate of your TDEE, like this one: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

    Just be sure you recheck your numbers every ten pounds lost, or so.
  • tenatroy1
    tenatroy1 Posts: 48
    Thank you that was very helpful!
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    If it continues to worry you, you might do better figuring your TDEE and taking a modest cut from that.

    Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure. It's roughly the number of calories your body burns in a day and also the number of calories you'd need to eat to maintain your current weight. Once you know your TDEE you can take about 20% off of that number and that would be your calorie goal. With this method you don't have to worry about eating back any exercise calories because they're already included in your calculations.

    There are a lot of online calculators to get an estimate of your TDEE, like this one: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

    Just be sure you recheck your numbers every ten pounds lost, or so.
    This right here!

    As long as you are in a deficit of 500 calories per day from your TDEE, that will be a pound a week. I personally prefer this calculator, as it provides lots of good information on the site as well.
    http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/



    And as for the people saying 1100+ calories in 1.5 hours is too much, are you kidding me?
    I easily burn that when I am doing a run, or an intense biking session. Everyone is different based on which workout they do and, so how can you judge?

    I hope from those comments you meant to say that MPF over estimates calories (as some have mentioned after), and as a previous poster also mentioned, you really should consider getting a heart rate monitor. Best way to know how many calories you are burning and most usually keep a workout log so you can view all your training files!
  • 4daluvof_candice
    4daluvof_candice Posts: 483 Member
    May I ask how you burned 1157 calories in an hour and a half? I just jogged my *kitten* off for 30 minutes and burned 147 :P Hope I misunderstand, or please tell me your secret ;)

    OP may be heavier than you

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