Exercise Calories

trudy45 · February 2011

Should you or shouldnt you eat exercise calories?

Trudy x

BigBoneSista · February 2011

Hi Trudy. If you use the search for that very topic there is a lot of threads that were just recently created with all that info.

Panda86 · February 2011

It's an ongoing argument- My opinion? If you are hungry, eat them. MFP sets you up with a deficit at the end of the day, even if you eat them, so you will still lose weight. But like that person said, there are tooooons of previous threads about it.

meggonkgonk · February 2011

Here is a good blog post explination:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/aeryn69/view/the-great-calorie-misconception-64913

Thorneapple · February 2011

That is a personal preference. Some people eat them and some people don't. I guess the bottom line is, eat if you are hungry but don't force yourself to eat exercise calories if you ar not hungry.

morganadk2_deleted · February 2011

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

trudy45 · February 2011

Brillant, thanks guys

Trudy x

deandp371 · February 2011

I'm working on getting exercise every day, or most days at least, to get back in shape and help lose weight. So it makes sense to me to make sure I'm eating enough if I'm going to shed some fat and build some muscle. So I eat at least some of those "extra" calories.

I think it's hard to measure calorie intake and expend highly accurately. But I figure that if I stay a bit hungry I should lose weight but not drastically. So that could be a guide too perhaps. That's worked for me for a few weeks - so far!

This is just my take on this - I'm certainly a newbie. And I'm sure you'll get other responses on this...

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