Mega confused ! :O

SLN11
SLN11 Posts: 210
edited September 26 in Health and Weight Loss
Right if I am eating 1200 calories a day and burning 200 calories for example do I have to eat them 200 calories back to i need the full 1200 to loose weight or can I just leave my intake at 1000 after excersise...

Somewhere else I read is try and get your net= too zero how do you manage that !

I really want to do this but some of the statistics are mega confusing and i dont know which was is the right one to loose weight on the calorie factor...

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  • flutterqueen04
    flutterqueen04 Posts: 278
    Search this topic in the threads and you'll find plenty of debate about eating back exercise calories vs not eating back exercise calories! You will never get an answer, trust me.

    The best you can do is do what works for YOU. If you have not been eating them back and are losing then good. If you have been eating them back and are losing weight then good for you also. If you are doing it one way and it doesn't work then try the other. You have to find what works best for YOUR body :smile:
  • dmkaiser83
    dmkaiser83 Posts: 89
    I don't eat those calories back. I try to stick to 1300 no matter how much i burn. bottom line, if you get to your limit and are still hungry, eat. be sure to keep hydrated too. Good luck!
  • janalayn
    janalayn Posts: 510 Member
    There are a lot of threads on this topic but most of them seem to agree that you need to keep you net calories above 1200 ... Look for threads on starvation mode.
  • AnneMK5
    AnneMK5 Posts: 110
    I try to eat close to my allowed calories per day (right now I'm at 1460) and only eat my exercise calories if I'm really hungry that day. There are a lot of people that eat their daily calories and their exercise calories and are losing weight. So for you, you could have 1400 calories.
  • 4everm3
    4everm3 Posts: 22
    If you eat your 1200 a day you will be fine, you don't want to eat what you burned off. I think it's just showing you what you burned off by doing the exercise. If you keep eating what your taking off I don't see how your going to lose anything. but the other comment says it best. do what works for you. so many people are different.
  • BigBoneSista
    BigBoneSista Posts: 2,389 Member
    Add a 120 of the calories back by using a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil to cook with. See how it works for you.

    This topic becomes tricky because u have some people burning 600 to a 1000 calories a day exercising but only want to consume 1200 calories. I think with u burning only 200 calories eatting over 1200 slightly will be ok.
  • MooseWizard
    MooseWizard Posts: 295 Member
    If you eat your 1200 a day you will be fine, you don't want to eat what you burned off. I think it's just showing you what you burned off by doing the exercise. If you keep eating what your taking off I don't see how your going to lose anything. but the other comment says it best. do what works for you. so many people are different.

    MFP gives you a caloric deficit. By not increasing your intake when you burn off extra calories, you further that deficit. Sounds find and dandy, except too much of a deficit has the opposite effect than what you want--your body starts conserving as much fat as possible. Essentially, your body is convinced that there is a famine, and it wants to survive as long as possible. The key is a small deficit so that your body is assured there is plenty of food available, and will release the fat.

    That being said, some do lose by not eating their exercise calories. It easy easier to get away with a larger deficit when you have more to lose. The closer you are to ideal weight, the smaller the deficit and consequently, the slower the weight loss needs to be.
  • ladyhawk00
    ladyhawk00 Posts: 2,457 Member
    Yes, you're intended to eat the extra cals. Might help some folks to read these threads that explain how MFP works and how it gets the numbers it gives you.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186814-some-mfp-basics

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits
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