one reason to NOT eat all your exercise calories back.

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  • ATT949
    ATT949 Posts: 1,245 Member
    This is just one small reason why you shouldn't necessarily eat ALL your exercise calories back.
    I can't imagine eating back any of the calories that I expend while exercising.

    I was fat for about three years - I do not want to stay fat any longer than I have to.
  • craft338
    craft338 Posts: 870 Member
    Easy fix... don't eat packaged foods.

    agreed :)
  • Melroxsox
    Melroxsox Posts: 1,040 Member
    Easy fix... don't eat packaged foods.
    Agreed!:wink:
  • tjhmoody
    tjhmoody Posts: 28
    If I go into starvation mode I'm going to eat *you* for making me paranoid. And I'll coat you in splenda and aspartame and refuse to drink any water with the meal so I'll dehydrate and die from chemical anarchy.

    This is actually directed at nobody, I'm just a little stir crazy because I've got this really annoying cold and I've spent the better part of the past few hours trying to figure out if the calories I logged for dinner were accurate (I peeled the skin off my leg quarter after baking at 400F on a rack and letting the fat drip out). I have issues. Don't be me - that's the best advice I can give. X-D


    I love you sense of humor. Hope you feel better from that 'annoying cold' real soon.
  • tjhmoody
    tjhmoody Posts: 28
    This is just one small reason why you shouldn't necessarily eat ALL your exercise calories back.
    I can't imagine eating back any of the calories that I expend while exercising.

    I was fat for about three years - I do not want to stay fat any longer than I have to.

    I'm not a nutritionist ... never claimed to be .... don't know anything about all this "stuff." But ... if I'm exercising to burn calories it doesn't make sense to me to eat them back. Don't I want a deficit on the calories in - calories out in order to lose weight? So far I haven't been eating back my exercise calories but have definitely cut back on portions and am eating healthier. I've lost 13 lbs. since the first of the year and even though I have over 80 lbs. to lose I'm very pleased with my progress.
  • givprayz
    givprayz Posts: 328
    This is just one small reason why you shouldn't necessarily eat ALL your exercise calories back.
    I can't imagine eating back any of the calories that I expend while exercising.

    I was fat for about three years - I do not want to stay fat any longer than I have to.

    I'm not a nutritionist ... never claimed to be .... don't know anything about all this "stuff." But ... if I'm exercising to burn calories it doesn't make sense to me to eat them back. Don't I want a deficit on the calories in - calories out in order to lose weight? So far I haven't been eating back my exercise calories but have definitely cut back on portions and am eating healthier. I've lost 13 lbs. since the first of the year and even though I have over 80 lbs. to lose I'm very pleased with my progress.




    It is important to get the best nutrition and adequate calories in order to rebuild the damage done by exercise. If you don't "eat back exercise calories" your body is forced to find the materials necessary for repair from somewhere in your system, which means muscle. bone, and organ tissues will be tapped for those materials. To maintain lean body mass during weight loss, you need adequate calories and optimum nutrition. Skip the fried foods and eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and lean proteins.
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,064 Member
    This is just one small reason why you shouldn't necessarily eat ALL your exercise calories back.
    I can't imagine eating back any of the calories that I expend while exercising.

    I was fat for about three years - I do not want to stay fat any longer than I have to.

    I'm not a nutritionist ... never claimed to be .... don't know anything about all this "stuff." But ... if I'm exercising to burn calories it doesn't make sense to me to eat them back. Don't I want a deficit on the calories in - calories out in order to lose weight? So far I haven't been eating back my exercise calories but have definitely cut back on portions and am eating healthier. I've lost 13 lbs. since the first of the year and even though I have over 80 lbs. to lose I'm very pleased with my progress.

    You are already at a deficit with MFP - the tool builds it in. If you look at your goals screen it shows it all. Any more than 2lbs a week and/or the base caloric intake (1200 for women, 1700 for men) and the body's metabolism over time slows down. There is a reason that doctors and nutritionists recommend no more than 2lbs a week unless under strict medical guidance (which MFP is NOT). In the last year, I've lost about 60lbs by eating back my calories. For the first 6 months, I followed the plan strictly but didn't exercise so much. As of November, I plateaued (and gained a little back) because I started exercising more regularly and didn't always eat back the calories - my net calories were daily around 1000-1200. I didn't start losing again until end of February when I bumped up my net caloric intake to 1400. Since March 1 to today, I've lost another 10lbs.

    Yes you will lose weight more rapidly on lower calories, but the body starts slowing down the metabolism (food is the fuel to revving that up) and so over time, it will become more and more difficult to lose. I think the key message is realize that calories in/calories out is an estimate (both on food and on exercise) but if you keep it reasonably within your goals, you have the ability to lose significant amounts of weight with a higher metabolism than you started with and gain a much healthier lifestyle.
  • jkleman79
    jkleman79 Posts: 706 Member
    If I go into starvation mode I'm going to eat *you* for making me paranoid. And I'll coat you in splenda and aspartame and refuse to drink any water with the meal so I'll dehydrate and die from chemical anarchy.

    This is actually directed at nobody, I'm just a little stir crazy because I've got this really annoying cold and I've spent the better part of the past few hours trying to figure out if the calories I logged for dinner were accurate (I peeled the skin off my leg quarter after baking at 400F on a rack and letting the fat drip out). I have issues. Don't be me - that's the best advice I can give. X-D

    Haha thanks I needed a good laugh this morning that was perfect!!! Kick that colds *kitten*!!
  • fitterpam
    fitterpam Posts: 3,064 Member
    If I go into starvation mode I'm going to eat *you* for making me paranoid. And I'll coat you in splenda and aspartame and refuse to drink any water with the meal so I'll dehydrate and die from chemical anarchy.

    This is actually directed at nobody, I'm just a little stir crazy because I've got this really annoying cold and I've spent the better part of the past few hours trying to figure out if the calories I logged for dinner were accurate (I peeled the skin off my leg quarter after baking at 400F on a rack and letting the fat drip out). I have issues. Don't be me - that's the best advice I can give. X-D

    Haha thanks I needed a good laugh this morning that was perfect!!! Kick that colds *kitten*!!

    Agree!!!
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