Who Eats Theyre Exercise Calories?

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

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.

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.

I work out so that I can eat more and still be under in calories.

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.

Isn't the answer: eat them if you don't want to lose weight, don't eat them if you do?

If you want to lose a pound a week you need to be 3500 calories under your goal per week, etc etc.

It's pretty straightforward surely!

I am also on 1200 a day. I find that if I eat a small bit of protein in the am I do not get weak or shaky. And the more I exercise, the less weak and tired I become. Hope this helps.

I eat 2300 + exercise cals. Just sayin.

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.

I'm glad your intentions were helpful. Obviously, your intentions didn't come across in the communication or it wouldn't be a subject for discussion. Frequently this kind of conversation boils down to two different schools of thought: One is that the intentions of the sender are mostly irrelevant, and that the interpretation of the receiver is primary. The other school of thought is basically the opposite seems to be something along the lines of, "people should just stop being offended by what other people do."

The two aren't exactly compatible.

And you're right. Snarky doesn't make someone incorrect. Thankfully, I'm not sure anyone accused you of being incorrect. I think perhaps the underlying theme in any critique of your response is that being correct isn't always the most important part of the message.

EDIT: Again, I absolutely agree that people should just Search before posting. I actually find it fairly annoying when they don't. I usually find "innocent requests for suggestions" when the poster clearly hasn't tried to find the answer themselves to be a little rude, in much the same way that people are calling you out for being rude. I suppose it all balances out.

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