am I supposed to eat back the calories I burned?

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healthiermeep
healthiermeep Posts: 76
in Food and Nutrition
Or not it says I can but that seems weird idk

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  • Mistraal1981
    Mistraal1981 Posts: 453 Member
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    If you follow mfp settings then yes you do. If you follow TDEE then no you don't.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Mistraal1981 wrote: »
    If you follow mfp settings then yes you do. If you follow TDEE then no you don't.

    This!

    I've always found exercise cals the tastiest!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    Actually with the TDEE method you are eating your exercise calories - it's just already included in your daily goal as an average amount instead of being added after the event if following the MFP method.

    OP - why does it seem weird to you if you are calorie counting and aiming to hit a certain goal to account for calories burned as well as the calories you take in?
  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
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    everyone is different. i personally do not eat them all back, but everyone does it their own way. i eat a certain number of calories per day and some days i eat more because i work-out with weights, but i do not eat every calorie that i have "earned." on days i do cardio only, i do not eat back any.

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