Am I supposed to eat my exercise calories?
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kaylanabaker wrote: »Why would you?
You burned them, what's the point in reaating them?anarchysbitch wrote:I agree, if you are starving, lacking energy, drained etc then yes, by all means eat some back but if you feel ok then don't. Simple.
Did you read my explanation before posting?0 -
logansjuicymom wrote: »I've been doing cardio 6 days a week AND consuming my exercise calories but was not losing. I am using the calories given to my by MFP (1320) and have entered lightly active as my activity level.
Maybe I will try to not eat them this week and see if there is a difference.
While this is how MFP is designed, a common issue with this method is underestimating intake and overestimating calorie burn and thus negating your energy deficit.
It is important to learn to fuel your fitness though...I'd have a *kitten* of a time on a 1/2 century ride if I didn't know how to eat and how much to eat to fuel that activity.0 -
I try not to eaT them back but its my safety if i go over.0
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diannethegeek wrote: »I happen to like this explanation best if you want more details: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/818082/exercise-calories-again-wtf
Dianne's link is great. Read it.
My personal anecdote: Once I had a few months' data and discovered most of the inaccuracies in my logging, I discovered that I could reliably eat back exercise calories as measured by my Garmin GPS/HRM gadgets (an Edge 800 and now also a Forerunner 620), and lose weight at the rate I wanted. My earlier HRMs (from Timex and Sigma) overestimated calorie burn, though, and it took me a while to figure out how to log food with reasonable accuracy.
Hence, I eat back exercise calories, though not always the same day (the day I burned an estimated 2,994 calories on an endurance bike ride, I ended the day with negative calories but made up for it over the next week).0 -
I only eat back half of my exercise calories. It seems to be working for me.0
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Yes you are. This finally got thoroughly pounded in for me on some multi-hour travel rides... if I don't fuel the beast, it will start protesting and with my luck do it when I'm at least a few miles from the nearest town.0
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I use a Fitbit and eat back just about every single one of the exercise calories I earn from it. I still find that I lose the one pound a week that I'm set to lose, so apparently my Fitbit is pretty accurate! If I was entering random exercises using MFP database though, I probably wouldn't eat them all.0
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