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I need some help...

meggy88
meggy88 Posts: 23
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hello All!
I am trying to fully understand the "eat your exercise calories" thing I have read about in a couple posts. I know that it's probably been asked about a trillion times, but I read two and I only slightly understand...can anyone help me out here? I just wanna make sure I do this right to lose the weight I need to. Thanks!!!! :)

:happy:

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  • meggy88
    meggy88 Posts: 23
    Hello All!
    I am trying to fully understand the "eat your exercise calories" thing I have read about in a couple posts. I know that it's probably been asked about a trillion times, but I read two and I only slightly understand...can anyone help me out here? I just wanna make sure I do this right to lose the weight I need to. Thanks!!!! :)

    :happy:
  • Juliebean
    Juliebean Posts: 317
    The simple answer is... Eat them. Eat them all. :wink:

    There's a really good post about this by Banks. I'll see if I can find it and bump it for you. Happy eating!

    Ok... found and bumped for you. It's under food and nutrition and is titled 'For those questioning or confused about eating exercise calories.' Happy reading! :smile:
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    If your minimum is 1200, eat 1200 calories. No less, and if more, try to keep it within 100 calories.
    If you work out, enter your workout into the exercise log and for all those calories you've burned, eat them too. For example, I burned 267 calories at the gym today. That is an extra 267 calories in addition to my 1200 that I need to eat today. I will eat somewhere in the neighborhood of 1467 calories today, give or take.
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