Calorie Replacing

dtburt
dtburt Posts: 1
edited February 23 in Motivation and Support
Hello everybody!
First post here, but just wanted to get an opinion on if others are replacing calories they burn? I started at 285 and am now between 245-250 lbs. I have began running at least 2 miles a day, road cycling 25 miles several times a week and lifting weights. I monitor my calories and heart rate with a Polar FT4 and I have been replacing the majority of calories I'm burning in a day. I am not losing weight at this point and I eat around 1900 calories a day. I want to drop more weight and get close to 205. Let's hear others plans.

Best,
Todd

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  • Chickee8586
    Chickee8586 Posts: 155 Member
    Hi Todd, if you included your exercise in your calorie goal for the day, then you probably should not eat back your exercise calories. If you didn't include exercise in your calorie goal, then maybe eat back only half and see if that gets you back on track with losing. But...listen to your body. If it needs fuel, then eat. Just make good choices on what you are fueling it with.

    Also, after losing 35 or so pounds, have you recalculated your calorie goal?

    Good luck.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    If you are using MFP's method (NEAT) yes you are suppose to eat back at least 50-75% of your exercise calories. Even using a HRM has a margin of error.

    If you are using TDEE method then no...

    If you are not currently losing weight there could be two things in play atm.

    1. You are eating more than you think...which is easy to do if you don't weight solids/measure liquids, log consistently and accurately.

    2. Over estimating burns...hence the 50-75% of exercise calories to be eaten back.

    I personally use TDEE from IIFYM.com. It takes into account my NEAT calories (daily burns from non exercise activity such as work, life etc) and my exercise (5-6x) a week and my TDEE is currently 2100 calories so at maitenance that is what I eat everyday regardless of what I do...if you still want to lose you take off 15-20% from your TDEE and eat that everyday regardless of exercise...

    When I was losing I ate on average TDEE-15% and lost on average 3/4lbs a week.
  • dlionsmane
    dlionsmane Posts: 674 Member
    When you say you are not losing 'at this point' how long has this point been?

    Also agree with the recalculating. You should do that if you have not. As well as how have you calculated your calorie intake? Are you weighing solids and measuring liquids?

    If you are using MFP for your calorie calculation it is designed for you to eat back at least some of the calories you burn, Unfortunately there isn't a tool out there yet that I have found that absolutely accurately calculates calories burned so relying on any of them for a true number is not wise IMO. I would say eat back a percentage and yes - listen to your body, eat if you need to eat. Fueling your body is the most important thing you can do.

    Edit - Stef beat me to it.. listen to her!
  • stevee290
    stevee290 Posts: 85 Member
    Reduce your calories slowly until you start loosing weight again. Everyone is different it's trial and error until you find your sweet spot.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    If you are not losing but are set to lose on MFP, then most likely you are eating more than you think you are, or not burning as much as you think you are.

    Most likely the former, if you are not weighing all solid foods and measuring liquids. You could be eating 10-50% more than you think if you are not weighing an measuring.
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