CALORIE INTAKE AND CALORIES BURNED

queenstatus
queenstatus Posts: 267 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY THEY ADD ON THE CALORIES THAT YOU BURN?

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  • SunnySideUp37
    SunnySideUp37 Posts: 1
    yes i was curious about that too? Now im more confused than ever :/
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/196502-for-the-people-who-work-out-like-crazy-and-are-not-losing
  • shelleyphant
    shelleyphant Posts: 21 Member
    If you are excersising as well as dieting it is important to replace the calories you burn. If you choose not to eat them, you may experience quicker weight loss to start with but will then experience tiredness, fatigue and increased injury rates. You will also see a slowing of weight loss as your body tries to conserve every calorie you put in.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    No need to yell. JK

    The reason why is that MFP gives you a calories goal to lose your goal amount of weight by giving you a caloric deficit. so if you goal is to lose 1 lb/week you have a daily caloric deficit of 500. If you workout and burn 300 calories your deficit is not 800 (500 MFP gave you and 300 from your workout) In order to get your deficit back to your goal MFP adds the 300 back in for you.

    Another way to look at it is eating 1400 calories and not working out, is the same as eating 1800 and burning 400.
    1800-400 = 1400-0
  • EHuntRN
    EHuntRN Posts: 320 Member
    Because they want you to replace them...MFP has already established you with a calorie deficit...so when you excercise you put your body at an even larger deficit...You can read 1005 posts about eating back your calories...some people do it, some people dont...I usually try and eat back half the calories I burn just because I dont want my body sitting at a negative net intake of calories and going into starvation mode making wt loss harder!!!
  • EHuntRN
    EHuntRN Posts: 320 Member
    Because they want you to replace them...MFP has already established you with a calorie deficit...so when you excercise you put your body at an even larger deficit...You can read 1005 posts about eating back your calories...some people do it, some people dont...I usually try and eat back half the calories I burn just because I dont want my body sitting at a negative net intake of calories and going into starvation mode making wt loss harder!!!
  • EHuntRN
    EHuntRN Posts: 320 Member
    Srry...dont know why it posted 3 times...and it wont let me delete the xtras!!!
  • SheilaSisco
    SheilaSisco Posts: 722 Member
    Because in order for your body to be at optimal performance to BURN the fat and calories, you have to consume a certain number of calories a day... it's the fuel your body uses to burn... those calories you NEED to consume are your net calories, which means you need to eat your exercise calories back. I know it sounds counterproductive, but I promise you (and I know from personal experience) that eating back those calories will HELP with the weight loss, not hinder it. I hope that helps...
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    MFP already gives you your calorie deficit when you choose your goals. So anything you burn goes back for you to eat. That way you stay out of starvation mode (I call it Survival Mode because the word 'starvation' is taken a bit too literally here).

    Look on the Home page at the top and you will see NET calories. That is the number you want to watch (and keep above 1200. Going too low on calories for too long can have a bad effect on weight loss.

    http://www.hussmanfitness.org/html/TPAdaptation.html

    If you have a lot of weight to lose you don't have to necessarily eat them all back. But as you drop weight eating them back becomes much more important because the number of calories you can eat each day will drop. I didn't have a lot of weight to lose and MFP put me at 1200 so if I burned 400 and didn't eat them back my NET calories would only be 800 which is way too low and not sustainable or healthy.

    Slow and steady is the healthiest way to lose weight.
  • smcclaycouffer
    smcclaycouffer Posts: 104 Member
    If you are excersising as well as dieting it is important to replace the calories you burn. If you choose not to eat them, you may experience quicker weight loss to start with but will then experience tiredness, fatigue and increased injury rates. You will also see a slowing of weight loss as your body tries to conserve every calorie you put in.

    In the beginning I didn't eat my burned calories because I figured why eat what you worked so hard to get off. I quickly learned to eat them back because I was so tired all the time and working out was getting hard because I had no strength. I still don't eat all of them back but I eat enough back that keeps me going.
  • queenstatus
    queenstatus Posts: 267 Member
    I JUST RECEIVED A LOT OF FEED BACK. I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU TOO
  • twooliver
    twooliver Posts: 450 Member
    The Mayo Clinic has some great articles about the need to cut calories in order to lose weight. I am not a fan of the concept that you need to eat back what you burn off - at least not if your goal is to lose weight. This feels like a slippery slope of allowing one's self to indulge in eating more - which is why there is a weight problem to begin with. Until someone shows me scientific evidence of some kind of "starvation" mode happening, I'm going to burn off what I can to lose this extra baggage. And yes, I am a fan of the Biggest Loser, and you never hear them talking about this...rather they talk about burn, burn, burn and eat a healthy diet. It seems to work for them....

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calories/WT00011
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