Eating back exercise calories?

getready66
getready66 Posts: 17
in Health and Weight Loss
I know I've read it before I just cant find anything about it....do you eat back your exercise calories...why do you think you should or shouldn't?

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  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    edited November 2014
    This link might be a useful read: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf/p1
  • getready66
    getready66 Posts: 17
    thank you
  • Tilran
    Tilran Posts: 627 Member
    I do....some people do not...it really is just a preference. I love food, and sometimes workout an extra day so I have a bit more calories for dinner or something. For me it works, for others it does not. In the end, if you have a caloric deficit over the long run...you will lose weight. If you have a caloric surplus, you will gain weight. It really IS that simple.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Remember that MFP overestimates your burns, so most people only eat back half.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    It really depends on how many calories we're talking about. If it is a few hundred calories, it might be easier to just ignore them. If it is a couple thousand calories, you'd better eat some of them back or your body may refuse to function correctly.

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