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How does exercise work? Do I eat back exercised calories?

Jenna6734
Jenna6734 Posts: 13
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm 4'11 , 19. 116 pounds.

To lose 1pound a week: I have to eat 1335 calories.

At rest I burn: 1347

To maintain: 2,000 calories.

I want to start doing cardio for an hour. Say if I were to do cardio every morning on an empty stomach and I burned some calories, do I not eat because I don't wanna eat back the calories that I burned.


I've never exercised so I have no idea what I'm doing

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  • Lisabobisa13
    Lisabobisa13 Posts: 11 Member
    Yes you need to eat. Food is fuel for your body, literally. You don't want to go below 1200 calories a day, that includes calories burned. For example I usually burn 600 calories a day at the gym. So, I eat no less than 1800 calories because 1800 eaten - 600 burned = 1200 total. This is advice I got from my primary care physician. Hope this helps you out. Good luck and stay heart healthy!!!
  • Jenna6734
    Jenna6734 Posts: 13
    Lisabobisa13 wrote: »
    Yes you need to eat. Food is fuel for your body, literally. You don't want to go below 1200 calories a day, that includes calories burned. For example I usually burn 600 calories a day at the gym. So, I eat no less than 1800 calories because 1800 eaten - 600 burned = 1200 total. This is advice I got from my primary care physician. Hope this helps you out. Good luck and stay heart healthy!!!

    Ohhh okay.
    Do you exercise in the morning or evening?
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