POINTS VS CALORIES

I left wt. watchers for the same reason. It just stopped working. I find MFP easier and I like that there is a bigger emphasis on macronutrients. I am more conscious of hitting my protein and carb and fats and sodium with this program then I was on WW. I am 67 and there really is something to the theory that it gets harder to lose as you get older. I have been doing this now for 80+ days now with only one day of "falling off the wagon." I lose an average of 0.5 lbs a week. To speed it up, I am going to try to eat back 50% of my exercise calories. I like that I can play around with it to get the best results. Feel free to send me a friend request. Good luck on your journey!!

I want to make sure that I am doing this right . Should I not be eating the cals that I burn in exercise? my cals per day are 1490 and add more when I work out so should I continue to eat until I have eaten all my cals?

I'm not sure there is a right way or a wrong way. As I said in my answer to the OP, you have to play around with the numbers. I have NOT been eating back my calories and am only losing a half a pound a week. I am going to start eating back some of my exercise calories and see how that goes. Have you been successful not eating back all of your calories??? Don't fix what isn't broken I guess.