eating the calories burned

TheGoblinRoad
TheGoblinRoad Posts: 835 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
Hi--
Got mixed feelings about eating the calories that I've burned, so I'd appreciate if any of the experts hanging around this MFp site could either say "Hey, you're probably right, guy!" or "Don't be silly! Go ahead and eat those calories!"

I've got fairly realistic expectations about losing weight. Slow. Steady. Call me a turtle.

HOWEVER...no matter what I eat, things with whole grains and proteins and all the supposedly satisfying meals that's supposed to keep you satisfied all day (or at least until the next regular meal time) I'm usually hungry a lot more often than that.

I likes my food. "I needs it. It is mine. My Own....my preciousssssssssssss."

So I've been eating the calories I burn since really active people seem to eat more. Since there are some days I supposedly burn, according to MFP numbers, as much as 700 calories, is it a mistake to be eating those 700 calories?
Help educate me so I can keep on a positive mindframe! :)

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  • TheGoblinRoad
    TheGoblinRoad Posts: 835 Member
    Hi--
    Got mixed feelings about eating the calories that I've burned, so I'd appreciate if any of the experts hanging around this MFp site could either say "Hey, you're probably right, guy!" or "Don't be silly! Go ahead and eat those calories!"

    I've got fairly realistic expectations about losing weight. Slow. Steady. Call me a turtle.

    HOWEVER...no matter what I eat, things with whole grains and proteins and all the supposedly satisfying meals that's supposed to keep you satisfied all day (or at least until the next regular meal time) I'm usually hungry a lot more often than that.

    I likes my food. "I needs it. It is mine. My Own....my preciousssssssssssss."

    So I've been eating the calories I burn since really active people seem to eat more. Since there are some days I supposedly burn, according to MFP numbers, as much as 700 calories, is it a mistake to be eating those 700 calories?
    Help educate me so I can keep on a positive mindframe! :)
  • bodibykelli
    bodibykelli Posts: 135
    Hey! I loves my food, as well!!!! You should eat your workout calories....but like many others will tell you~do yourself a favor and buy a heart rate monitor!!! It is personalized to you and will tell you exactly how many calories you burned while working out (and, yep, ya get to eat those calories :happy: )
  • jlwhelan1
    jlwhelan1 Posts: 664
    When I was in the best shape of my life, running, lifting weights, roller blading, and with a lower lower end of healthy BMI for a woman I ate about twice what I eat now. (When I had time to be that active...sigh). I never counted calories, but just listened to my body.

    EAT a little bit less than you burn off and you will lose weight. Eat a lot less than you burn off and you will mess up your metabolism.

    Eat. Eat. Eat. :smile:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    please read through the posts in here. It should shed a little light for you.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition
  • jamdblake4
    jamdblake4 Posts: 179
    You have got to feed the fire, eat your Calories, your body is super complex to much food and you store fat to little food and you store fat, it's nuts. In order to keep the fat burning, it's when you eat, then how much you eat. The kicker is no one is the same so what works for me may not work of you.
    I try as much as posable to plan out my meals so today I'm not gussing what do I what for lunch!!!!!
    Call you a turtle that is a great!!!!!!!!! take you time learn what works and what doesn't, for me most days I come up short on eating all my calories but I'm only off by 200 at the most, and I would never eat 200 calories before bed.
  • bellmom627
    bellmom627 Posts: 195
    Eat the exercise calories or you'll pay for it with dizziness and nausea AND your body will keep storing fat!!! I have found that eating several meals throughout the day, sticking to the caloric intake recommended on this site and eating all the calories possible within the range given to you AND keeping up a regular exercise routine will take those pounds off!
  • TheGoblinRoad
    TheGoblinRoad Posts: 835 Member
    appreciate that. I typed in search earlier but nothing came up, figured it'd been asked before but that posts were no longer there. I guess I didn't use the right search words. :)

    I'll go eat my calories!
  • lenmana
    lenmana Posts: 171
    I've done a little reading on body types and it said that if you have an endomorph body type you tend to be the kind who seems to always feel hungry and that the best thing you can do is EAT! Put a snack between each meal to keep your levels more equal...I don't know if that's you, but something to think about.
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