To eat or not to eat???? Exercise calories
julluv
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Are we suppose to eat them or not? Which will increase weight loss?????? TIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I would like to know as well
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I dont eat them. I makesure I eat my required calories but I try not to eat the exerise calories. Sometimes I save them for something special during the week, like dinner out on saturday or cocktails witht he friends.0
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I've seen this question many times on this site. I came across this link and it's really helpful. I eat half if not all my exercise calories.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/155953-should-i-eat-my-exercise-calories?hl=exercise+calories0 -
If you are hungry, eat them. If not, don't. Thats what I do.0
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Eat them. You want your calorie dairy to be close to "0" at the end of the day.0
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I'm so afraid to eat mine, so I really haven't and I just can't seem to lose weight. I'm really not sure if this is why. Honestly, the fact that I'm not losing the weight kind of makes me even more worried about eating those calories0
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I eat them, bc I find if I work out and stick to the 1200 calories it is not enough and my weight hits a plateau bc my body is not getting enough food (starvation mode)
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I would stick to your original daily calorie goal. The exercise is a bonus for your body to burn fat and build muscle. I have noticed that the calories burned, are a bit on the high side. That can be a pitfall, if you are consuming the extra calories. If you are starving after working out, try a piece of fruit or some veggies with hummas. I am working with a Doctor's weight loss program and we are not supposed to eat those exercise calories! Good Luck!0
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Yes you should. There are lots of explinations (look for the stickies in the "new?" threads)
MFP calculates you at a deficit, you should eat enough of your exercise cals so that your net number is 1200 (women) or 1500 (men) This number can be found on your homepage.0 -
This sounds like a great idea0
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Eat them if you are hungry. Think of them as bonus points. 0
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I think the general approach is that you can if you want, the system will modify itself when you have lost your first 10lbs based on your motabilism. If you find you are not loosing weight, reduce the net calorie intake. If you don't eat them, you should loose weight faster. Most areas recommend you aim for 2lb's per week for health weight loss.0
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I would stick to your original daily calorie goal. The exercise is a bonus for your body to burn fat and build muscle. I have noticed that the calories burned, are a bit on the high side. That can be a pitfall, if you are consuming the extra calories. If you are starving after working out, try a piece of fruit or some veggies with hummas. I am working with a Doctor's weight loss program and we are not supposed to eat those exercise calories! Good Luck!
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Working from your doc's program, your exercise may be used to make this deficit. MFP automatically calculates this deficit so EAT your cals as I posted above.
Check out these links:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition0 -
Eat them!!! You need to net at LEAST 1200 a day or your body will go into starvation mode. Your body will think that you are not feeding it enough so it will hold on to weight in case it needs it to survive. I eat some of them back. I eat my recomended at;east and if I excersies I eat back enough to make sure I net 1200.0
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Ok so im thinking eat em. Huh? tthank you so much for answering my question! I hit a plateau so im thinking this might be the problem! We shall see how this wwek plays out! Thanks again all!0
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I get so confused when it comes to this subject. I do P90X and eat around 2000 calories a day. I don't know what I burn in a day. So I am just hoping I get it right ha0
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My personal trainer who is also a metabolic specialist said it's okay to eat our exercise calories. At same time, he suggested eating only half of them, since people tend to underestimate what they eat. That could be a good compromise. 0
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Eat them. You want your calorie dairy to be close to "0" at the end of the day.
0 count means you have broken even. To do better don't eat them unless you are hungry, making sure you make a good food choice. by not eating them you even out your consumption for days that you go over eg at a dinner party .0 -
My personal trainer who is also a metabolic specialist said it's okay to eat our exercise calories. At same time, he suggested eating only half of them, since people tend to underestimate what they eat. That could be a good compromise.
I think you should only eat them if you you need to ie you are hungry. quoting your trainer "it is okay" he/she did not say it was essential. Remember that reason you are over weight is that you eat or in the past have eaten more than your body needs so now you are trying to reverse the process. ie supplying less energy ( less calories) and consuming more ( more activity)
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After wearing a BodyMedia Fit and monitoring my closer to exact daily caloric burns each day I can definitely say that you should be eating your exercise calories. If I didn't eating I'd be at well over 1000 calorie deficits every single day (which I was before the BMF and not losing a single thing and always felt tired). Now I'm losing again, my belly pooch has already started slimming a bit and I get to eat more food. That's what I call a trifecta of win. lol0
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Eat them!!! You need to net at LEAST 1200 a day or your body will go into starvation mode. Your body will think that you are not feeding it enough so it will hold on to weight in case it needs it to survive. I eat some of them back. I eat my recomended at;east and if I excersies I eat back enough to make sure I net 1200.
I disagree, eat at least 1200 calories , exercise as much as you can/like. The exercise calories are a bonus, eat/use them if you are hungry. if you eat them back you will still lose weight because 1200 is still less that you daily requirement but you will do better is you do not eat them and more importantly by learning to eat when you are hungry ( ie responding to you body's needs) is more sustainable than calorie counting.
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Eat them!!! You need to net at LEAST 1200 a day or your body will go into starvation mode. Your body will think that you are not feeding it enough so it will hold on to weight in case it needs it to survive. I eat some of them back. I eat my recomended at;east and if I excersies I eat back enough to make sure I net 1200.
