Should I eat back my workout cals

MzKym1981
MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day? Help please?
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  • QueenShadowrama
    QueenShadowrama Posts: 5 Member
    Um...no. Burning 1500 cals a day when you only eat 1500 cals a day would negate everything you ate, so you'd just starve to death. You do need to eat to live, lol.

    MFP already sets your calories at a deficit, meaning if MFP told you to eat 1500 calories, then you eat that and you will lose weight, even without exercise. Add exercise in, and you can eat the calories you burned back if you want, because they're just a bonus.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    That isn't how this works.

    Your body requires calories everyday just to run your basic body functions. Your BMR is what your body requires just to survive if you were in a coma and did not activity whatsoever. For most people, this is over 1000 calories a day to start (there are tons of calculators online that can help you figure what your will be around).
    On top of that we burn additional calories just by everyday activity, sitting, walking to the car, brushing our teeth, fidgeting, our job, etc. The typical formula for a sedentary person - so no exercise on top of his everyday activity is usually around 1.2 x BMR.

    MFP estimates the calories you need everyday, not including exercise. So If you require 2000 calories a day and set it for a lose of 1 lb per week, MFP will give you 1500 calories. Your body requires 2000 but you are only eating 1500 so you are at a deficit. There is no need to burn off that 1500 because your body already does.
    MFP's setup also expects you to log exercise and eat those calories back. So if you do a 300 calorie workout, you would eat your 1500 plus the 300, which gives you 1800 calories eaten. But, your body requires 2000, plus you burned off 300, so in total that day you needed 2300. That still leaves you a 500 calorie deficit.


    A really great thread you might want to check out
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?
  • grannykaren57
    grannykaren57 Posts: 33
    You can eat back your calories you burned. But just only those, otherwise you will slow down or even gain .
    Hope this helps.
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    No, no, no, no. Your calorie deficit is built in based on your activity level outside of workouts, and based on the rate at which you'd like to lose weight. Therefore, if you simply ate at that level and never worked out… you'd still lose weight at the desired rate. When you add a workout… MFP adds those calories you burned back on to your goal. Because your body needs the fuel. This means if you exercise, you can eat more. If you were burning the exact same amount as you were eating… you'd essentially be eating nothing… basically starving yourself. I think you should be aiming to eat back at least part of your exercise calories. Some people say that the MFP estimate for calorie burns is really high, so they only eat back 50%. That seems safe to me. Honestly… that's hard for me to do (eat back my exercise calories) because I get way too full (Don't judge… my calorie goal is over 1900 calories because I'm still so significantly overweight)… but I think that is the safe/healthy way to go about it.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    calories are units of measure for energy/work so your body burns calories 24/7 by virtue of you being alive.

    if you're following the MFP way then yes record your workouts and eat those calories back, the MFP calorie goals assume whatever activity level you give it so if you say you are sedentary then your calories goals won't assume any further activity

    if you're doing another way like TDEE then your exercise should already be accounted for so there's no need to eat them back
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.
  • MrGonzo05
    MrGonzo05 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day? Help please?

    You won't do that long.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    i took it to mean she's wondering if she should be working out to burn the same amount of calories she eats
  • SEAFOODMAN
    SEAFOODMAN Posts: 342
    set your goals to lightly active and don't log exercise...........don't eat your calories back.................or use the calorie goal you want and don't log exercise calories or log it as 1 calorie............do not eat your calories back...........you really don't know how much you burn anyways...........and don't kill yourself at the gym........
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    MFP builds a deficit into your caloric goal based on how much you tell the system you want to lose per week. That caloric goal does not include exercise. The way MFP is designed is for you to eat back your exercise calories to maintain the net deficit to stay on that weekly loss plan. The big issue many people run into is inaccuracies in calculating both calories consumed and those burned through exercise.

    For example ....
    MFP says eat 1500 calories per day to lose 1 pound per week .... no exercise done .... eat 1500 calories per day to maintain the deficit for a 1 pound per week loss. That same 1500 calorie per day to lose 1 pound per week ... this time burning 500 calories per day exercising .... actually eat 2000 calories per day to net 1500 calories (2000 consumed - 500 burned through exercise) and maintain that deficit for a 1 pound per week loss.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    set your goals to lightly active and don't log exercise...........don't eat your calories back.................or use the calorie goal you want and don't log exercise calories or log it as 1 calorie............do not eat your calories back...........you really don't know how much you burn anyways...........and don't kill yourself at the gym........

