Who Eats Theyre Exercise Calories?

Biteofthecherry
Biteofthecherry Posts: 13 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Should you or shouldn't you?

Who eats they're exercise calories and what are your weight loss results?

Thanks x
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  • sophayz
    sophayz Posts: 592 Member
    i dont eat it all back but maybe 50% of it, unless i am super hungry . i just try to listen to my body and eat them if i need it :) i lost 70 ish pounds and am currently trying to lose the last 5 lbs
  • mochamommy
    mochamommy Posts: 187 Member
    Me, at least 50 usually a day. MFP has me set at 1200, and I'm just too hungry, bordering on shaky and weak if I dont.
  • w2bab
    w2bab Posts: 353 Member
    I don't usually eat them back, simply because I'm not hungry, I have plenty of energy to work out, and I'm getting where I want to be. However, I do have them as a cushion when we eat out so I can enjoy myself without feeling guilty.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    If you're using My Fitness Pal correctly, you should be eating them back.
  • cscudder88
    cscudder88 Posts: 1
    I am brand new to this (just started with this app and a new workout and eating plan) but I have decided to try and eat all meals under my given calories and my night time snack can dip into my workout calories. I have found that taking non-fat vanilla greek yogurt, placing it in the freezer for a bit and topping with a frozen berry medley along with a few almond slices and two little squares of dark chocolate is the perfect way to end my day. I get the sweet and chocolate I am craving with the protein of greek yogurt and almonds post-workout.


    Hope that helps a bit!
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    OP, it appears you are relatively new so I'm going to make an honest suggestion. Above any forum board, there is a line that says "Home, Recent Posts, My Topics, Settings, Search." If you hit search and enter "exercise calories, you will see a plethora of threads addressing this. Hope this helps.
  • ShannonBEarley
    ShannonBEarley Posts: 94 Member
    I am eating them. The way this system is set you should be!
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    I am brand new to this (just started with this app and a new workout and eating plan) but I have decided to try and eat all meals under my given calories and my night time snack can dip into my workout calories. I have found that taking non-fat vanilla greek yogurt, placing it in the freezer for a bit and topping with a frozen berry medley along with a few almond slices and two little squares of dark chocolate is the perfect way to end my day. I get the sweet and chocolate I am craving with the protein of greek yogurt and almonds post-workout.


    Hope that helps a bit!

    Brand new with a new workout and eating plan but gives advice anyway.....hmmm....seems legit.
  • TheMrsCole
    TheMrsCole Posts: 114 Member
    ^^^ wishing I could "like" this post lol

    I listen to my body on whether to eat some back or not. If I burn more than 700 calories working out my body will need more fuel either that day or the next. Currently I am down 45 lbs, however I have not always been accurate on counting my calories. If you need to eat more your body will let you know.
  • Biteofthecherry
    Biteofthecherry Posts: 13 Member
    Nope Im not new joined January 2012 Im sorry I thought I could ask this question
    Sadly it seems on here there are people who like to correct what you do I think I wont bother asking anything so that way I dont get moaned at

    :noway:
  • SteviePaige
    SteviePaige Posts: 64
    I eat some of mine back most of the time. If I'm really hungry or if I'm socializing I usually will eat all my exercise calories. I've tried both ways though, and I actually found that when I eat at least part of my exercise calories back, my body's metabolism kicks into overdrive and I lose more weight than when I don't eat my exercise calories.
  • KeepGoingKylene
    KeepGoingKylene Posts: 432 Member
    If you're using My Fitness Pal correctly, you should be eating them back.

    +1
  • Biteofthecherry
    Biteofthecherry Posts: 13 Member
    1patientbear are you really always this grouchy or just having a off day ?
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    1patientbear are you really always this grouchy or just having a off day ?

    How was that grouchy?? I just gave you an honest suggestion as to where to find multiple answers to your question.
  • unclelousays
    unclelousays Posts: 1
    It depends on two main things: what does your exercising consist of and where do your calories come from? Many times people make the mistake of thinking the best thing to do to lose weight is get on a treadmill or eliptical and just go for hours, in reality the best thing to do is include strength training. When you gain more lean muscle your rest metabolic rate goes up so you burn more calories all the time! Cardio definitely is still important but don't leave out strength training, and if you do you want to make sure that you consume enough protein (typically 0.5-1 gram per lb of body weight). A banana before and protein shake after will probably just about equal what you burn but the long term benefits will help you reach your goals.

    *Remember you need to have the rest of your diet set, better bodies are mostly built in the kitchen :smile: . Also for your reference I started getting serious about improving my health about 8 weeks ago and have gone down over 2 pant sizes (men's) and lost 12+ lbs.
  • abickford82
    abickford82 Posts: 207
    I've been at this weight loss thing for a few years, and experimented on and off with it. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I eat till I'm satisfied. Seems to work better since HRM's aren't 100% accurate.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    As for exercise calories. You're supposed to eat them. If you weren't supposed to eat them, they wouldn't be added into your goal.
  • Ironhead3td
    Ironhead3td Posts: 40 Member
    I didn't until I started hitting a limit of under 1500 calories. When I started I was afforded 2500 calories and I had no need too.
  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,904 Member
    1patientbear are you really always this grouchy or just having a off day ?

