Calorie/Exercise

Garcia_6
Garcia_6 Posts: 39
edited March 3 in Health and Weight Loss
I am using MyFitnessPal app & my daily calories is 1,370. I exercise 5 times a week from Monday-Friday,(Saturday & Sunday are my
days off). Will I lose weight if I eat 90 calories from my 1,370 calories including exercise.
I just want an overall point of view on the topic.

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  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
    No it wont matter if you are 90 cals under and to be honest you will more than likely have miscalculated calories eaten and calories burnt so it will give you a bit of wiggle room
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Most people would eat the 1370 and half of your exercise calories back. Some people eat them all back, but remember a lot of the exercises calories burned put in, are not correct. Eating 90 calories less just gives you room for any miscalculations.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Most people would eat the 1370 and half of your exercise calories back. Some people eat them all back, but remember a lot of the exercises calories burned put in, are not correct. Eating 90 calories less just gives you room for any miscalculations.

    This!^

    Eat 1370 + exercise calories....but be wary of MFP guesstimated burns. If you start with 90 calories less, you can test this out for awhile. If you start to feel tired or run down....eat a little more. If you stop losing....eat less.

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  • Garcia_6
    Garcia_6 Posts: 39
    What do u mean miscalculated & wiggle room?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Most people would eat the 1370 and half of your exercise calories back. Some people eat them all back, but remember a lot of the exercises calories burned put in, are not correct. Eating 90 calories less just gives you room for any miscalculations.

    agreed.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,442 MFP Moderator
    What do u mean miscalculated & wiggle room?
    For some people, MFP exercise is rather high, some it's on target. The way MFP is designed, they expect you to eat back exercise calories. Most of us switch the TDEE effort (if they consistently exercise) where you add exercise as part of your lifestyle factor (part of your set up). So if you workout 1-3 hours a week, change your account to lightly active and do not eat back exercise calories; 4-6 hours change it to moderate. This way, you eat the same calorie goal each day and it makes it easier to monitor your progress.
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