Calories remaining question....

kyasarin381
kyasarin381 Posts: 28
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
It feels like I have eaten so much today and I still have 170 something calories left. By the way, my caloric intake is set to 1,200. I have burned 96 calories today and I still plan on working out. I keep reading about how I should eat all my recommended calories AND some of my exercise calories. Wouldn't I gain weight from eating the calories that I just worked so hard to burn? I'm confused on how that works.

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  • kewkdb
    kewkdb Posts: 207 Member
    Use the search tool.
  • tolygal
    tolygal Posts: 602 Member
    There seems to be a lot if disagreement on this. I, personnally, do not eat my burned calories - I just make sure I eat between 1200 - 1400 calories a day (so I don't eat too little), and I try to move enough (between my workouts and regular daily activities) to get the deficit I want (I use a bodybugg that tracks everything for the day, so that helps). I'm sure you'll get lots of mixed responses. For me, I let my body tell me when it needs more fuel and when it needs a day off from working out (like if my muscles are too tired or sore to handle my workout). It's worked so far....
  • jessimacar
    jessimacar Posts: 291
    this says you should each most of your exercise calories in order to fuel your body and prevent running on empty.. that ever infamous "starvation mode" we all hear about when we eat too few calories..

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

    hope it helps explain it.. it's long, but worth the read. :) just make sure you eat at least your basic daily goal..
  • ginnyroxx
    ginnyroxx Posts: 763
    MFP calculates in a deficit. So if you didn't work out and ate 1200 calories - you're still under what you're burning just from being active in your every day life.

    go to your "My Home" page
    click on Goals
    look on the right hand column where it says "Your diet profile"
    it will tell you your actual estimated calories burned before exercising.

    like mine says:
    Calories Burned
    From Normal Daily Activity 1,910 calories/day

    and my cal goal is set to 1200.

    so if i just ate 1200 and didn't exercise - i would have an approx 710 calories a day deficit.


    HTH. :)
  • kyasarin381
    kyasarin381 Posts: 28
    That was long...yes, but it DID explain what I needed it to. Thank you.
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