    How was that grouchy?? I just gave you an honest suggestion as to where to find multiple answers to your question.

    To be fair, you weren't *just* giving an honest suggestion. You were also being snarky to the other poster in a subsequent reply. That combined with the advice you did give leaves a certain impression. I happen to enjoy a bit of snark, so it didn't bother me, but I wouldn't say your intentions read as completely helpful either.

    Personally, I'd like to see that Search option be much more prominent.
  • iampurebeautie
    iampurebeautie Posts: 21 Member
    i'm really glad I read this post for 2 reasons:

    #1: I noticed some people were so focused on correcting her grammar and being a smart *kitten* to other posters no one is really focusing on the questioned being asked!!!! :ohwell: ...

    #2: i was JUST wondering the same dam thing! I'm not new to MFP but I've always wondered in the back of my mind, should i eat this up or let them be?????????...SO i just go with the flow and it really depends on how my day is planned out... im not big on exercise AT ALL!!! i've been able to lose weight and tone the most areas i want over the past 3 years with just working out 3 days a week between 30 - 60 mins each work out, SO, i usually exercise on the days I KNOW FOR A FACT i'm going to be out with friends, having some drinks and/or eating out. Also, on these days i eat the very minmum calories to begin with such as sticking to under 200 calories for Breakfast and Lunch.

    Now, everyone is different, this is something that works for me regarding when to decide to eat or not eat up my exercise calories... of course i dont just work out on the days im going out ...but Thats usually when i do MOST of my cardio and things like that.... hope this helps
  • jko90s
    jko90s Posts: 25
    Me, at least 50 usually a day. MFP has me set at 1200, and I'm just too hungry, bordering on shaky and weak if I dont.

    1200 seems way too low
  • smelius22
    smelius22 Posts: 334 Member
    The girl gets flack for posting a question that already exists on forums, yet we have multitudes of idiot posts like "would you date the poster above you?" and "Drop a letter, add a letter!" and "Like, is my boyfriend cheating on me or whatever? What do you think?"

    come on.
  • sculley
    sculley Posts: 2,012 Member
    Unfortunately I agree. I stopped using the forum years ago because I saw the personalities on this site change and it was no longer supportive. This is the first topic I clicked on thinking I would give some advice, give it another chance. Thank you for further reassuring me that going to the forums is still a bad idea. I will continue to log on just to calculate calories. Smh sad....:( it used to be such an awesome support system.
  • jko90s
    jko90s Posts: 25
    Should you or shouldn't you?

    Who eats they're exercise calories and what are your weight loss results?

    Thanks x

    You should definitely eat your exercise calories and depending on your exercise you will need carbohydrates to replenish glycogen and protein to maintain/repair the muscles. As long as at the end of the day you are at a deficit you will lose weight

    P.s. Be conservative when estimating calories burnt using exercise
  • FP4HSharon
    FP4HSharon Posts: 664 Member
    Each person is different, so some members eat them all back, some only some, some none. For me, I found if I didn't eat any back, then I didn't lose any weight (it was too low on calories for me). If I ate them ALL back, then I gained (too much). But I found if I only ate back my cardio, not weights or martial art workouts, then I lost. So I enter my cardio calories whenever I do them, but everything else I log at the end of the day, so it doesn't get figured into my daily cals. So try it whatever way you want, then adjust from there. But give it at least a week or two to see how each method works for you.
  • EuropanMermaid
    EuropanMermaid Posts: 2
    I usually eat my exercise calories.
  • SemperAnticus1643
    SemperAnticus1643 Posts: 703 Member
    I work out so that I can eat more and still be under in calories. :wink:
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    in for the snark..........

    and to keep from being called mean or grouchy :::rolls eyes::: OP - I eat back about half my exercise calories because it works for me. find what works for you.
  • 1PatientBear
    1PatientBear Posts: 2,089 Member
    1patientbear are you really always this grouchy or just having a off day ?

    How was that grouchy?? I just gave you an honest suggestion as to where to find multiple answers to your question.

    To be fair, you weren't *just* giving an honest suggestion. You were also being snarky to the other poster in a subsequent reply. That combined with the advice you did give leaves a certain impression. I happen to enjoy a bit of snark, so it didn't bother me, but I wouldn't say your intentions read as completely helpful either.

    Personally, I'd like to see that Search option be much more prominent.

    Well, I was actually giving the OP an honest suggestion and my intentions were completely helpful there. The snark for the other one...well, I enjoy a bit of snark myself. And snarky does not equal incorrect.
  • EuropanMermaid
    EuropanMermaid Posts: 2
    1patientbear are you really always this grouchy or just having a off day ?

    How was that grouchy?? I just gave you an honest suggestion as to where to find multiple answers to your question.

    You are RUDE. This is supposed to be a place for encouragement- not for belittling and sarcasm.

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