calories burned

I've been told that if I eat into the calories I burned it will slow my weight loss. I try not to get into those - but if I work out for an hour or so and burn off 600 calories, and eat 100 of them I am happy with that. I've lost 16 pounds since January 17th. I am trying to escalate my weight loss so I am working out more and trying to stay out of the calories I burn.

IMO, immediately following a workout is one of the most important times to eat. What type of food you eat, well, that depends on your weight goals. There are a few benefits in doing so... one, it's going to keep your metabolism running high - burning calories. If you don't eat, the metabolism slows down and in the long term, will start storing everything you eat as fat. Mr Olympia states that he drinks a soda after his workouts and he's like 3% bodyfat if that. The soda is nothing more than sugar - a simple carb, it will burn right up. Point is, the metabolism is going crazy after the workout (depending on how intense your workouts are). Once your body uses what it wants, it will start burning muscle instead of the fat and we don't want that. Eat following your workout, but if you did allot of cardio - I would suggest complex carbs. It will keep your metabolism going which will burn fat and use that food as energy to burn more fat.. .If you were doing resistance or weights, I would take a good amount of protein right after. That will fuel your muscles for growth and recovery. Hope that makes sense.