Am I doing this right?!

MrsSmidders
MrsSmidders Posts: 7 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi

Wondering if anyone can help me.

According to MFP I am allowed 1220 a day to loose weight. Most days I do exercise and burn from 300-550 depending on what I am doing. Now on the days I exercise should eat 1220 plus my exercise cals or just half or none? Then on non-exercise days shall I stick to 1220?

Any help/advice would be grately received.

Thanks
Lisa ????

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  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    On non-exercise days, eat your 1220. On exercise days, eat your calories back, or at least a portion (50%-75%). Give it about a month and then see how you are doing.
  • MrsSmidders
    MrsSmidders Posts: 7 Member
    Thank you.

    If I don't eat all my calories back on exercise I would be below the recommend daily calories. Would this mean my body went in to starvation mode?
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    Thank you.

    If I don't eat all my calories back on exercise I would be below the recommend daily calories. Would this mean my body went in to starvation mode?

    Starvation mode is grossly exaggerated, don't worry about that.

    What's more important is giving your body enough fuel to do it's job. If you ate 1220 and exercised for 300 (adjusted for inflation) then ate nothing back it would be like giving your body 920 calories to do it's job......heart, lungs, kidneys, etc. Obese people have so many reserves that their bodies fuel this shortage with fat. People that are merely overweight can fuel this shortage with fat AND muscle. To keep muscle loss at a minimum you should fuel your workouts and keep the deficit in check.

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