    That is using TDEE rather than NEAT. Using TDEE requires an honest assessment of exercise levels to ascertain an average daily caloric requirement then subtract a deficit from that number ... not a blanket "lightly active" setting and it is possible to know within a relatively small margin of error just what one burns via exercise. Also, how do you define "don't kill yourself at the gym?" What I do may be too much for you or vice versa .... or not enough.
  • MzKym1981
    MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    Yes eat them back since you can develop the "HANGRIES!!" grrrrr
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    Wow. Ok. I don't see how that was negative at all and I posted quite a detailed explanation to you first.
    Your title and post seem to be contradictory. I was concerned you may get some info that wasn't exactly addressing what you were asking. But whatever.

    Best of luck in your journey.
  • MzKym1981
    MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    Wow. Ok. I don't see how that was negative at all and I posted quite a detailed explanation to you first.
    Your title and post seem to be contradictory. I was concerned you may get some info that wasn't exactly addressing what you were asking. But whatever.

    Best of luck in your journey.

    Thanks...you too!
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Hater.

    Why so much negativity?
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Hater.

    Why so much negativity?
    To equalize the positive terminal of a 9 volt battery ... duh.
  • MzKym1981
    MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    I wasn't correcting you, I was highlighting a point you made in case others had missed it. People often go by only the subject title.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    She was trying to help people to help you. There was no negativity. Your question was up for interpretation due to the way you worded it vs the thread title. We, the reader, are not inside your head so unless you word it in a way that isn't up for interpretation, you might not get accurate or helpful advice. You found insult where none existed.
  • MzKym1981
    MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    She was trying to help people to help you. There was no negativity. Your question was up for interpretation due to the way you worded it vs the thread title. We, the reader, are not inside your head so unless you word it in a way that isn't up for interpretation, you might not get accurate or helpful advice. You found insult where none existed.
    Ok thanks!
  • MzKym1981
    MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    I wasn't correcting you, I was highlighting a point you made in case others had missed it. People often go by only the subject title.


    Ok...thanks!!
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    You obviously do need to work on the clarity of your posts. Just look at the responses your title and first post received and how wildly the interpretations varied.
  • RabbitLost
    RabbitLost Posts: 333 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Hater.

    Why so much negativity?

    Right? Why can't we all just get along?
  • MzKym1981
    MzKym1981 Posts: 39 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    You obviously do need to work on the clarity of your posts. Just look at the responses your title and first post received and how wildly the interpretations varied.

    Thank you too...from now on I want ask for any advice!
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    You obviously do need to work on the clarity of your posts. Just look at the responses your title and first post received and how wildly the interpretations varied.

    Thank you too...from now on I want ask for any advice!

    See, here's another problem with clarity.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    Geez, why are you so negative. I need to get you a cupcake or something.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    You obviously do need to work on the clarity of your posts. Just look at the responses your title and first post received and how wildly the interpretations varied.

    Thank you too...from now on I want ask for any advice!

    for clarity, it's "won't".
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    For clarity, the title of the post is a little misleading. OP asked
    Should I be burning the same amount of cals as I consume? For ex if I eat 1500 cals a day should I also try to burn 1500 or more cals a day?
    That isn't the same as eating exercise calories.

    For clarity your not helping!

    I posted it the way I wanted to. So if you can't respond to it as is then you shouldn't respond at all. I'm asking for help not for negativity! Thanks to those who helped & understood the question. I get it now!!! Thanks again!!

    The way you posted it made it appear that you ate 1500 total calories then either did, or planned to, burn 1500 calories via exercise which is extremely unhealthy. The alternative interpretation was you plan to consume 1500 calories then burn 1500 calories through a combination of exercise and BMR. The ability to express one's thoughts via the written word is crucial here as the two interpretations vary so widely and have vastly different potential outcomes. By the way, what you were given was help and not negativity.

    Thanks for your advice too but I don't need clarity! To make a point...I would have understood what was said without the "for clarity" part! And btw I said thanks for all the advice...meaning everyone who posted! What I think is negative is being corrected w/o asking anyone to do so...no one here can read my mine. I asked it how I want too! I put in a ex. so ppl would see what I mean...anyway good day ppl! Thanks anyway!!

    You obviously do need to work on the clarity of your posts. Just look at the responses your title and first post received and how wildly the interpretations varied.

    Thank you too...from now on I want ask for any advice!

    That's up to you. If you choose not to ask for further advice it saves the community from trying to decipher what you really mean as compared to what you actually write especially when the thread title and wording of your opening post do not clearly align.

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