I disagree, eat at least 1200 calories , exercise as much as you can/like. The exercise calories are a bonus, eat/use them if you are hungry. if you eat them back you will still lose weight because 1200 is still less that you daily requirement but you will do better is you do not eat them and more importantly by learning to eat when you are hungry ( ie responding to you body's needs) is more sustainable than calorie counting.
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I dont eat them. I makesure I eat my required calories but I try not to eat the exerise calories. Sometimes I save them for something special during the week, like dinner out on saturday or cocktails witht he friends.
I agree!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
After wearing a BodyMedia Fit and monitoring my closer to exact daily caloric burns each day I can definitely say that you should be eating your exercise calories. If I didn't eating I'd be at well over 1000 calorie deficits every single day (which I was before the BMF and not losing a single thing and always felt tired). Now I'm losing again, my belly pooch has already started slimming a bit and I get to eat more food. That's what I call a trifecta of win. lol
If you are hungry or feeling tired then the sensible thing to do is to eat better which may or not include eating the exercise calories. It should not be a target to consume them all0 -
I have clicked myself on the 'Active' section of the lifestyle assessment, and I would consider that to include 30 mins exercies 5 times a week, which is the UK recommendation for a healthy lifestyle, not a weight loss lifestyle. So I only eat back more that 30 mins moderate exercise 5 times a week.0
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Eat them. You want your calorie dairy to be close to "0" at the end of the day.
0 count means you have broken even. To do better don't eat them unless you are hungry, making sure you make a good food choice. by not eating them you even out your consumption for days that you go over eg at a dinner party .
0 count does NOTmean that you have broken even, if you are using MFP.
0 count at the end of the day means that you have eaten the calories MFP has calculated for you (based on the info you put in) minus the deficit MFP builds in.
Whether you eat the cals or not is up to you, personally I eat most of them, because I know that even when I eat all my exercise calories, I STILL have a deficit at the end of the day, which will allow me to lose weight. And I know that if I'm asking my body to do extra exercise I need to give it good fuel to work on.
So, it's up to you, but don't make the mistake of thinking that if you eat all your exercise cals you won't have a calorie deficit.0 -
After wearing a BodyMedia Fit and monitoring my closer to exact daily caloric burns each day I can definitely say that you should be eating your exercise calories. If I didn't eating I'd be at well over 1000 calorie deficits every single day (which I was before the BMF and not losing a single thing and always felt tired). Now I'm losing again, my belly pooch has already started slimming a bit and I get to eat more food. That's what I call a trifecta of win. lol
If you are hungry or feeling tired then the sensible thing to do is to eat better which may or not include eating the exercise calories. It should not be a target to consume them all
But if someone is creating too large of a caloric deficit for too long there is a risk of lowering your metabolism because you're not giving your body enough fuel. And I never felt hungry, plus I have poor sleep habits, so I just always attributed the tiredness to that. But since I've been eating more, even though I haven't been sleeping more, I feel less tired during the day. If I don't eat back almost or all of my exercise calories I was ending up at a 1200-1500 calorie deficit each day, which isn't healthy. Unless you're on a doctor recommended diet, a person shouldn't be doing deficits higher than 1000. Especially with my current BMI and how close I am to my final goal weight, I should really be closer to a 500 calories deficit to continue this journey in a healthy way. So without eating more of my exercise calories than I already was, I was running the risk of killing my metabolism along with the fact that I wasn't losing weight or inches.
I was totally one of the people saying not to eat back all of the exercise calories, but seeing real numbers, charts and data on what my body burns and needs on a daily basis I discovered that the folks telling everyone to eat back those calories (as long as you have your basic settings correct/true to your lifestyle in MFP) are right.0 -
Eat them. You want your calorie dairy to be close to "0" at the end of the day.
0 count means you have broken even. To do better don't eat them unless you are hungry, making sure you make a good food choice. by not eating them you even out your consumption for days that you go over eg at a dinner party .
0 count does NOTmean that you have broken even, if you are using MFP.
0 count at the end of the day means that you have eaten the calories MFP has calculated for you (based on the info you put in) minus the deficit MFP builds in.
Whether you eat the cals or not is up to you, personally I eat most of them, because I know that even when I eat all my exercise calories, I STILL have a deficit at the end of the day, which will allow me to lose weight. And I know that if I'm asking my body to do extra exercise I need to give it good fuel to work on.
So, it's up to you, but don't make the mistake of thinking that if you eat all your exercise cals you won't have a calorie deficit.
Point taken, I meant if you have a 0 balance you have a pass mark, in school that would be a "C' and as in life not everyone can be an A-student or wants to an A student but I feel that we should encouge everyone to reach their full potential. the reason we are all overweight is that we have been " under achieving". I concern reading the threads is the obsession with numbers what can and cannot be eaten when the best thing is to
DO MORE and EAT LESS
If you did this without calorie counting you would still lose weight and maintain a healthy weight. I do not pay too much attention to the numbers, the actual activity of maintaining a diary has made me change my food choices and comit to a life still change. I still end up with a 300 cal surplus on most days without trying to hard and not being hungry. I know I didn't get overweight overnight. I have lost 40kg in 5 months before but gained it all back because I was doing things that did not come naturally to me so I could not sustain them. The numbers are a guide for me but really I'm just
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The absolutely best advice on the subject is on this thread.
No armchair experts, just clear professional advice.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/173853-an-objective-look-at-eating-exercise-calories0 -
Eat them. You want your calorie dairy to be close to "0" at the end of the day.
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