Eating Back Exercise Calories

pickletkd
pickletkd Posts: 18 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys, im wondering about eating back calories (yes i know). The problem i have is that i am struggling to eat enough to make my MFP target never mind the calories i burn during my gym work out. Im currently doing 40 mins of cardio and about the same in resistance training 5 times a week. According to my HRM im burning about 600-700 cals a session depending on what i do. on those days my net is really low. Im just struggling to eat enough as im full and satisfied. I have lost just over a stone since boxing day and 5 inches off my waist.

Will it make weight loss harder, or will i be doing myself damage.

My diary is open.

Kevin

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  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    If you're struggling to eat all your calories you don't necessarily need to eat more - just eat differently. Choose higher calorie foods to eat, add sauces and dressings, eat small, high calorie foods like nuts. Or just eat more biscuits :P For example I eat pub food a lot, and their sausage & mash is about the same amount of food as their lasagne, but twice the calories. It's easy to eat a lot of calories without eating much food.

    I think you should eat you exercise cals back, or at least a portion of them. You don't want to starve yourself.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Big calorie deficits and low protein intake puts you at risk of losing too much muscle mass along with your fat loss.

    I wonder if you are over-restricting on what foods you are now eating? None of us got fat because we struggled to eat!!
  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    I see lots if items in your diary that say low-fat, skim, reduced-calorie, etc...if you're having trouble reaching your calorie minimum, stop using lower calorie versions of things.
    Also, ice cream.
  • pickletkd
    pickletkd Posts: 18 Member
    never thought of not using diet stuff, guess its not that obvious when its drilled into you to eat those items.

    Could i bulk them up on training days with protein shakes?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    You really need to re-evaluate your burns, gym cardio? what is that?

    Marchines and MFP are known to over estimate.

    But that being said....you are eating to little food. I am a 41 year old woman and eat more than you and I could eat more.

    Min for a man should be 1800 calories. Drink a beer, have some pizza, chips whatever.

    But as another poster said stop with the low fat low calorie stuff.
  • pickletkd
    pickletkd Posts: 18 Member
    That was just a option i put in so i could manually enter the cals my HRM said.

    I guess i am eating to little.

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